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.
Toward the end of my work with Henry and his family, his mom brought up one last piece of the puzzle: fine motor challenges.
This wasn’t their top concern; she understood that fine motor skills take time to develop. But she wanted to know if there were games or activities they could try to hel...
Have you ever counted how many transitions there are in a day for a kindergartener? I counted nearly two dozen- and that's conservative, excluding all the transitions within the school day.
Common morning transitions:
Getting out of bed
Going to the bathroom
Getting dressed
Going to...
Let’s learn more about Henry.
If you missed his intro, click here to read it. Henry is a cuddly, energetic 5-year-old with a mixed bag of differing sensory needs that show up most around bedtime, transitions, and anything involving water.
Today, we’ll zoom in on his sensitivity and avoidance...
I worked with Henry and his parents over a series of 4 calls. The main goal of our work together was to create a set of accommodations and sensory strategies that would help them all have smoother evenings and weekends, which were the times when Henry seemed to be the most dysregulated.
He...
We’re in the final part of Mina’s story and today we’re talking about expecting, managing and supporting dysregulation when traveling.
Whether it’s something as small as going to the aquarium for the day or taking a trip to visit grandparents in another state—traveling and going to fun place...
If you’re just joining us, here’s a mini review of Mina, our case study for this month.
Mina is 3 years old and does great when she’s in control and everything in her environment and days are scheduled and run exactly how she likes it. Easy peasy, right? 😅
Mina’s parents wanted help making...
Today we’re going to talk about morning routines in part 2 of Mina’s story.
[Click here to go back and catch up on part 1]
Mina’s mornings often start with frustration, sensory overwhelm, and a pile of clothes that didn’t feel “perfect,” a scene that I am all too familiar with.
For Mina’s...
When Mina’s parents first reached out to me, they weren’t in crisis mode, but they were definitely carrying the weight of months (maybe years) of trying to “figure it out” on their own. I know firsthand how jolting it can feel when you look up one day and realize you’ve been in survival mode f...
Last week we talked about some accommodations that you might request at the school if you have a child like Ty who:
Is sensitive to the sounds of the cafeteria, playground or classroom
Avoids using the bathrooms at school
Doesn’t eat enough during the day
When I shared these with Ty’...
How do you accommodate classroom behaviors that are linked to unmet self-care needs like eating and using the potty? You can’t make a student eat or use the potty, so what do you do?
That’s what we’re talking about today on part 3 of Ty’s story.
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Let’s waste no time and jump right in to part 2 of Ty’s story.
[Click here to go back and catch up on part 1]
The behaviors were comin’ in hot
Ty’s classroom behaviors are getting more intense and frequent by the week. Initially, his behaviors were only showing up in the afternoon, almost ...
Ty is a thoughtful, cautious, sensory-sensitive kindergartener whose parents sought my help for extreme dysregulated behaviors impacting his participation and overall enjoyment in the classroom. Specifically, Ty’s parents note the following concerns that have been brought up by the teacher:
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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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