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Big Feelings in My Body

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 Pages
PediatricOTSLPAutismExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentSensory
Use this resource to help school-age children explore how shame and anxiety can show up in the body through sensory awareness, emotional language, and self-reflection. Use the visuals and discussion prompts to support interoception, emotional regulation, self-advocacy, and conversations about strategies that help children feel safer and more supported.
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The Power of Language Modeling

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 Page
PediatricSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
Help parents understand how children often learn communication best through repeated, low-pressure exposure to language rather than constant prompting or correction. This handout gives therapists a warm, practical tool for coaching families on how to model language naturally during everyday interactions while supporting spontaneous communication development.
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Hanging Out With Me

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 Page
PediatricOTSLPAutismExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentSensory
Help children and families create a practical, strengths-based guide that explains a child’s communication style, sensory preferences, routines, and support needs in everyday language. This resource can support collaborative conversations with babysitters, relatives, teachers, coaches, and other adults while reducing reliance on diagnostic jargon or behavior-focused descriptions.
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Signs of Self-Care in Kids With ADHD

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricOTSLPExecutive Function
This handout helps therapists reframe “challenging” behaviors in kids with ADHD as meaningful attempts at self-regulation within demanding environments. It offers simple, practical language and response strategies that therapists can use to guide parents, teachers, and caregivers toward more supportive, effective interactions.
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Let’s Talk About Therapy: Collaborative Goal Planning for Kids (Age 8+)

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricOTSLPAutismExecutive FunctionFine MotorFluencyLanguage DevelopmentLiteracyPediatric Brain InjuryPediatric VoiceSensory
This guided activity helps therapists invite kids into honest conversations about their therapy experience, including what’s working, what’s not, and what they want more of. Use it to co-create goals that reflect the child’s preferences, not just the paperwork.
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Personalized Visual Map of Brain Injury Changes (For Kids)

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricOTSLPPediatric Brain Injury
This child-friendly brain map helps you walk through how a brain injury may be affecting a child in a way that feels concrete, collaborative, and easy to understand. Use it to support shared insight, guide goal-setting, and help kids put words to what feels harder in their day-to-day life.
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Helping Kids Understand Their Body Cues Around Food

OTPrint ResourceSLP — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricFeeding and Swallowing
This two-page resource provides a visual and language-based tool to help kids understand and communicate body cues like hunger and fullness during mealtimes. It supports the development of interoceptive awareness while guiding adults to respond in ways that respect the child’s cues and build trust in their own body.
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Navigating the Big World of Sensitive Kids

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage DevelopmentSensory
A concise handout to help parents understand highly sensitive kids through the lens of regulation, sensory processing, and communication instead of just behavior alone. Use this resource to guide supportive conversations and offer simple, in-the-moment strategies that respect the child’s experience while building long-term skills.
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Stimming is Self-Regulation

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricOTSLPAutismSensory
This resource provides therapists with a neurodiversity-affirming framework to help caregivers and educators shift from viewing stimming as a behavior to manage to a vital tool for sensory regulation. It serves as an essential psychoeducational handout to validate a client’s natural coping mechanisms while fostering more supportive, inclusive environments in schools and homes.
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Understanding Listening Fatigue and Cognitive Load in Deaf/HOH Students

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
This handout helps teachers, parents, and caregivers understand the hidden effort children with hearing loss experience when using hearing devices. It offers simple, practical ways to reduce listening demands, support energy levels, and create environments that work with the child’s capacity.
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Beyond Taking the Bite: Why Autonomy is the Goal of Feeding Therapy

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricOTSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This resource provides therapists with a research-backed framework to help families shift from compliance-based feeding to a model centered on interoception and body autonomy. By bridging the gap between clinical theory and practical kitchen table boundaries, it empowers parents to trade the mealtime power struggle for a relationship built on trust and sensory safety.
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Flip the Script: From Feeding Pressure to Observation

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricOTSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This resource provides therapists with a practical bridge between clinical autonomy theory and the high-pressure reality of the family dinner table. By offering declarative language swaps, it empowers parents to move from being food salespeople to neutral sensory observers, effectively lowering a child’s nervous system defenses.
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Exploring Food Aversion Through Play

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricOTSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This resource provides therapists with a playful, sensory-based framework for desensitizing food aversions without the pressure of oral intake. It allows clinicians to guide families through low-stakes interaction and tactile exploration that honors a child’s boundaries.
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Reframing Progress with Feeding

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PediatricOTSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Help families recognize meaningful feeding progress beyond bites and food counts. This handout helps therapists shift the conversation toward reduced stress, increased tolerance, and growing curiosity around food.
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Why Adolescence is Developmentally Wired for Disorganization

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PediatricOTSLPExecutive Function
This resource reframes adolescent disorganization from a behavioral deficit to a natural byproduct of a brain optimized for exploration and identity formation. It provides therapists with a neuro-informed framework to help parents shift from frustrating power struggles toward a stance of developmental mentorship and supportive scaffolding.
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Barrier Matching Game: Fine Motor + Descriptive Language

Print Resource — US Letter — 5 pages
PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionFine MotorLanguage DevelopmentPediatric Brain Injury
A collaborative barrier game that encourages students to practice describing, listening, and problem-solving while matching picture halves they cannot see. Therapists can use this activity to target expressive language, comprehension, and communication repair while incorporating cutting, visual scanning, and turn-taking.
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