Sensory Wellness Group

09/22/2023

04/11/2023

“Children develop psychological resilience: through relational safety and by recognizing and honoring their individual differences in perceiving the world.”

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Updated: April 2023 As anyone who has ever struggled to manage a toddler’s meltdown in a busy supermarket line can attest, parenting can be both confusing and humbling. To make matters worse, seeking out advice from experts can often lead to even more confusion since their wisdom can be contradic

03/04/2023

We agree!! The way our bodies perceive, process and respond to input (sensory processing) is not voluntary. 🤍

This goes back to assuming that children do everything that they do because they want to do it — that if they’re not doing something, it’s the *motivation* that they’re lacking, rather than the *skills* that they’re lacking.

Reasoning with them is trying to motivate them.

Rewarding them is trying to motivate them.

Offering incentives is trying to motivate them.

Coercion (like punishment) is trying to motivate them.

And if they can’t do the thing, then none of it will make any difference: because they can’t do the thing. No one could reason, reward, incentivize, or coerce you into being able to do something that you literally cannot do, either.

The problem is that to accept that a child literally cannot do something (maybe at that time, maybe in that moment, maybe forever, maybe “yet”, maybe in that environment or in those circumstances or for that person…) is a massive lens shift for most adults. Because it’s easier for most adults to believe that children are just being [insert negative descriptor here] rather than to believe that they actually can’t do something on a timeline the adult has deemed appropriate.

[Image description: A dark blue background with white text over it which reads, “No matter how much you try to reason, reward, or offer incentives, you can’t coerce or even teach a child to have control over something they can’t actually control.” The quote is by Mona Delahooke, while the image itself is by and it is labelled “Brain-Body Parenting”. End description.]

12/19/2022

Love this visual reminder that there are so many ways to be a calming presence for your child. 💕

Lovely post from Coastal Connections OT!

09/10/2022

"Beware the temptation to blame behavior. This is usually short hand for 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒. Take a breath and look deeper at the child, the context, the environment. A child's sense of self is at stake." Virginia Spielmann

09/06/2022

Rest- A daily occupation.

I needed this. Some of you may too. ❤️

06/08/2022

Our sensory system is so important for sleep!

06/03/2022

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05/30/2022

Need some inspiration to keep your kids engaged this summer and work on some lagging skills? We’ve got you covered! Email us at [email protected] to learn more about our Summer Boost Program!
Thanks for the awesome list!

05/28/2022

Summer break is here! ☀️ Tell us what you are looking forward to this summer in the comments!