by Kelly Beins | May 18, 2020 | Sensory Processing Disorder
“Sensory is the bridge between physical and mental health.” – Virginia Spielman, Executive Director STAR Institute (Denver, CO). In my private practice with clients, in workshops with parents and when I mentor other OT’s, the most frequent question and area of...
by Kelly Beins | May 11, 2020 | Sensory Processing Disorder
“I just don’t think this is working.” Said my client’s mother, mid-session (a difficult session) and then she started to cry. I realized at that point that I had to change something, for her. While I knew that “it” wasn’t working for a large number of reasons, I was...
by Kelly Beins | Mar 10, 2020 | Sensory Processing Disorder
“Transition” refers to a period of time when a person stops or is required to stop one activity and to begin another. It may also refer to a prolonged period of time (days, weeks, months), when something in a person’s daily routine changes in a significant way. Young...
by Kelly Beins | Aug 5, 2018 | Sensory Processing Disorder
The bad news is that being a sensory parent can feel traumatic. The early years are often fraught with typical baby, toddler, and child rearing challenges — only magnified. Sensory parents often over-accommodate to try to prevent what we know is coming: the...
by Kelly Beins | Feb 26, 2018 | Sensory Processing Disorder, Toiletting
Potty training and eliminating diapers is a milestone every parent wants to check off their list but it’s a checkpoint that is often delayed for parents of children with sensory processing disorder (SPD). Additionally, the broad scope of SPD may complicate the potty...
