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Poop

March 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

The librarian was like, “…so…are you potty training, or…?” And I was like, nah I just have a four-year-old who thinks poop is the actual funniest thing ever, so we’re leaning into it. 😁 I’m […]

You Don’t Have Any Blocks

February 5, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

“I want you to build a tower,” I say. You agree, and you stand up to go get the bucket of blocks off the shelf. I shake my head sternly. “No. Did I tell you […]

New Space in Your Brain

January 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I want you to imagine for a moment that…everything is really good right now. Imagine that all the things on your to-do list that feel like “have to”s (instead of “get to”s) are taken care […]

Six Ways to Play with Vacuums

October 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

At my lecture last Friday, during the Q&A session, somebody asked me if I had any ideas for connecting meaningfully and playfully in therapy with a child whose special interest was vacuums, and who spent […]

Love & Worksheets

January 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

This made me laugh out loud. When kids love something, they’ll explore it in every facet of their play if you don’t get in their way! You don’t have to turn it into worksheets. (Yes, […]