Kelsie Olds
@occuplaytional.bsky.social
Kids deserve respect as full human beings. That's it.
In your own mind, to your own self, do you usually think positive expectations or negative expectations? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/what-you-c...
March 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In your own mind, to your own self, do you usually think positive expectations or negative expectations? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/what-you-c...
What is it that makes children able to learn something new -- especially learn something new on the grown-ups' timeline? At the intersection of being capable, being interested, and being connected there's a magic overlap... occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/capable-in...
March 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What is it that makes children able to learn something new -- especially learn something new on the grown-ups' timeline? At the intersection of being capable, being interested, and being connected there's a magic overlap... occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/capable-in...
Sometimes - relatively rarely - I put posts behind a paywall on my personal Substack. Blackout Bible poetry, and the reasons why that feels so raw to me, was one of those today. insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/blackout-b...
March 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Sometimes - relatively rarely - I put posts behind a paywall on my personal Substack. Blackout Bible poetry, and the reasons why that feels so raw to me, was one of those today. insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/blackout-b...
Did you miss the Bainbridge Island event where I lectured on "Protecting the Power of Play"? You can catch the replay for $5 on the front page of the ND Connections website, all funds going to make it possible for them to support their neurodivergent community in more ways! www.ndconnections.org
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March 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Did you miss the Bainbridge Island event where I lectured on "Protecting the Power of Play"? You can catch the replay for $5 on the front page of the ND Connections website, all funds going to make it possible for them to support their neurodivergent community in more ways! www.ndconnections.org
Walking through dysregulation from start to finish, on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/a-walk-thr...
March 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Walking through dysregulation from start to finish, on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/a-walk-thr...
Feeling overwhelmed, and little coping mechanisms, on the personal substack today: insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/tangible-t...
March 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Feeling overwhelmed, and little coping mechanisms, on the personal substack today: insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/tangible-t...
Breaking out of ageism, honoring our bodies, and what is OT, over on the Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/your-body-...
March 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Breaking out of ageism, honoring our bodies, and what is OT, over on the Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/your-body-...
Brain wirings + operating systems on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/apple-andr...
March 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Brain wirings + operating systems on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/apple-andr...
I've written a SUPER comprehensive article (+ free printable flowchart!) about "sensory mismatch" -- everything you need to know about it, the steps you can take to begin solving it -- exclusively over on ClimbRx!
climbrx.com/sensory-mism...
climbrx.com/sensory-mism...
March 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've written a SUPER comprehensive article (+ free printable flowchart!) about "sensory mismatch" -- everything you need to know about it, the steps you can take to begin solving it -- exclusively over on ClimbRx!
climbrx.com/sensory-mism...
climbrx.com/sensory-mism...
Talking, not just about "snowball time" (or "waiting mode"), but rather about using it as a metaphor for the slide-down expectations in academics, on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/snowball-t...
March 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Talking, not just about "snowball time" (or "waiting mode"), but rather about using it as a metaphor for the slide-down expectations in academics, on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/snowball-t...
I'm not the one who originally made the tumblr post - but I am talking about it over on the substack today! occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/support-yo...
March 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I'm not the one who originally made the tumblr post - but I am talking about it over on the substack today! occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/support-yo...
See pictures of my "glue station" -- which became a "glue neighborhood" -- on the Substack today! occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/glue-neigh...
February 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
See pictures of my "glue station" -- which became a "glue neighborhood" -- on the Substack today! occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/glue-neigh...
One of the most-asked questions that I ever get. Maybe you've ever asked this, commented this, thought it to yourself... occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/survive
February 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One of the most-asked questions that I ever get. Maybe you've ever asked this, commented this, thought it to yourself... occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/survive
Going into more detail about this on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/low-attent...
February 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Going into more detail about this on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/low-attent...
Parents want their child to have autonomy over their own body -- but what do you do when there's a necessary medical procedure or something else that HAS to happen, and your child is still afraid of it? On the substack today. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/for-necess...
February 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Parents want their child to have autonomy over their own body -- but what do you do when there's a necessary medical procedure or something else that HAS to happen, and your child is still afraid of it? On the substack today. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/for-necess...
A poetic journal ramble about food + anxiety on the more personal Substack today. (it's ok to skip this one if those topics are fraught for you!) insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/the-opposi...
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A poetic journal ramble about food + anxiety on the more personal Substack today. (it's ok to skip this one if those topics are fraught for you!) insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/the-opposi...
Listening to yourself (even when it's hard to make sense of your feelings), on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/your-behav...
February 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Listening to yourself (even when it's hard to make sense of your feelings), on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/your-behav...
An example of a little moment of conscious/mindful parenting on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/pulling-we...
February 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
An example of a little moment of conscious/mindful parenting on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/pulling-we...
On both of my Substacks today. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/play-is-in...
February 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On both of my Substacks today. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/play-is-in...
One of my most-told examples of power and powerlessness over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/powerlessn...
February 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
One of my most-told examples of power and powerlessness over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/powerlessn...
If you've ever heard the phrase "model without expectations" or heard me suggest that I usually use modeling, rather than overt teaching, in my practice and in my parenting -- well, I'm defining that more clearly on Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/modeling
February 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If you've ever heard the phrase "model without expectations" or heard me suggest that I usually use modeling, rather than overt teaching, in my practice and in my parenting -- well, I'm defining that more clearly on Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/modeling
A long narrative about the biggest marker in the world, child-led play, and why the OT I do is the OT I do, over on Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
February 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A long narrative about the biggest marker in the world, child-led play, and why the OT I do is the OT I do, over on Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
Talking about our inner children and offering grace over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/offering-g...
February 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Talking about our inner children and offering grace over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/offering-g...
While working on something else I had a brilliant idea for a post. I quickly scribbled myself a note so I could reconstruct it later.
"Value something intensity vacillate groundhog."
...Thanks, past-me. This is soooo helpful.
"Value something intensity vacillate groundhog."
...Thanks, past-me. This is soooo helpful.
February 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
While working on something else I had a brilliant idea for a post. I quickly scribbled myself a note so I could reconstruct it later.
"Value something intensity vacillate groundhog."
...Thanks, past-me. This is soooo helpful.
"Value something intensity vacillate groundhog."
...Thanks, past-me. This is soooo helpful.
Honoring all types of communication -- spoken and nonspoken -- on Substack this morning: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/communicat...
January 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Honoring all types of communication -- spoken and nonspoken -- on Substack this morning: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/communicat...