If you are new to my blog page, my name is Kristina, I am an Occupational therapist working mainly with a neurodiverse population. I am a queer cis gender white woman, which is important to state because I feel like as a client centred therapist, I put a lot of focus on learning different perspectives.Continue reading “Book recommendations from different perspectives: Lake Lore”
Tag Archives: neurodiversity
I wonder if you’re curious about Pathological Demand Avoidance?
As a neurodiverse affirming occupational therapist, I work very hard to meet my clients where they are at and to honour their needs and autonomy. I come to you with a blog title in the format of declarative language, one form of communication that is helpful for folks with PDA. Declarative language is a communication styleContinue reading “I wonder if you’re curious about Pathological Demand Avoidance?”
How to build a morning or evening routine
As the new year begins, people are often jumping into setting big goals and making intentions for big changes. Often times if you have finished off the previous year in a less than energetic emotional state, this may seem way to optimistic and peppy. This year let’s try things that are a little smaller andContinue reading “How to build a morning or evening routine”
Quote of the day
Today’s quote comes from author Cherie Carter-Scott, a quote I discovered in a course I just recently took: I recently took a course by Moira Pena (Check her out here! https://moirapena.com/) , who is an occupational therapist with 20+ years of experience, and an international speaker who has dedicated her career to working with andContinue reading “Quote of the day”
Easy read book for neurodiversity: Good Different
(Teen fiction) I have a hard time keeping up with book clubs and reading non fiction for work, so when I can read a fiction book that is related to my job and MAY be a good recommendation for a client to read, I take advantage! I heard about this book on tik tok andContinue reading “Easy read book for neurodiversity: Good Different”
Occupational therapy want to read list for January
What books do you want to read? I haven’t written my January blog posts over the last couple weeks because they didn’t really inspire me. I don’t want to write just to write, but to share information that I think others will find valuable. Today’s prompt is about books I want to read and IContinue reading “Occupational therapy want to read list for January”
Taking a strengths based approach with occupational therapy for neurodiverse individuals
As an individual who is exploring her own neurodiversity, while practicing as an occupational therapist with children and adults who are neurodiverse, I often reflect a lot on the practices that I use in my work and what we learned in school. I also have the opportunity in my job to be a preceptor toContinue reading “Taking a strengths based approach with occupational therapy for neurodiverse individuals”
Be Your Own Sunshine 