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After-school regulation ideas for neurodivergent kids
Many of us are back into the swing of things at school, and with that comes so much more dysregulation! [continue reading]
I’m an enneagram 6, so my brain is constantly moving. My OT lenses never turn off and I can’t “un-see” the sensory and other developmental skills that go in to literally every activity. I love taking what I see and breaking it down into simple terms so parents can understand what goes into their child’s behavior and skills.
Many of us are back into the swing of things at school, and with that comes so much more dysregulation! [continue reading]
Bringing your neurodivergent child to the zoo should be more fun than stressful… use some of these tips to help boost regulation throughout the day for a successful trip! [continue reading]
The transition to summer comes with so many emotions and behaviors, it can be really exhausting. There are ways to [continue reading]
I am officially a children’s book author. And I can’t imagine a topic I stand behind more than neurodiversity, or [continue reading]
Profound giftedness is its own type of neurodivergence, and there’s no roadmap for their educational path. Listen in as we [continue reading]
Kindermusik Kindermusik is a purposefully created multisensory music and movement program for ages 0-7 that provides neurodivergent children the opportunity [continue reading]
Myla Leinweber B.Ed, M.Ed, PCI Certified Parent Coach Myla is a mom of two young girls, a former kindergarten teacher [continue reading]
Tune in for this short but sweet episode where I interviewed my 5 year old about some of the things [continue reading]
In this short episode, we’re outlining the four steps (W.I.S.E.) to support our sensory sensitive children. To dig deeper into [continue reading]
In this unscripted episode, I catch you up to speed with where we are with emotional and sensory regulation. Spoiler [continue reading]
In this episode, we’re talking about why it’s important to explain to your child how their brain and body communicate. [continue reading]
Today I got to ask Dr. Tracy Dalgleish some tough and important questions about differing parenting styles. We discuss actionable [continue reading]
Today I got to ask Kelly Mahler (aka the QUEEN of interoception) all about the 8th sense and how our [continue reading]
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult [continue reading]
In honor of Occupational Therapy month, I’m interviewing Dr. Krupa Playforth to help us understand the challenges parents and doctors [continue reading]
It’s Occupational Therapy month and we are celebrating by highlighting some of the ways you can get OT support for [continue reading]
If you’ve ever worried about your preschooler’s handwriting skills and whether or not they’ll be able to write their name or their ABCs by kindergarten, let us (a pediatric Occupational Therapist and a former teacher with a Masters in Early Childhood Education) put your mind at ease. You might be shocked to realize that some of the expectations placed on kindergarteners and young learners isn’t actually backed by evidence. [continue reading]
Speaker 1 (00:00):Now I want to clarify. Some of you might be hearing this and say, so does she still [continue reading]
From whole body listening to everyday regulation with Elizabeth Sautter Hi everyone! This week I get to share the great [continue reading]
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly Heavywork freebie Heavywork webinar Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult [continue reading]
Today, we’ll be discussing the topic of a sensory lifestyle- or you might sometimes hear it referred to as a [continue reading]
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly Heavywork freebie Heavywork webinar Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult [continue reading]
I often preach about spending time after the meltdown to help your child “fill in the blanks” for some things [continue reading]
Have you ever heard of interoception? It’s one of the 8 senses and it’s responsible for alerting us of our [continue reading]
We had our first experience of a family play-date hang out at our house and, it went way worse than [continue reading]
Is Low Self-Esteem and Sensory Processing Disorder Linked? One of my absolute favorite books is The Out of Sync Child [continue reading]
Carrie used the just right challenge and sensory regulation strategies to help her sensory sensitive son gain confidence and enjoy life. [continue reading]
So you have a sensory sensitive child who’s sensitive to seams of socks, mushy textured food, messy play, or toilets [continue reading]