by hellokaren | Jan 7, 2014 | Occupational Therapy
Background: John is very angry with his mom about a big decision that was upsetting to him. Mother reports: “John asked me into his room, shut the door, sat me down at his Lego table and told me he had to “let me go”. He handed me an envelope with...
by hellokaren | Jan 4, 2014 | Occupational Therapy
One of my power words of the year is SELF-ADVOCACY. Teaching children to ask for what they want and need to make their lives easier. Of course, when dealing with the awesomeness of children, it doesn’t always quite work as we expect. 🙂 One of my Facebook friends...
by hellokaren | Jan 2, 2014 | Occupational Therapy
ACTIVITY 1. Take dinosaur post-it or other random animal paper. Child cuts across animal. 2. Child is veterinarian and fixes animal. (Skim over the fact we were directly responsible for its hurt, cough). 3. Give child a band-aid. 4. Child puts animal pieces...