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18 results (expanded search) for "sensory"
Parenting
Sensory Regulation (Ayres)
Daily sensory protocol (weight, movement, deep pressure) reduces SPD child meltdowns.
Parenting
Sensory-Friendly Outing Planning
Plan a family outing with a proactive sensory-trigger scan, not reliance on luck.
Psychological
Sensory Distraction
In intense emotion, use 5 senses for moment distraction — not suppression.
Psychological
Sensory Anchoring (5 senses)
Notice one thing per sense now — exit dissociation.
Parenting
Distinguishing Meltdown from Tantrum — and Responding Accordingly
A tantrum aims to get something; a sensory meltdown is a total loss of control — each requires a completely different response.
Psychological
"I Am Safe Now" Anchor
In flashback, anchor present with 3 sensory facts.
Professional
5-Year Vision Letter
Write a letter from your future self in 5 years describing your ideal workday in sensory detail.
Psychological
ACCEPTS for Constructive Distraction
Seven distraction routes giving you minutes of safe survival until the wave passes.
Psychological
Five-Sense Self-Soothe
Use every sense deliberately to soothe your nervous system.
Psychological
Savoring a Great Day
Recall a great old day in full detail — generates new positivity.
Psychological
Single Full Touch
Touch one thing (pen, fabric) with full hand attention — relearn touching.
Psychological
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding
5 see, 4 touch, 3 hear, 2 smell, 1 taste — quick return to present.
Psychological
Safe Place Visualization
Imagine a safe place you always remember — invoke in crisis.
Professional
Work Initiation Ritual
Fixed micro-ritual before each block (coffee, breath, music) primes mind.
Parenting
Flower and Candle
Imagine a flower in one hand and a candle in the other — smell, then blow. Visual breathing for kids 4-10.
Parenting
Busting the Learning-Styles Myth — A Practical Multi-Modal Approach
No child is scientifically "visual-only" or "auditory-only" — use all senses together to cement any information.
Parenting
Handling a Screen-Time Meltdown When Time Is Up
Meltdown at screen shutoff is neurologically normal (dopamine cut abruptly) — a graduated ending protocol drastically reduces it.
Psychological
Mindful Drinking
One glass of water with full attention becomes ritual, not mere consumption.