All Things Sensory by Harkla

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#252 - Managing Multiple Sensory Needs While Homeschooling- Inside a 2-1 Mentoring Session with a Mom of 4 Apr 19, 2023

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April is OT Month - Check out our OT Month Digital Course Sale! harkla.co/otmonthSale ends April 30, 2023 Today’s episode is a LIVE call with a 2-1 mentoring client! The family provide us with details ahead of time, scheduled the session, and we jumped right into a brainstorming session!If you found this episode helpful, let us know! Make sure to check out all of our links below! We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP...

Autism Language Mini Series Episode 3: Jessie, Parent Apr 17, 2023

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April is Autism Acceptance Month. This month, we’re releasing one new episode each week, in addition to our regularly scheduled episodes. These episodes are all about the language surrounding Autism. We had the privilege of interviewing several people for this Mini Series and we’re excited for you to listen in! Jessie is a social media manager, work-from-home mother, Autism advocate, and accidental influencer. She’s the mother to a wonderful 4-year-old boy and she shares their journey on Inst...

#251 - Home Health Occupational Therapy with Jessie Given, COTA/L Apr 12, 2023

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April is OT Month - Check out our OT Month Digital Course Sale! harkla.co/otmonthSale ends April 30, 2023 Jessica Given is a pediatric Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant with 6 years of intensive experience in the outpatient clinic setting with an emphasis in sensory integration. She is currently serving in the home health setting and has been since 2021. Jessica has completed certification as a Therapeutic Listening Program provider and Clinical Anxiety treatment professional, ...

Autism Language Mini Series Episode 2: Meg Proctor, Occupational Therapist Apr 10, 2023

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April is Autism Acceptance Month. This month, we’re releasing one new episode each week, in addition to our regularly scheduled episodes. These episodes are all about the language surrounding Autism. We had the privilege of interviewing several people for this Mini Series and we’re excited for you to listen in! Meg Proctor, MS, OTR/L is the founder of Learn Play Thrive. She started Learn Play Thrive to help therapists who work on practical skills with neurodivergent kids to learn and apply th...

#250 - A Primitive Reflex Brainstorming Session with Rachel and Jessica Apr 05, 2023

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April is OT Month - Check out our OT Month Digital Course Sale! harkla.co/otmonthSale ends April 30, 2023 Today we are answering a question from inside our Primitive Reflex Digital Course. The question is about the exercises for the Moro Reflex as well as the sensory input that is provided during the exercises. We discuss all of this plus we dive into some research (which you can find in the links below)! Jump into our Primitive Reflex Digital Course to learn all about retained primitiv...

Autism Language Mini Series Episode 1: Amber Grant, Parent Apr 03, 2023

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April is Autism Acceptance Month. This month, we’re releasing one new episode each week, in addition to our regularly scheduled episodes. These episodes are all about the language surrounding Autism. We had the privilege of interviewing several people for this Mini Series and we’re excited for you to listen in! Amber Grant is the mother to 2 special needs individuals, a wife, an advocate, and health care advocate. She deeply values authenticity and transparency and gravitates towards growing ...

#249 - Picky Eating from a Holistic Perspective with Ashley Thurn, MS, OTR @thewholisticot Mar 29, 2023

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Ashley Thurn is a mother to three little ones, a pediatric occupational therapist, and feeding specialist by trade. She has a background in nutrition, sensory integration, holistic wellness and she specializes in picky eating and feeding disorders. She loves helping families navigate the many challenges that come with feeding children and it is her joy to help families find strategies to help nourish their growing children and expand their children’s diets to eat a more variety of...

#248 - Will My Child Grow Out of Sensory Processing Disorder? Mar 22, 2023

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Answering a listener question today - Will my child grow out of sensory processing disorder?SPD is a neurological disorder that affects how your brain interprets sensory information. SPD can affect one or more of the eight senses. You might be over-responsive to one type of input while simultaneously being under-responsive to another. Learn more about SPD HERE.SPD can be lifelong, but there are strategies and modifications you can use to help. Things like environmental modifications, sk...

#247 - Autism is Not a Burden with Jessie from @daily_dig Mar 15, 2023

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Jessie is a social media manager, work-from-home mother, Autism advocate, and accidental influencer. She’s the mother to a wonderful 4-year-old boy and she shares their journey on Instagram. You can find all of her links below. Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 Brought To You By HarklaThis podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission...

#246 - What Are Preparatory Activities and Why Does Everyone Need to be Doing Them? Mar 08, 2023

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Preparatory activities are the “warm ups” you incorporate into a treatment session. These activities should stimulate different sensory systems, wake up different muscle groups, and help the child prepare for functional, occupation-based activities.We dive into WHY we love preparatory activities and we give you our top 10 favorites that you need to include daily! This isn’t just for therapists - parents and teachers can use these preparatory activities to help children prepare for daily activ...

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