I'm a neurodiverse affirming pediatric Occupational Therapist who specializes in sensory processing skills for neurodivergent individuals. As a neurodivergent parent with a neurodivergent daughter, I can relate! I create content to teach parents and educators about how sensory processing skills directly impact learning and behavior.
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]
Have you ever heard of therapists use terms like “top down and bottom up approach” to working with behaviors in neurodivergent children? This episode will teach you the difference between the two and help you understand the pros and cons to each approach. [continue reading]
When parents find themselves in a space where they’re desperate for answers and solutions to help their neurodivergent child, they often forget one important step. Here’s a hint, it has to do with checking in with yourself! Listen to the episode to find out more. [continue reading]
The size of the problem is a common lesson therapists and teachers use to teach kids emotional regulation skills. As I have learned more about the neurodivergent community, I’ve started thinking about this lesson in a different way and want to share that with you in this episode. Don’t worry, it’s not all bad! [continue reading]
Ever wondered what a psychologist and an OT sound like when they get together and have a casual conversation about parenthood? Well, here’s your invitation to hang out with Dr. Ann Louise Lockhart and me as we chatted during our mom’s weekend getaway. [continue reading]
Empowering parents to be their child's best advocate.
-Laura Petix MS OTR/L