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    Quick Self Regulation Guide For Parents
    Little Bird
    • Jun 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Quick Self Regulation Guide For Parents

    Self regulation is your ability to monitor and manage your energy states and your reactions to your thoughts, emotions and sensations. It...
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    Proprioception- essential for regulation
    Little Bird
    • May 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Proprioception- essential for regulation

    Proprioception is one of the main senses that I focus on in Occupational Therapy or any of my work with kids. It is your sense of where...
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    Grounding Tools
    Little Bird
    • May 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    Grounding Tools

    Grounding tools are activities or items which give some intense or distracting sensory input which brings a person back to the present...
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    Lets Talk Sensory!
    Little Bird
    • May 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Lets Talk Sensory!

    "The experience of being human [of being conscious at all] is embedded in the sensory events of our every day lives". Begininng with the...
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    I know, I know...
    Little Bird
    • Aug 13, 2019
    • 1 min

    I know, I know...

    I haven't written anything in a while, but I just wanted you to all know I'm still alive and active, I just haven't had the time! I've...
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    What the heck is interoception?
    Little Bird
    • Jun 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    What the heck is interoception?

    Interoception. One of those strange words an Occupational Therapist probably made up to explain another one of all the myriad of things...
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    Responding to Big Emotions
    Little Bird
    • Apr 28, 2019
    • 6 min

    Responding to Big Emotions

    Every parent has probably been there- you overestimated your super mom abilities and decided to pick up some quick groceries on the way...
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    the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics
    Little Bird
    • Feb 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics

    The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics,created by Bruce Perry, teaches that therapy needs to start at the place in brain development...
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    Occupational Therapy and Pediatric Mental Health
    Little Bird
    • Feb 6, 2019
    • 3 min

    Occupational Therapy and Pediatric Mental Health

    Does your child struggle with anxiety? With big emotions that make home routines a huge challenge? Does your child have extreme fears...
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    What is Occupational Therapy?
    Little Bird
    • Feb 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    What is Occupational Therapy?

    "What exactly is occupational therapy, aka OT? Is it like physical therapy? Is it helping people find jobs? Well, it could be. But it's...
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    Grounding Strategies
    Little Bird
    • Feb 6, 2019
    • 4 min

    Grounding Strategies

    Here’s a list of grounding techniques to help calm yourself when anxious or stressed. Find one or two that work best for you. If focusing...
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    Brainstem Calmer Activities
    Little Bird
    • Feb 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    Brainstem Calmer Activities

    Children’s brains organize from bottom to top, starting from their brainstem and moving to cortical, ‘higher thinking’ areas last. Some...
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    Heavy Work Activities
    Little Bird
    • Jan 28, 2019
    • 2 min

    Heavy Work Activities

    Heavy work activities- using the body against resistance- are regulating for most children. They can be used to either calm an over...
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    Purposeful, Goal Directed Activities to Help Your Child Regulate
    Little Bird
    • Jan 28, 2019
    • 1 min

    Purposeful, Goal Directed Activities to Help Your Child Regulate

    Generally, activities that are purposeful or goal directed are more calming than random movement activities such as running around,...
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