The Integration Station

<p>Imagine an environment where everything is always changing, the educators are different, and the transitions are tricky. <br /><br />This week, Eleanor & Michael unpack how we can support a young person to navigate...

<p>We're not removalists, we're OT's! <br /><br />And that means we're going to teach you how to find the fun in moving house and how you can best support your young person in doing so. <br /><br />Michael and Eleanor...

<p>Today is R U OK Day. <br /><br />Michael and Eleanor walk you through how to ask R U OK with the people who are closest to you, the power of pausing while holding space, and how sharing a hug can help make someone's...

<p>Eleanor and Micheal unpack Engine Charts vs Zones of Regulation, what they are, and how you can use them therapeutically in the clinic. <br /><br />Eleanor brought her engine chart to show you how she models hers...

<p>This week Michael and Eleanor unpack a question about managing tricky moments during transition time and what that looks like for a young person, adn they unpack what it's like to be on the receiving end of someone...

<p>This week, we're unpacking the Thriving Kids Program announcement, workshopping how you can manage difficult conversations when someone separates the person from the diagnosis, and managing clients with low muscle...

<p>Michael and Eleanor unpack Pathological Demand Avoidance and Oppositional Defiance Disorder and, walk you through the differences, how to manage the challenges, and useful resources to help build your toolkit. <br...

<p>Michael shares his top strategies for communicating with neurodivergent young people - insights that go beyond the therapy room. <br /><br />Whether you're a health professional, educator, student, AHA or just want...

<p>How do you respond to a young person who says, “If I could change one thing about myself, I’d take away my autism?”</p><p>This week on The Integration Station, Michael shares an emotional moment with a young client...

<p>This week, Michael and Eleanor answer your questions about bedtime routines for sensory avoidant profiles and activities for high emotions and provide fun ways to incorporate deep breathing activities for moments of...

<p>This week, Michael and Eleanor delve into the fascinating and complex topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential implications on the future of reading, writing, and occupational therapy. <br /><br />We...

<p>This week, Michael and Eleanor explain The PINCH Method.</p><p>It's a way to help an ADHD brain stay engaged and motivated by creating interest-based motivation in a task.</p><p>Research has shown that when tasks are...

<p>How important is rapport to delivering outcomes for clients? <br /><br />Michael and Eleanor provide the evidence as to why it's so important in the clinic, plus we fire off some rapid fire regulation activities for...

<p>This week, we cross to Twin Falls, Idaho and chat with parent coach and sensory integration Occupational Therapist Ivan Hardcastle. <br /><br />We cover how to use sensory integration with families and in the school...

<p>This week, we dust off the backpack, polish up our shoes, and go back to grade 11 as we answer a student who asked if we could help them finish their Stage 2 Child Studies assignment. The questions were so...