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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

In your own mind, to your own self, do you usually think positive expectations or negative expectations? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/what-you-c...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

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...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

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...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Walking through dysregulation from start to finish, on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/a-walk-thr...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Feeling overwhelmed, and little coping mechanisms, on the personal substack today: insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/tangible-t...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Breaking out of ageism, honoring our bodies, and what is OT, over on the Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/your-body-...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Brain wirings + operating systems on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/apple-andr...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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...

A drawn, cartoony image of a snowball rolling down a hill, with words over it that read, “Have you ever done the thing where you find yourself thinking, “okay, it’s 10:55 and I have an appointment at 2. So i need to leave at 1:30 and that’s basically right after lunch and 12 is lunchtime and it’s almost 11 now and 11 is almost 12 so I pretty much can’t do anything else, it’s almost appointment time.” I’m going to call this effect ‘snowball time’.”

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

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...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

See pictures of my "glue station" -- which became a "glue neighborhood" -- on the Substack today! occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/glue-neigh...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

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

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Going into more detail about this on the substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/low-attent...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

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...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

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...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Listening to yourself (even when it's hard to make sense of your feelings), on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/your-behav...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

An example of a little moment of conscious/mindful parenting on the Substack today: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/pulling-we...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

On both of my Substacks today. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/play-is-in...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

One of my most-told examples of power and powerlessness over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/powerlessn...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

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

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Talking about our inner children and offering grace over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/offering-g...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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.

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Honoring all types of communication -- spoken and nonspoken -- on Substack this morning: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/communicat...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

When is a letter reversal a potential concern for dyslexia, when should it be corrected, and when is it not a big deal? Post on Substack this afternoon about it: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/letter-rev...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

(1/8) Anyone who's followed me for awhile knows that I'm not usually concise. I asked followers what I could manage to convey in 300 characters. I got several good replies, and also several people joked, "haiku!". So I present to you: Seven Haikus About Child Development.

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This morning's post: a walk back in time to when my son was 3 and we had maybe the first successful meltdown that we'd ever had. I was working so hard to learn how to overwrite old patterns; maybe some of what I learned will resonate with you. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/the-big-re...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Another post up at Substack - what's up with that thing where people finish something 90% of the way and then the last 10% your brain is like "NO!!!!"? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/all-done

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This morning's post, about how often adults try to get kids to do something while unintentionally withholding the tool they need to be able to do that thing. occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/i-want-you...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This afternoon's post: What are my thoughts on hand-over-hand therapy? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/hand-over-...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This morning's post: what do you do with kids when they're in that "arguing" phase - what I'm calling "lawyer phase"? occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/when-kids-...

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

New paywalled post on Inside Occuplaytional. I paywall posts when I'm writing about things that are too intense or too personal for the internet at large. This one was really hard to write. insideoccuplaytional.substack.com/p/howling

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Kelsie Olds @occuplaytional.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

New post over on Substack: occuplaytionaltherapist.substack.com/p/what-if-i

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