Tag Archives: sensory processing
Seven Favorite Halloween Activities
Sensory Meltdown 101
I came across this document I wrote a couple of years ago to hand out to teachers within a program I was consulting with. Simple, easy techniques to aid with sensory meltdowns (with a couple things added that I’ve learned since I first wrote the document). So simple but so good, that I thought I […]
Don’t Stare
How My Children Make Their Own Sensory Accommodations
This is Brian grocery shopping with me yesterday. At ten years old, he still rides in the cart and the more I put in the cart, the better. It’s not that Brian can’t walk or has physical limitations. Being enclosed in the cart helps him feel calm and secure in environments that are sensory nightmares. […]
Autism Lives Here: “Touché Mom”
Top Ten Tips for the Newly Diagnosed
Pirates Don’t Have Tactile Defensiveness!
Me:”Brian, are you a pirate?” Brian: “Imma pie!!” Brian has been wearing this pirate patch for three hours and still going strong. No joke. From the kid who goes at his clothes with scissors (instead of asking for help and then giving his mother an anxiety attack when she sees him reaching behind his back […]
The Guessing Game
For the most part I think that I’m very patient. I think I have accepted things to just be part of my life and don’t sweat the small stuff. But some days I just wonder how long I can do it for. Like searching all over for one particular train, not even sure which one […]