Category: sensory processing
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Selective Mutism bullying the special needs peer
Bullying at School, sensory intragation, helping your child trust enough to tell and living with the hurt.
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A boy’s thoughts on Sensory Processing Disorder
Why I want to grow my YouTube Channel I thought about YouTube a lot for a long time. I loved to watch some of the show on YouTube and thought, “I can do that.” Then I thought, “is it hard”? I asked my Nana and my dad if I could do it and they said…
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Pud starts Preschool
understanding signs of SPD early Pud is developing a working schema for attachment, understanding, and safety. He has built and understanding regarding each parent and his grandmother (Nana) who is his main caretaker at this stage in his life. He is meeting people and learning his own personal schema and attachment style is helping in…
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Pud’s 1st Year
When Pud was an infant he had three homes. This is not unlike my clients; children have two parents which means two different homes plus the babysitter or grandparents’ home. This set up makes it difficult for the baby to bond and attach to a specific person while in a vital developmental stage. It also…
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Pud’s Story and SPD (sensory processing disorder)
Watching children struggle who have sensory processing disorder is a real challenge as it is not a Therapeutic diagnosis it is an Occupational Therapy Diagnosis that has to be reviewed and approved of by the child’s pediatrician. This is a challenge to parents and teachers as they see an issue but can not put their…
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My Journey to Understanding
I began this journey to understand sensory processing disorder as a grandmother and mother. My grandson has what he calls sensory issues. I am a clinical therapist who specializes in children’s therapy. Most of my clients are on the spectrum, have attachment disorders, and/ or complex trauma. What I have seen in all these children…
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Tantrums vs Meltdowns
I see many tantrums in the residential where I work. These tantrums are designed to receive something like a prize or attention or not receive something like a consequence. The children who have tantrums begin to “turn it up” when they are not allowed to have their desired item or thing. They begin to throw…
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