37. SEPs As a Road Map for Regulation and Engagement Through a Sensory Emotional Lens

Personality is a set of qualities that make up a person's character - their way of being. When we talk about someone's personality, we often describe the way they act and interact. For example, "he is the outgoing one who likes to talk a lot and try new things."   Sensory Emotional Personalities describe the characteristics - the way an individual acts and interacts - based on the way they are processing and moving in their world. Therefore, Sensory Emotional Personalities provide us with a way to understand our child's actions and interactions (their behaviors) by understanding how they are processing sensations and moving their body.  With this in mind, we can use Sensory Emotional Personalities as a map to understanding our child's behavior and how to navigate it (respond to it) through our interactions with them.  In this episode, you'll discover: How to understand your child's social-emotional behaviors as a map and ways that this will help you navigate interactions with them  The concept of co-regulation - how your role in interactions supports regulation and participation for your child The concept of serve and return and how to use it to enhance regulation and participation through interactions with your child Consideration of the map that you are currently using to navigate interactions with your child and when to make a switch to a Sensory Emotional map  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.