Exceptional Parenting Podcast

To celebrate the Exceptional Parenting Podcast reaching over 100 episodes we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite interviews so far!

Over the past 100 episodes, I have loved talking to other professionals in the child behavior field while educating myself in the process. It’s been quite a fascinating journey!

This week I’m looking back to my chat with Jennifer Magnano about making lasting changes to exceptional behavior.

Jennifer is a mom of two miracle kids, who knows what it is like to live daily with exceptional behaviors. In this very honest episode, Jennifer shares the reality of the struggles and joys in raising children with challenging health/emotional/and behavioral differences.

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To celebrate the Exceptional Parenting Podcast reaching over 100 episodes we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite interviews so far!

Over the past 100 episodes, I have loved talking to other professionals in the field while educating myself in the process. It’s been quite a fascinating journey!

This week I’m looking back to my chat with Heather Greutman about how to help your child who struggles with handwriting.

For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode103/

In this episode I want to celebrate 100 episodes of this podcast with you. 

Great news!

I am giving away my sensory workbook that helps you to understand the sensory preferences in your kids, partner and all your loved ones. As well as that, I am giving away over $50 worth of audio training about how to simplify sensory at home and how to address sensory meltdowns. I am giving it away for FREE in celebration of 100 episodes of this podcast. It’s my thank you to you for showing up and listening. 

At the end, I share some emotional yet exciting news about the future of the podcast and my business. 2021 will certainly be different so stick around! 

For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode102/

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Have you ever considered play-based therapy?

My guest for today’s episode is occupational therapist Nick Sidwell who owns ‘Ability Innovations’ based in Utah. The clinic specializes in occupational, physical, and speech therapy using play-based techniques.

Today I talk with him about how to help your child enjoy sensory play in a way that doesn’t feel exhausting and in ways that your child isn’t going to fight against it. It’s a practice that I believe really helps children so please take a listen. 

For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode101/

Today in the sensory series I will be discussing the visual and auditory senses. The episode starts with the ‘seeing’ sense which doesn’t necessarily mean how well you can see, but more about how well your brain can process the stimulation that comes in through your eyes. This includes bright or dull lights, color, how many visuals you have around you, people or bright designs. 

The second sense, being the ‘hearing’ sense is again NOT about how well you can hear but how well your brain can process and tolerate sounds. I want to make it clear that receiving auditory input and creating auditory input are two separate things. If we are in control, we can tolerate the noise a lot better. 

For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode100/

Do you know what your sensory preferences are?

On today’s episode, I have a really good friend of mine; Alisha Grogan who specializes in taste and smell.

These are two senses that I feel we wouldn’t necessarily think would interfere with our kid's daily lives, yet they really do, sometimes sparking temper tantrums. 

Alisha Grogan is a pediatric occupational therapist who during grad school was immersed in sensory integration which is a very specific type of therapy that helps children with sensory processing difficulties.

For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode99/

Are you or your child over-sensitive or under-sensitive to touch? 

My guest on this episode; Cameron Kleimo returns to the podcast on this episode to talk about the Tactile or ‘touch’ sense.

The Tactile sense covers our entire bodies, the receptors in our skin sends information to our brain to regulate pain, temperature, and vibrations.

We discuss what it means to be over or under-sensitive, how that can show up in a child’s behavior, and how you can spot it in order to be there for your child's needs. 

For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode98/

Do you believe your child or student has problems with their executive function?

My guest in this special bonus episode is Seth Perler is an executive function coach.

We discuss how executive function takes place in the front part of the brain, it is how we execute complex tasks.

If you think about every task you’ve achieved in your life, packing a bag for school, signing up for a driving license, creating a podcast; all of these are complex tasks that your brain has had to juggle in order to complete them. 

For full show notes head to https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/bonusepisode/

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This is the third episode in my sensory series and this one is all about the vestibular system.

Now for years, I was confused by it, I had heard the name, I knew of it but I didn’t understand how it was different to the proprioceptive system. So we’re going to dive deep into it and clarify any confusion you may have about it but for some background; the vestibular system is all about the position of our head in space and how it is affected by the liquid in our ear which brushes up against tiny little hairs. But why do we have it?

This helps our brains to understand where we are in space, it helps us to balance and to judge speed as well as playing a big part in our muscle tone and even helps with cooking or tying our shoelaces. It is so integral to our everyday life yet most of us have no idea we even have it! 

For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode97/

My guest on this episode is Heather Greutman whose returning from episode 19 ‘How to Help A Child Who Struggles With Handwriting’.

Heather talks with me about proprioception at its basic level is the information you receive from your muscles and your joints. It helps your body to understand when you are stretching, compressing, or contracting a muscle.

Heather Greutman is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with experience in school-based Occupational Therapy. She uses her background to share child development tips, tools, and strategies through hands-on activities and on her blog ‘Growing Hands-on Kids’. 

For full show notes visit exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode96/