42. Scattered Yet Intentional and Passionate Road Map for Regulation and Engagement Through a Sensory Emotional Lens

In today’s episode, we’re focusing on theScattered Yet Intentional and PassionateSensory Emotional Personality map. We'll explore the specific sensory and emotional behaviors—essentially thelandmarks—that you can expect to encounter on this SEP map. By recognizing these key traits, you’ll be better equipped to understand and navigate your child's world with connection, empathy, and insight. Just as a map offers guidance through unfamiliar landscapes, understanding your child's Sensory Emotional Personality (SEP) can provide clear guidance through your child’s behaviors and interactions. Each SEP serves as a guide, revealing how children process sensations and navigate their emotional world, and unveiling their unique characteristics and behavioral tendencies, shedding light on why they act the way they do. As caregivers, this understanding empowers us to anticipate and respond to their needs more effectively.In this episode, you'll discover:The expected social behaviors of the Scattered Yet Intentional and Passionate PersonalityThe expected emotional expressions of the Scattered Yet Intentional and Passionate PersonalityWhy having difficulty making and executing plans leads to difficulty with changes in routines/plans, following directions, transitions, and peer interactions. Ways to understand rigidity, excessive question asking, bossiness, and emotion dysregulation, including aggression and sensory seeking  in your Scattered Yet Intentional and Passionate childHow having difficulty making and executing plans, being Scattered Yet Intentional and Passionate, leads to low confidence and persistence, or refusal to participate in activities, particularly “non-preferred activities”.  Ways to respond to your Scattered Yet Intentional and Passionate child to both address and prevent dysregulation through validation of their experience and provision of Sensory Emotional supportsJoin our community!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesensoryemotional_ot/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatkidsplace/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatKidsPlace/Visit our Learning Center Using playful interactions,The Sensory Emotional Center of Learning is designed to bring our therapeutic model, the Sensory Emotional Engagement Model™, into your home or work. Throughout, you'll discover practical strategies and resources designed to enhance your understanding of sensory and emotional regulation in your children (and yourself). By understanding ⁠Sensory Emotional Personality Styles™⁠, you'll better understand a child's strengths and weaknesses in sensory-motor and social-emotional development and, most importantly, ways to interact with them in both tricky and great times.https://www.sensoryemotionalcenteroflearning.comWant more resources? Please visit our blog: https://greatkidsplace.com/category/blog/and https://sensoryemotional.org/ AboutMichele 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. 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 understand their Sensory Emotional Personality™ style and ways to find strength and joy within them.