09. Sensory Motor Systems and Personalities through A Sensory Emotional Lens

If you’ve been following along in this mini-series, you’ve listened to why we play, and how we play. Today, we discuss who we play for - diving into understanding the Sensory Motor Systems and Sensory Emotional Personality™ styles of those with whom we play and interact.  In this episode of A Sensory Emotional Lens, you’ll discover: An understanding of personality/temperament as a response to sensory motor experiences  An overview of the sensory motor process by which we understand and interact with others and tasks What Sensory Emotional Personalities™ are and how they were discovered  An in-depth understanding of each of the 5 Sensory Emotional Personalities™  Join our community! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatkidsplace/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatKidsPlace/ Want more resources? Please visit our blog:⁠ https://greatkidsplace.com/category/blog/⁠   About Michele Parkins MS, OTR/L IMH-E® Founder & Director, Great Kids Place  Founder, Sensory Emotional Engagement Model™   Michele is an Occupational Therapist endorsed as an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist. She specializes in working with children and families with Sensory Processing and Integration Disorders and challenges in social-emotional development. She is also a parent of two sensory kids. She works and lives sensational kids! Michele is a fellow of Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, OTR, and the Sensory Treatment and Research Institute faculty.   Michele is passionate about working with families and other therapists and continues to do so as a clinician and educator. She educates therapists from all over the country and world and continues to provide consultation to schools on treatment for sensory processing disorder. Michele has co-authored a chapter in the 3rd edition of Sensory Integration: Theory and Practice, the textbook for sensory evaluation and treatment, alongside world-renowned pioneers in the field, and is currently writing a parenting book and children’s books to support parents and families in understanding the impact of sensory processing differences on social emotional capacities including family dynamics and relationships and day to day routines and activities. She hopes to help everyone - children and adults- understand their Sensory Emotional Personality™ style and ways to find strength and joy within them.