Category: Growing up with Sensory Processing Disorder
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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 to avoid something like a consequence. Children who have tantrums begin to “turn it up” when they cannot have the item or thing they want. They may begin throwing things and 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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If you only understand: Sensory Issues Reflections
If people understand SPD the schools would be better
Kid from Missouri travels 