How You’re Accidentally Teaching Your Child to Ignore Their Body Signals
What’s inside this article: How well-meaning adults accidentally teach kids to ignore their body signals, why this matters for emotional…
Neurodiversity
Exploring neurodiversity as a natural part of human variation, shifting from a deficit-based model to a strengths-based understanding of autism, ADHD, and other neurodivergent experiences.
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Why Teachers Are Ditching Behavior Charts and Token Economies and What to Do Instead
What’s inside this article: Why behavior charts, clip charts, and token economies backfire, and what actually works instead. Practical, connection-based…
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18 Effective De-Escalation Strategies For Defusing Meltdowns
What’s inside this article: An overview of the escalation cycle, how the nervous system responds during stress and what that…
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Sharing Love This Valentine’s Day: All Neurotypes Welcome!
Sharing Love This Valentine’s Day: All Neurotypes Welcome! As a pediatric OT, my Valentine’s Day preparation is in full swing!…
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How Dungeons & Dragons (and other TTRPG) Can Help Us Grow: An OT’s Perspective
Tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons offer far more than entertainment—they’re powerful tools for skill development that can benefit…
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Teaching Kids to Advocate for Their Sensory Needs: 3 Simple Strategies
Toddlers are generally really excellent self-advocates for their own sensory needs. Of course, that’s to the detriment of several other…
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Rethinking Empathy in Autism
A common and persistent myth about autism is that autistic individuals lack empathy. This idea influences how society, educators, and…
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9 Tips for Helping Others Understand Your Child’s Sensory Needs
Supporting a neurodivergent child means not only understanding their sensory needs but also effectively communicating those needs to others. Whether…
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Person-First or Identity-First Language?
Language matters, especially when it comes to how we describe identity. You may have heard debates about whether it is…
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The Problem with Functioning Labels in Autism
Autism is often described using terms like “high-functioning” or “low-functioning” or classified into levels 1, 2, and 3. While these…
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