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Sensory Mismatch Key: Set Up the Environment

December 20, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Mismatch Key: Set Up the Environment

Setting up the environment to help mitigate some of the sensory mismatch is the fourth tool you can use in parenting, teaching or whatever situation you might encounter. Some of these other things I’ve named […]

Babies

A Proprioception Primer

December 4, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on A Proprioception Primer

When I try to define the word “proprioception” I usually refer to it as “deep body sense”. The sensing part of it also has to do with your sense of body in space and your […]

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Staying Conscious & Mindful Through Meltdown

June 22, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Staying Conscious & Mindful Through Meltdown

(Another post where I just walk you through my thought processes during a particular day.) I pull up in the driveway expecting an evening at home, but my son is already in the driveway asking […]

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Staying Playful When Sad

May 23, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Staying Playful When Sad

This post has an audio and video recorded version for those who prefer to learn by hearing rather than by reading. Scroll to the bottom for the video of me reading it. Recently, a parent […]

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“Air-Conditioner Escaping Disorder”

April 26, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Air-Conditioner Escaping Disorder”

Let me tell you a fable. Once upon a time, an expert doctor was studying a child who ran away from rooms that had air-conditioners in them. Air-conditioners had only recently been invented, and it […]

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Puddles & Choices

April 21, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Puddles & Choices

My son huffed at a puddle that he didn’t want to be there the other day and said, “The rain is making bad choices!” It made me laugh, because it was cute and funny. And […]

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Survive.

February 21, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Survive.

One of the most asked questions that I ever get—both in comment form, and in email form. I finally took the time to really write out a very long post answering it. Q: How can […]

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Independent vs Alone

February 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Independent vs Alone

Welcome to this week’s edition of “The Occuplaytional Therapist takes a funny image/meme/tweet and way overthinks it…” I’m always dependable for that 😉 First of all, this is absolutely true. Second of all, it’s for […]

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