5 Tips for a Successful Sensory Diet
Sensory Diets are a way to support people who struggle with sensory challenges. In my private practice with children and in my parent coaching sessions we develop an individualized set of activities that children with sensory processing disorder, find...
Is it Sensory Processing Disorder or a Behavior Issue?
The line between sensory and behavior often becomes blurred and can be one of the most confusing challenges faced by parents of kids with sensory processing disorder (SPD). Not all negative behaviors equal “sensory meltdown” and not all kids with...
Pass the Peas Not the Screens; 5 Tips for Improving Mealtime
Screens do not belong at the dinner table and we do not belong in front of a screen while we are eating. Here’s why: Eating uses all of our senses but the visual system is typically the strongest sensory system of the body. Using a screen means the...
SPD Books We Love, for Kids
Children’s books can be a wonderful way to engage with your child. The following books are recommended by OTC because they address various topics commonly encountered by children with sensory processing disorder: Ovis Has Trouble with School and Ovis...
Next Steps
Join the Community
Join this professional group for Occupational Therapists to share in study and discussion of how to translate key concepts of Polyvagal Theory into best practices of occupational therapy and thus have bigger impact with our clients and in the world!
Subscribe
Kelly's newsletter is a great resource for OT professionals to learn more about our field.
