Learn how to decode behavior using a nervous system lens and how to incorporate sensory strategies into your daily life by these real life case study examples.
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Welcome back to Mia's story. If you're just joining us, head back to [part 1] to meet her and her family.
Today we're going to talk about the thing that brought Mia's mom to me in the first place: the meltdowns.
Not the occasional tantrum that every 4-year-old has. The full-body, kicking, scre...
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Mia was 4 years old when her mom reached out to me for parent coaching support. Mia didn’t have a formal diagnosis, but her mom had been noticing patterns that felt bigger than "typical 4-year-old stuff" for a while now.
The meltdowns were the main reason for the call. Not just that they wer...
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Here we are at the final part of Malik’s story. To catch up, here’s part 1, 2 and 3
Today I want to share some of the accommodations that were suggested for Malik’s academic learning and performance in the classroom.
But before we do that, I want to reiterate that this kind of environment ...
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Welcome back to part 3 of Malik’s story. If you want to go back, you can catch his introduction in [part 1] and learn about how his executive functioning skills were affecting his home life in [part 2].Â
Today we’ll talk about one of the primary reasons his mom reached out to me.
Malik’s Schoo...
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Welcome back to Malik’s story. If you’re just joining us, head back to the first post to learn more about him. Today, we’re going to talk about how his home life has been impacted by his executive functioning challenges.
Malik’s mom says that he is easily distracted during any multi-step ins...
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Malik was 6 years old and in the middle of his first grade year when his mom reached out to me for parent support. Malik had received OT services in the past, but his mom felt disconnected from the process and didn’t feel informed enough to support him confidently at home, especially durin...
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Today we’ll wrap up Lena’s story with learning about how her interoception processing differences impede her ability to self regulate, and how her parents can support her. If you want to catch up on parts 1-3, click here and scroll through each post.Â
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So far, we’ve talked about why transit...
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Welcome back for part 3 of Lena’s story. Catch up on part 1 [here] or part 2, [here]
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Today we’ll discuss why Lena’s regulation strategies that once were a “game-changer” were now backfiring.Â
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“She is stalling by spending time on the things that we have for regulation like her lycra swin...
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In last week’s email, we were introduced to Lena — a movement-seeking, hyper-silly kindergartener who hates being told what to do. Today, I want to zoom in on her resistance to instructions and transitions.Â
As you can imagine as a parent, this affects all parts of every single day. We are...
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If you looked at the definition of “marches to the beat of her own drum”, you’d see a photo of 6 year old Lena. You could bet money that at any time during the day, you’d see her climbing, hanging, jumping, laughing uncontrollably, making potty jokes, or doing anything but what was just aske...
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We’ve arrived at part 4 of 4 of Anya’s story. To catch up, click here to find parts 1-3.
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We’ve already covered tips for Anya managing overwhelm during the school day, and we’ve shared some adjustments and accommodations to manage the transitions at ho...
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I’m back today for part 3 of Anya’s story. Catch up on part 1 [here] or part 2, [here].
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Some of Anya’s dysregulation stems from holding it together all day at school (which we talked about last week), but she also displays some dysregulation during transitions, especially in the morning and ...
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