All Things Sensory by Harkla
by Rachel Harrington, COTA/L, AC & Jessica Hill, COTA/LRachel Harrington and Jessica Hill, are two passionate Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants who answer your questions related to all things sensory, occupational therapy, parenting, self-care, nutrition, and health, from a therapist’s perspective. Providing raw, honest, fun ideas, and strategies, for parents and families to implement into daily life. Great for those who work with children with sensory processing disorder, special needs, autism, and ADHD. This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. At Harkla, our goal is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives.
Copyright: © 2024 All Things Sensory by Harkla
Episodes
#254 - Tips for Supporting Meltdowns at School
21m · PublishedImproving Focus and Behavior in the Classroom Digital Course
We get questions all the time asking how to help kiddos in school - parents who are concerned that their child is having meltdowns at school; teachers who are struggling to help their students; and therapists who are having difficulty connecting with teachers.
Today’s episode is all about how to help a child / student who is having meltdowns in the classroom. We dive into the reasons WHY a child might have a meltdown - this is the first step! Then we break down tips and tricks for parents, teachers, and therapists!
Make sure to check out all of our links below!
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla YouTube Channel
Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!
Harkla Instagram
Teaching Your Child to Self Regulate
Zones of Regulation
FREE Social Story Template
8 Sensory Breaks for Kids in School
Sensory Strategies for Every Classroom
FREE Webinars
The Listening Program
Sensory Overload
#254 - Tips for Supporting Meltdowns at School
21m · PublishedImproving Focus and Behavior in the Classroom Digital Course
We get questions all the time asking how to help kiddos in school - parents who are concerned that their child is having meltdowns at school; teachers who are struggling to help their students; and therapists who are having difficulty connecting with teachers.
Today’s episode is all about how to help a child / student who is having meltdowns in the classroom. We dive into the reasons WHY a child might have a meltdown - this is the first step! Then we break down tips and tricks for parents, teachers, and therapists!
Make sure to check out all of our links below!
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla YouTube Channel
Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!
Harkla Instagram
Teaching Your Child to Self Regulate
Zones of Regulation
FREE Social Story Template
8 Sensory Breaks for Kids in School
Sensory Strategies for Every Classroom
FREE Webinars
The Listening Program
Sensory Overload
Autism Language Mini Series Episode 5- Kayla Smith, Black Autistic Adult
14m · PublishedApril is Autism Acceptance Month. This month, we’re releasing one new episode each week, in addition to our regularly scheduled episodes. These episodes are all about the language surrounding Autism. We had the privilege of interviewing several people for this Mini Series and we’re excited for you to listen in!
Kayla Smith is a Disability Rights Advocate. She wants to educate people about autism and remove the stigma around it. She talks about intersectionality within autism. She wants to ensure black autistic people are represented. She is a creator of #AutisticBlackPride, which is about celebrating being black and autistic.
Kayla’s Instagram @blackautistickayla
All of Kayla’s links
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla YouTube Channel
Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!
Harkla Instagram
Autism Language Mini Series Episode 5- Kayla Smith, Black Autistic Adult
14m · PublishedApril is Autism Acceptance Month. This month, we’re releasing one new episode each week, in addition to our regularly scheduled episodes. These episodes are all about the language surrounding Autism. We had the privilege of interviewing several people for this Mini Series and we’re excited for you to listen in!
Kayla Smith is a Disability Rights Advocate. She wants to educate people about autism and remove the stigma around it. She talks about intersectionality within autism. She wants to ensure black autistic people are represented. She is a creator of #AutisticBlackPride, which is about celebrating being black and autistic.
Kayla’s Instagram @blackautistickayla
All of Kayla’s links
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla YouTube Channel
Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!
Harkla Instagram
#253 - The Benefits of Mud Kitchens and Outdoor OT with Daniele, from Boise Outdoor OT
1h 2m · PublishedApril is OT Month - Check out our OT Month Digital Course Sale! harkla.co/otmonth
Sale ends April 30, 2023
Daniele Fallon, OTR/L is the owner and sole practitioner of Boise Outdoor OT in Boise, Idaho. Her practice provides direct, individual, outdoor occupational therapy services for young children along the Boise River and within her outdoor mud kitchen facility. In addition to providing OT services, she also runs a Mud Kitchen Kids and Loose Parts Play Enrichment group during the spring, summer, and fall to promote increased outdoor play and sensory integration.
Daniele has experience working in skilled nursing facilities, teletherapy, sensory gyms, and as a contract school OT for the New York Department of Education - the largest and most diverse school system in the US. Upon moving to Boise, she became an outdoor educator at Everwild Forest School and continues to serve on their advisory committee.
Daniele was contracted by Idaho AEYC to create teaching modules for early educators on the benefits of outdoor play, sensory integration in the outdoors, and how to set up a mud kitchen in early educational classrooms - in addition to presenting these topics at their professional development institutes throughout Idaho.
This fall she is excited to partner with the College of Western Idaho to support incoming fieldwork I students to promote the benefits of outdoor play to future occupational therapy assistants. Daniele is the proud mother of 2 girls, loves living on the river with her husband, and has a deep love and respect for the therapeutic qualities of nature.
Boise Outdoor OT
Daniele’s Instagram @boiseoutdoorot
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla Website
Harkla YouTube
Harkla Instagram
#253 - The Benefits of Mud Kitchens and Outdoor OT with Daniele, from Boise Outdoor OT
1h 2m · PublishedApril is OT Month - Check out our OT Month Digital Course Sale! harkla.co/otmonth
Sale ends April 30, 2023
Daniele Fallon, OTR/L is the owner and sole practitioner of Boise Outdoor OT in Boise, Idaho. Her practice provides direct, individual, outdoor occupational therapy services for young children along the Boise River and within her outdoor mud kitchen facility. In addition to providing OT services, she also runs a Mud Kitchen Kids and Loose Parts Play Enrichment group during the spring, summer, and fall to promote increased outdoor play and sensory integration.
Daniele has experience working in skilled nursing facilities, teletherapy, sensory gyms, and as a contract school OT for the New York Department of Education - the largest and most diverse school system in the US. Upon moving to Boise, she became an outdoor educator at Everwild Forest School and continues to serve on their advisory committee.
Daniele was contracted by Idaho AEYC to create teaching modules for early educators on the benefits of outdoor play, sensory integration in the outdoors, and how to set up a mud kitchen in early educational classrooms - in addition to presenting these topics at their professional development institutes throughout Idaho.
This fall she is excited to partner with the College of Western Idaho to support incoming fieldwork I students to promote the benefits of outdoor play to future occupational therapy assistants. Daniele is the proud mother of 2 girls, loves living on the river with her husband, and has a deep love and respect for the therapeutic qualities of nature.
Boise Outdoor OT
Daniele’s Instagram @boiseoutdoorot
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla Website
Harkla YouTube
Harkla Instagram
Autism Language Mini Series Episode 4- TJ, Autistic Adult
10m · PublishedApril is Autism Acceptance Month. This month, we’re releasing one new episode each week, in addition to our regularly scheduled episodes. These episodes are all about the language surrounding Autism. We had the privilege of interviewing several people for this Mini Series and we’re excited for you to listen in!
Tiffany Joseph, TJ, is the creator of Nigh Functioning Autism, a play on words that makes fun of functioning labels. She is a communication teacher and paraeducator for elementary school aged students in special education.
TJ’s Instagram @nigh.functioning.autism
Learn more about TJ
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla YouTube Channel
Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!
Harkla Instagram
Autism Language Mini Series Episode 4- TJ, Autistic Adult
10m · PublishedApril is Autism Acceptance Month. This month, we’re releasing one new episode each week, in addition to our regularly scheduled episodes. These episodes are all about the language surrounding Autism. We had the privilege of interviewing several people for this Mini Series and we’re excited for you to listen in!
Tiffany Joseph, TJ, is the creator of Nigh Functioning Autism, a play on words that makes fun of functioning labels. She is a communication teacher and paraeducator for elementary school aged students in special education.
TJ’s Instagram @nigh.functioning.autism
Learn more about TJ
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla YouTube Channel
Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!
Harkla Instagram
#252 - Managing Multiple Sensory Needs While Homeschooling- Inside a 2-1 Mentoring Session with a Mom of 4
59m · PublishedApril is OT Month - Check out our OT Month Digital Course Sale! harkla.co/otmonth
Sale ends April 30, 2023
Today’s episode is a LIVE call with a 2-1 mentoring client! The family provide us with details ahead of time, scheduled the session, and we jumped right into a brainstorming session!
If you found this episode helpful, let us know!
Make sure to check out all of our links below!
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla YouTube Channel
Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!
Harkla Instagram
#252 - Managing Multiple Sensory Needs While Homeschooling- Inside a 2-1 Mentoring Session with a Mom of 4
59m · PublishedApril is OT Month - Check out our OT Month Digital Course Sale! harkla.co/otmonth
Sale ends April 30, 2023
Today’s episode is a LIVE call with a 2-1 mentoring client! The family provide us with details ahead of time, scheduled the session, and we jumped right into a brainstorming session!
If you found this episode helpful, let us know!
Make sure to check out all of our links below!
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form -> https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
Looking for more in-depth help? Sign up for 2-on-1 Mentoring With Us!!
Brought To You By Harkla
This podcast is brought to you by Harkla. Our mission at Harkla is to help those with special needs live happy and healthy lives. We accomplish this through high-quality sensory products & child development courses.
Podcast listeners get 10% off their first order at Harkla with the discount code "sensory". Head to Harkla.co/sensory to start shopping now.
Links
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
Harkla YouTube Channel
Harkla Website - Shop Sensory Products!
Harkla Instagram
All Things Sensory by Harkla has 474 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 280:25:28. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 31st, 2024 06:52.
