All Things Sensory by Harkla

Shop our BIGGEST sale of the year!

Today we are answering a listener question: how to help a 5-year-old who becomes overstimulated and how to help the parent who becomes overstimulated. We discuss strategies to set the child up for success before the overstimulating situations, strategies for the car ride, and how to decompress. We also talk about strategies for the parent, including getting outside, drinking enough water, asking for help, and more! 

LINKS

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

Harkla YouTube Channel

Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!

Harkla Instagram

When Your Child’s Sensory Preferences Don’t Match Yours

Free Primitive Reflex Webinar

What is the Moro Reflex?

Book: Building a Non-Anxious Life

Book: Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight

Tips for Getting Outside

8 Activities for Regulation

Sensory Strategies for Teens and Adults

Peaceful Parenting Tips

Free Sensory Diet Webinar

On-the-go Sensory Strategies 

Free Social Story Template

We are answering a listener question today: a 4-year-old child who is receiving speech and OT services and the family is struggling “to prevent eloping in parking lots and helping him understand the dangers of moving vehicles.” We talk about some different ideas including a sticker/reward chart, different ways to transition to the car, practicing “safe” and “not safe” scenarios, creating a social story, and MORE! 

LINKS

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

Harkla YouTube Channel

Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!

Harkla Instagram

Eloping: The Why and How For Kids Who Run Away

Weighted Lap Animal 

Gestalt Language Processing 

Social Story Template 

Social Stories

Sign up for the Harkla Early Bird Holiday Sale - https://harkla.co/pages/early-sign-up

What is the difference between a passive sensory activity and an active sensory activity? Is one type better than the other? How long does a passive sensory activity “last” in the body, compared to an activity sensory activity?

We answer these questions and give you our favorite passive sensory activities and our favorite active sensory activities!

LINKS

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

Harkla YouTube Channel

Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!

Harkla Instagram

Sensory Diet Digital Course

The Sensory Chef 

We’re sharing ten things that we’ve learned in the past 10 years! We’ve been certified occupational therapy assistants for just over 10 years and we’ve learned so many things, it was very difficult to pick just 10! We talk about mentoring, asking questions, referring out, and MORE! We’d love to hear from you - Leave a comment on Spotify or YouTube and let us know what you’ve learned in your career or what you’ve learned from listening to us!  

LINKS

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form- https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

Harkla YouTube Channel

Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!

Harkla Instagram

What We Really Do in OT

We’re answering a listener question today - helping a parent understand how to help their child self-regulate, understand sensory challenges, how to find help, and how primitive reflexes might be connected to learning in school, specifically reading. This child was recently diagnosed with ADHD as well. We dive into using the Harkla Sensory Preferences Checklist (free download linked below), adding more sensory activities into the daily routine, how to improve emotional intelligence, and more! 

LINKS

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

Harkla YouTube Channel

Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!

Harkla Instagram

Download Free Sensory Preferences Checklist

Free Sensory Diet Webinar

Sensory Diet Digital Course

Build a Sensory Corner

Free Primitive Reflex Webinar

Free Classroom Webinar

All About ADHD

The Power of Vision Therapy

Today we are chatting all about Rachel’s new curriculum: Crawling for Brain Development.

Get the inside scoop on how Rachel created this book, why she is so passionate about crawling, and how you can get your hands on this amazing curriculum! 

Crawling for Brain Development© is a 5-week, guided program designed for children and adults ages 3-100+. It will benefit individuals of all abilities, whether they crawled in infancy or not. Parents can implement the program at home, teachers in their classrooms, and therapists in their treatment sessions and home exercise programs. In 150 pages, you will learn therapist-directed activities designed to move the brain out of fight-or-flight and into a higher level of functioning! 

LINKS

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

Harkla YouTube Channel

Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!

Harkla Instagram

Crawling for Brain Development Curriculum 

Today we’re talking about sensory over-responsivity (what is it? What does it look like? Who can it impact?) and the connection to anxiety. 

We dive into 2 different research articles (linked below) as well as provide 3 tips:

LINKS

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

Harkla YouTube Channel

Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!

Harkla Instagram

Free Sensory Diet Webinar https://harkla.co/pages/sensory-diet-webinar-opt-in

Free Primitive Reflex Webinar https://harkla.co/pages/register-primitive-reflex-webinar-2023

Motion Sickness Toolkit https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast/178-motion-sickness-toolkit?_pos=1&_sid=7ed041778&_ss=r

Gravitational Insecurity https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast/127-gravitational-insecurity?_pos=1&_sid=2ef95245b&_ss=r

What is Sensory Overload? https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast/237-sensory-overload-what-it-can-look-like-and-how-you-can-help?_pos=4&_sid=9ffc748d1&_ss=r

Tactile Processing and Clothing Textures https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast/171-tactile-processing?_pos=1&_sid=0286be9dc&_ss=r

Picky Eating Strategies https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast/132-picky-eating-strategies-with-mckenzie-from-playingatyourplate?_pos=2&_sid=df36eafea&_ss=r

Bean with Bacon Soup https://www.campbells.com/products/condensed/bean-with-bacon-soup/

Research Article #1 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10802-018-0502-y

Research Article #2 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01942638.2016.1185504

The Anxious Generation https://a.co/d/djFiHkc

We are answering your questions in today’s podcast episode!

Question 1: How to help with picky eating, specifically with fruits and vegetables.

Question 2: How to help a toddler with daycare/preschool line up when it’s time to come back inside after playing outside.

Question 3: Understanding if soccer is the ‘just-right’ sport for a child with SPD, Autism, and low muscle tone. 

LINKS

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

All Things Sensory YouTube Channel

Harkla YouTube Channel

Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!

Harkla Instagram

Feeding and Meal Prep

Making Kids Nutrition Easy

Muscle Tone vs. Muscle Strength

Buddy Timer (Amazon)

We are answering a listener question today! Is there an age limit when it comes to sensory bins? Are sensory bins beneficial for older children? How can we make sensory bins beneficial and fun for a variety of ages?We dive into the benefits of sensory bins, including tactile modulation and visual processing. Then we talk about our favorite ways to make sensory bins fun and engaging for older children, including following a recipe, using a blindfold, and adding it into an obstacle course! 

LINKS

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

Harkla YouTube Channel

Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!

Harkla Instagram

5 Ways to Use a Sensory Bin

Messy Play All Day

Picky Eating Resources

Executive Function Skills

Improve Classroom Engagement - Free Webinar

Kinsey Showers is an S2C practitioner based in Utah. She began her spelling journey in 2018 when she was working at Invictus Academy Tampa Bay, a school for students with sensory motor differences. She is also a cohort leader and mentor for the International Association for Spelling as Communication. Kinsey is very passionate about communication rights because that's what communication is- a right! She is so thankful to work with nonspeakers and their families. Kinsey’s background is in education and she has worked in both private and public school settings. While the main focus of S2C is not necessarily to provide an education, she is passionate about advocating for her clients in whichever educational space they are in.

LINKS

Follow Kinsey on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kinseyshermansen/

The International Association for Spelling as Communication 

We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3 

All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram 

Harkla Website 

Harkla YouTube

Harkla Instagram