January 2020

A common reason that coping strategies don’t improve behavior is that they were not optimally developed or practiced. Affective coping strategies for children with complex behavioral challenges are based on their Sensory Profile, a preference assessment, and if needed a functional behavioral assessment such as the QABF (Questions About Behavior Form). Massagehttps://www.cmbaware.org/ First, come up […]

While I need to begin with full disclosure that “I am a research geek” I think it is important for OTs to review the current research, as illustrated by recent research regarding weighted blankets. The heading of the research study in the journal Pedatrics heading bullet states that the study adds that weighted blankets do not

To develop interventions that help improve interoceptive awareness in adolescents with complex behavioral challenges I recently completed the MABT (Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy) Level 1 training and interoception research. Sensory processing and interoception are atypical in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (DuBois et al., 2016) and mental health challenges (Khalsa et al., 2018). Recent

Recent interoception research, theory, and assessment necessitate an expansion of multi-disciplinary collaboration and the sensory processing frame of reference (DuBois et al., 2016). Interoception involves the nervous system registering, interpreting, and integrating sensory input to represents the current condition of the body. Interoceptive input is the primarily unconscious monitoring of our internal body sensations that