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...
by Kelly Beins | Jan 31, 2018 | Ovis the Sheep, Sensory Processing Disorder
Ovis is a young fictional sheep with sensory processing disorder. Since writing the children’s book, “Ovis has Trouble with School,” people have referred to me as “Mrs. Ovis.” You can read an overview of the first Ovis book here. This spring, while I was attending a...
by Kelly Beins | Nov 13, 2017 | Sensory Processing Disorder
All parents of children with true sensory processing disorder (SPD) have seen or been part of a sensory meltdown with their children; sometimes on a daily basis and sometimes many times throughout the day. Many parents however, at some point begin to doubt their...
by Kelly Beins | Nov 13, 2017 | Sensory Processing Disorder
Angie Voss, OTR/L and author of Understanding Your Child’s Sensory Signals, defines a cozy space or “sensory retreat” as “a crucial component of a sensory home program and as a sensory tool for ALL children. A sensory retreat is especially helpful for children who...
by Kelly Beins | Aug 8, 2017 | Sensory Processing Disorder, You Can
Sensory Diets are a way to support people who struggle with sensory challenges. In my private practice with children and in my parent coaching sessions we develop an individualized set of activities that children with sensory processing disorder, find helpful....
