Author: Kid from Missouri
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Trauma 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 cannot have their desired item or thing. They begin to throw things, may become…
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PUD’s Attachment Style and Schema begin early
Pud is developing a working schema for attachment, understanding, and safety. He has built knowledge and security regarding each parent and his grandmother (Nana), who is his primary caretaker at this stage in his life. He is meeting people, and learning his schema and attachment style is helping him navigate new and challenging situations. He…
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PUD’s story and SPD
Using OT for sensory processing and understanding how to help your child prepare for his day at school.
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Pud’s Preschool Years
Pud is developing a working schema for attachment, understanding, and safety. He has understood 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 his attachment style helps navigate new and difficult situations. He has begun to…
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First few days of life
After completing an assessment of my clients that focuses on prenatal, labor, and delivery, many of them share the same background. Most of us do not think about how our time in utero correlates with our growth after we are born. Research shows the embryo’s brain develops around week 7. Senses begin to form around…
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What does Pud mean to me?
PUD = Peds unexpected diagnosis-Disclaimer, I want to emphasize that not all children with sensory processing, ADHD, or other emotional and/ or behavioral diagnoses have had this trauma during labor and delivery. Working with parents of children with disabilities, I find that specific diagnoses are not detected or understood. PUD is my interpretation of what…
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2nd grad was hard, but 3rd grade was terror
2nd grade was hard, but 3rd grade was terror When Pud was in second grade, he had already developed a schema for how life at school would be. Having been in school since age 3, he liked parts of it but hated others. People did not understand him, and he did not understand the school’s…
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Pud’s Elementary School Years – learning to fight
Parents send their children to school expecting them to be safe, educated, and respected. In reality, teachers are just people with likes, dislikes, biases, and prejudices. We often assume that teachers are held to a higher standard. They will love our children as we love them. It isn’t always that way. Pud had a teacher…
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My year: 2023, the Year of Moving and 8th Grade
my year moving from our home to a camper and duplex and back to the camper. It guess it was our year of traveling
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Maine Family Reunion July 2023
I really wanted to go to the family reunion this year. Nana was like, maybe we shouldn’t go because we just sold a house and we didn’t have any place to live. I loved this drive and all the places we stayed. I will put a video in the travel part but I do have…
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RV Life 2025 is not as bad as people would think
This was a bit of a crazy year. Nana and I lived on the lot in our camper from August 2024 to October 2025. Our RV life was the end of the 9th grade and all of the 10th grade. We moved and still lived in the RV when we bought the house in the…
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My time with JROTC and the Raiders
My dream was to be in the JROTC. I could see myself doing that when I’d sit by my Nana’s house and watch them go past with the parade in their uniforms and flags, and I would say, ” Nana, I want to do that. I never thought I would be able to because I…
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