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Help! My child wakes up dysregulated. What do I do?
I remember a time when Liliana was around 18 months old and we felt like we were just living life [continue reading]
I remember a time when Liliana was around 18 months old and we felt like we were just living life [continue reading]
Today we’ll delve into a transformative approach that may already be a part of your parenting toolkit—though you might not [continue reading]
The Nervous System Budget is an analogy I came up with to give folks a new way to understand how [continue reading]
My daughter Liliana loves making appearances on my podcast and delights in answering kids’ questions about neurodiversity! She surprises me [continue reading]
As a neurodiversity-affirming pediatric OT, you all know that I’m all about regulation. As parents, therapists and teachers, it’s critical [continue reading]
This is my 100th episode!! I’m so grateful to all of my past guests, to those of you who listen, [continue reading]
With all the red tape, issues with insurance, access and scheduling, I know how hard it can be to find [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]
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]
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]
Speaker 1 (00:00):Now I want to clarify. Some of you might be hearing this and say, so does she still [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]
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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]
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]
If you have a neurodivergent child who tends to get overstimulated, overwhelmed and dysregulated around gift-giving time during the holidays, you’re not alone. Over the years I’ve found ways to manage dysregulation around gifts and the meltdowns that usually happen and this year, I’m putting it all together so I can have a more regulated holiday season. [continue reading]
In this episode, we talk about the journey of becoming a conscious parent to a neurodivergent child and how we both have had to reconcile with our early visions of what we thought motherhood would be like. [continue reading]
Join Andi Putt, as we spread awareness of the different ways Autistic individuals learn and behave so we can be more neurodiverse affirming. [continue reading]
Are you struggling with aggressive behavior in children? When you have a neurodivergent child who has 20+ minute long, intense, aggressive meltdowns, sometimes you need to literally roll with the punches, AND keep everyone safe. How do you do that? Redirect those aggressive behaviors to safer alternatives, I’ll teach you how in this episode. [continue reading]