Sensory Wellness Group

09/22/2023

04/11/2023

“Children develop psychological resilience: through relational safety and by recognizing and honoring their individual differences in perceiving the world.”

Looking for ways to implement this approach into your family or child’s classroom? Ask us about joining our Parent Coaching Program!

Updated: April 2023 As anyone who has ever struggled to manage a toddler’s meltdown in a busy supermarket line can attest, parenting can be both confusing and humbling. To make matters worse, seeking out advice from experts can often lead to even more confusion since their wisdom can be contradic

03/04/2023

We agree!! The way our bodies perceive, process and respond to input (sensory processing) is not voluntary. 🤍

This goes back to assuming that children do everything that they do because they want to do it — that if they’re not doing something, it’s the *motivation* that they’re lacking, rather than the *skills* that they’re lacking.

Reasoning with them is trying to motivate them.

Rewarding them is trying to motivate them.

Offering incentives is trying to motivate them.

Coercion (like punishment) is trying to motivate them.

And if they can’t do the thing, then none of it will make any difference: because they can’t do the thing. No one could reason, reward, incentivize, or coerce you into being able to do something that you literally cannot do, either.

The problem is that to accept that a child literally cannot do something (maybe at that time, maybe in that moment, maybe forever, maybe “yet”, maybe in that environment or in those circumstances or for that person…) is a massive lens shift for most adults. Because it’s easier for most adults to believe that children are just being [insert negative descriptor here] rather than to believe that they actually can’t do something on a timeline the adult has deemed appropriate.

[Image description: A dark blue background with white text over it which reads, “No matter how much you try to reason, reward, or offer incentives, you can’t coerce or even teach a child to have control over something they can’t actually control.” The quote is by Mona Delahooke, while the image itself is by and it is labelled “Brain-Body Parenting”. End description.]

12/19/2022

Love this visual reminder that there are so many ways to be a calming presence for your child. 💕

Lovely post from Coastal Connections OT!

09/10/2022

"Beware the temptation to blame behavior. This is usually short hand for 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒. Take a breath and look deeper at the child, the context, the environment. A child's sense of self is at stake." Virginia Spielmann

09/06/2022

Rest- A daily occupation.

I needed this. Some of you may too. ❤️

06/08/2022

Our sensory system is so important for sleep!

06/03/2022

Is your child ready for summer, but you want to keep practicing all those routines, handwriting skills or regulation strategies they learned at school? Give your child's skills a BOOST this summer with our Summer Boost school readiness programs! Email us at info@sensorywellnessgroup.com to find out more!

05/30/2022

Need some inspiration to keep your kids engaged this summer and work on some lagging skills? We’ve got you covered! Email us at info@sensorywellnessgroup.com to learn more about our Summer Boost Program!
Thanks for the awesome list!

05/28/2022

Summer break is here! ☀️ Tell us what you are looking forward to this summer in the comments!

05/08/2022

Happy Mother’s Day! We hope you embrace this season of motherhood 💐

This provocative question came up in a parents’ discussion I led recently at the RIE Center about establishing healthy boundaries. I was responding to a mom’s query about dealing with her toddler son pulling her hair. I encouraged her to try to stay calm while she kindly, but definitively stoppe...

05/06/2022

We couldn’t agree more! 💞

Parenting style discussions can be confusing! But we can cut through the confusion by asking another question, based on what a child needs in real-time. It’s much more effective to go with a child’s cues, what I call “biobehavioral markers” than to go with a pre-existing opinion!

Learn more in Brain-Body Parenting: https://bit.ly/3EJht91

05/03/2022

Summer break will be here soon! As you plan for all of the summer activities, camps or vacation, how can you use this time to build up your relationship with your child? ☀️

Needing a boost or guidance? Sign up for our Parent Coaching with our Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educators! Individual and group options available. 📥 info@sensorywellnessgroup.com

05/02/2022

“Your relationship with your child matters most.”

Too often children and parents think of school grades as the sole measure of success for the child. While grades are important and learning is a lifelong process, this view can damage the relationship between a parent and a child. Summertime can offer a buffer and help to improve that relationship.....

04/27/2022

We, as adults, also get the “Overs”!
Knowing these signals in our own bodies (interoception) and honoring those needs (self care), models for our children the body awareness and self monitoring skills needed for self-regulation and self-advocacy!

This got away from me so many times as a mom! Thought it might be a helpful reminder 💞

04/19/2022

04/14/2022

04/13/2022

Autism Acceptance Month continues! ♾❤️

“Helping a child understand autism is not just about knowing how their brain works, it’s about helping them understand a part of their identity.”

How to explain autism to kids