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Stimming is Self-Regulation

May 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
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

May 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
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

May 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
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

May 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
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

May 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
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

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
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

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
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

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
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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