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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 […]

Special Interests (AA23)

April 23, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

If I say “imagine a historical figure who was known for struggling with socializing, possibly even considered a ‘failure’ by mainstream criteria such as schooling, yet was intensely successful in one particular area”, you might […]

Wizard Scrolls

January 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

A multi-week activity: a student and I have been working on making “wizard scrolls”. First we used teabags, coffee grounds, and brown markers to test which would make the best “aged paper” by staining them […]