Bringing Up A Child With High Sensory Needs

Every child has different sensory needs – but what happens when those needs aren’t being met?In this episode of the Learn With Less podcast, Ayelet sits down again with speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark – this time to talk about a more personal topic: her home life, and her experience raising a toddler with sensory processing disorder.Carrie and Ayelet discuss Carrie’s personal experience as a mother of a young child with high sensory needs, the ways her son’s diagnosis manifests in her family’s life (and the ways in which they are also a completely typical family!), and tips and resources that have been helpful in her navigation of the world of sensory processing disorder.QUICK ACCESS TO LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:Learn With Less podcast episode with Jill Loftus: Tips to Meet Your Infant or Toddler’s Sensory NeedsLearn With Less podcast episode: What is Emotional Regulation?Heavy Work Activities from Learn With LessCarrie’s Pinterest board of activities that help her son Learn With Less podcast episode with Christie Kiley of MamaOT: What Is Sensory Processing?Elevating Kids Sensory Development ProgramThe Out-Of-Sync Child Has Fun, by Carol KranowitzThe Out-Of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, by Carol KranowitzCONNECT WITH US!Ayelet: Facebook / Instagram / PinterestCarrie: Website / Facebook / Instagram / PinterestTEXT TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODEWelcome to episode 51 of the Learn With Less Podcast. Today, I’m thrilled to bring back my friend and colleague Carrie Clark, a speech-language pathologist who is the founder and owner of the Speech and Language Kids website as well as the new SLP Solution brand. Through her websites, Carrie breaks down complex research and theory into step-by-step guides for treating a variety of communication problems. But, today, we’re going to be talking about another side of Carrie. Carrie is also the mother of two young children, one of which has sensory processing disorder.Carrie, welcome back to Learn With Less! Thanks so much.Carrie: Why, thank you! I’m excited to be here.Ayelet: So, I have asked you to come on the show today, again, not as a speech-language pathologist, but, first and foremost, as a mother. So, let’s just start by… if you could give us a little bit of insight into your transition into motherhood. Can you think back to that time, and what that was like for you logistically as far as what life was looking like for you at the time, and then emotionally, of course, any of those relatable, raw, early mama feelings that you can describe.Carrie: Well, ok,