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Scripture and Sensory Processing
Asking the Hard Questions
As we move forward with modern medicine and treatments, new discoveries and diagnosis, and even renaming old diagnosis as we learn more about the human mind and body, one might think there should be a cure or a treatment to end all...
It is so hard to believe that the summer months are here! Let’s get ready by making sure there are plenty of engaging sensory activities that children, teens, and adults alike will want to do again and again.
Here are some great ideas organised by sensory skill. These great products are...
You might have heard suggestions such as playing Mozart for infants while they play or even as they sleep, but did you know that Auditory Training is a much more targeted and focused exercise that can benefit all ages? Children, teens, and adults who face sensory challenges, have suffered brain...
There may be times when we aren’t able to do regular OT, and this time is one of them! Let’s keep calm and get creative with some fun activities to do at home that will keep your child engaged. Ah, but this isn’t another list of things to place in a bin or a station to...
What Is Sensory Processing?
All around us exists a world that’s begging to be explored. We’re blessed to have many senses that make enjoying this world a possibility, although for some people, having these senses can be overwhelming. This can be due to what’s known as sensory...
No matter what this season has brought you, the blessing of forgiveness and new life remains. We celebrate His resurrection to remember to the pain and suffering our Savior endured at the Cross, and to praise Him for His gift of salvation. Because of His wounds, we are healed.
It can be hard in...
Mental health is such an important part of parenting. In the hustle and bustle of caring for children, it can be so easy to put aside our own needs as we meet theirs.
What’s more, is that is can seem to be a personal conflict leaving us wondering—why me?
The fog of questions loom in:
...You might have read on my homepage, “Everybody’s sensory thumbprint is unique”. This is something I absolutely believe in!
Every child is different.
I do not believe in a cookie-cutter solution. What I do believe in is God’s spiritual gifts that have lead me throughout the...
Do you have a child that hits, kicks, screams in the house, rips things up, and regularly ‘loses it’?
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Can you remember dreaming of reaching adulthood so you could eat chocolate cake every day for dinner and stay up until the small hours of the night on a weekday? Yet, now that we...
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” –John 16:33
Working with children with ASD and sensory processing disorders, I have seen so much hope and joy throughout the years in...
Savouring the Little Moments with Sensory Processing Disorders and Special Needs
Loving a child with any special needs or sensory issues comes with its challenges. Every time they fall, our hearts drop like a brick from the sky as we are forced to choose to rush to the side of our fallen child,...
If this is the most stressful time of year for you and there are more meltdowns per day than usual – the good news is you are not alone, and the best news is that that are loads of strategies to help!
These are tried and tested!
It is well worth tuning into your own sensory thumbprint at...