30. Back-to-School through A Sensory Emotional Lens (Part 1)

Getting to know a new school, a new teacher, new routines, and expectations that are different from last year can be really overwhelming for some. We recognize that we all process sensory information differently and choose different ways of being according to our capacities to process information from the world and our bodies. In school, these ways of being can significantly impact performance and participation in school-based activities. Join Michele and special guest Amanda Newchok for this special episode of A Sensory Emotional Lens where they share valuable insights and strategies to help ease these transitions.  In this episode, Michele and Amanda discuss how to support children who present as anxious, deeply feeling, unaware, inattentive, and deep thinking.  Strategies are presented to support sensory over-responsivity (hypersensitivity) and sensory under-responsivity (hyposensitivity).  In this episode you’ll discover: How to know if the way a child is acting and interacting in the classroom is related to sensory motor differences  Common challenges in the classroom for children who are anxious, deeply feeling or/and hypersensitive or over responsive to sensations  Common challenges in the classroom for children who are unaware, inattentive or/and hyposensitive or under responsive to sensations  Ways to set your child up for success by communicating to our child’s teacher using the language and idea that “My child is successful when…”  Sensory emotional strategies for the classroom for children who are anxious, deeply feeling, unaware, inattentive and deep thinking presenting in their own world.  Join our community! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesensoryemotional_ot/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatkidsplace/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatKidsPlace/ Want more resources? Please visit our blog: https://greatkidsplace.com/category/blog/ and https://sensoryemotional.org/   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.   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.  She hopes to help everyone - children and adults- understand their Sensory Emotional Personality™ style and ways to find strength and joy within them.  Amanda Newchok, MS, OTR/L Occupational Therapist, Great Kids Place Amanda is a passionate occupational therapist with about twenty years of experience working with the pediatric population. She is a specialist in Sensory Processing and Integration Disorder, certified in the evaluation and treatment of Sensory Processing Disorder by the Sensory Therapies and Research Institute. Amanda also serves as faculty for the Sensory Therapies and Research Institute, where she educates therapists from around the country on the relationship between regulation, relationship, and sensation in the treatment of Sensory Processing Disorder, particularly in the school setting.