In your own mind, to your own self, do you usually think positive expectations or negative expectations? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/what-you-c...

What is it that makes children able to learn something new -- especially learn something new on the grown-ups' timeline? At the intersection of being capable, being interested, and being connected there's a magic overlap... occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/capable-in...

Sometimes - relatively rarely - I put posts behind a paywall on my personal Substack. Blackout Bible poetry, and the reasons why that feels so raw to me, was one of those today. insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/blackout-b...

Did you miss the Bainbridge Island event where I lectured on "Protecting the Power of Play"? You can catch the replay for $5 on the front page of the ND Connections website, all funds going to make it possible for them to support their neurodivergent community in more ways! www.ndconnections.org

Walking through dysregulation from start to finish, on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/a-walk-thr...

Feeling overwhelmed, and little coping mechanisms, on the personal substack today: insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/tangible-t...

Breaking out of ageism, honoring our bodies, and what is OT, over on the Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/your-body-...

Brain wirings + operating systems on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/apple-andr...

I've written a SUPER comprehensive article (+ free printable flowchart!) about "sensory mismatch" -- everything you need to know about it, the steps you can take to begin solving it -- exclusively over on ClimbRx! climbrx.com/sensory-mism...

Talking, not just about "snowball time" (or "waiting mode"), but rather about using it as a metaphor for the slide-down expectations in academics, on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/snowball-t...

I'm not the one who originally made the tumblr post - but I am talking about it over on the substack today! occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/support-yo...

See pictures of my "glue station" -- which became a "glue neighborhood" -- on the Substack today! occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/glue-neigh...

One of the most-asked questions that I ever get. Maybe you've ever asked this, commented this, thought it to yourself... occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/survive

Going into more detail about this on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/low-attent...

Parents want their child to have autonomy over their own body -- but what do you do when there's a necessary medical procedure or something else that HAS to happen, and your child is still afraid of it? On the substack today. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/for-necess...

A poetic journal ramble about food + anxiety on the more personal Substack today. (it's ok to skip this one if those topics are fraught for you!) insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/the-opposi...

Listening to yourself (even when it's hard to make sense of your feelings), on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/your-behav...

An example of a little moment of conscious/mindful parenting on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/pulling-we...

On both of my Substacks today. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/play-is-in...

One of my most-told examples of power and powerlessness over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/powerlessn...

If you've ever heard the phrase "model without expectations" or heard me suggest that I usually use modeling, rather than overt teaching, in my practice and in my parenting -- well, I'm defining that more clearly on Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/modeling

A long narrative about the biggest marker in the world, child-led play, and why the OT I do is the OT I do, over on Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/the-bigges...

Talking about our inner children and offering grace over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/offering-g...

While working on something else I had a brilliant idea for a post. I quickly scribbled myself a note so I could reconstruct it later. "Value something intensity vacillate groundhog." ...Thanks, past-me. This is soooo helpful.

Honoring all types of communication -- spoken and nonspoken -- on Substack this morning: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/communicat...

When is a letter reversal a potential concern for dyslexia, when should it be corrected, and when is it not a big deal? Post on Substack this afternoon about it: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/letter-rev...

(1/8) Anyone who's followed me for awhile knows that I'm not usually concise. I asked followers what I could manage to convey in 300 characters. I got several good replies, and also several people joked, "haiku!". So I present to you: Seven Haikus About Child Development.

This morning's post: a walk back in time to when my son was 3 and we had maybe the first successful meltdown that we'd ever had. I was working so hard to learn how to overwrite old patterns; maybe some of what I learned will resonate with you. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/the-big-re...

Another post up at Substack - what's up with that thing where people finish something 90% of the way and then the last 10% your brain is like "NO!!!!"? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/all-done

This morning's post, about how often adults try to get kids to do something while unintentionally withholding the tool they need to be able to do that thing. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/i-want-you...

This afternoon's post: What are my thoughts on hand-over-hand therapy? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/hand-over-...

This morning's post: what do you do with kids when they're in that "arguing" phase - what I'm calling "lawyer phase"? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/when-kids-...

New paywalled post on Inside Occuplaytional. I paywall posts when I'm writing about things that are too intense or too personal for the internet at large. This one was really hard to write. insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/howling

New post over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/what-if-i