When Sensory Strategies Don’t Work
I arrived at a client's home today ready to start a session, and as I walked up the front steps I could hear what sounded like crying or an upset child. Sigh. It was my client, no doubt. Poor thing. Poor mom. I rang the doorbell, hoping that might incite some...
Sensory IS Behavior
“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...
When should I “Quit” OT? : 6 Reasons
“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...
3 Reasons Transitions are Difficult for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
“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....
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