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As physical, occupational and speech therapists working with children with complex needs (and too often) exhausted families and disconnected teams that don't always see eye-to-eye, we recognised the need for clinical discussions that go beyond what we can gather from textbook and published guidelines.

Kelly Mahler: Interoception in Neurodevelopment for occupational and phyical therapists


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Kelly Mahler OTD, OTR/L, earned a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Misericordia University, Dallas, PA. She has been an occupational therapist for 20 years, serving school-aged children and adults. Kelly is winner of multiple awards, including the 2020 American Occupational Therapy Association Emerging and Innovative Practice Award & a Mom’s Choice Gold Medal. She is an adjunct faculty member at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA as well as at Misericordia University, Dallas, PA. Kelly is a co-principal investigator in several research projects pertaining to topics such as interoception, self-regulation, trauma & autism.


Interoception is a key sense that has been widely studied for decades but is only now making its way into clinical applications and Kelly Mahler is an amazing occupational therapists who is leading the way both clinically and academically in understanding the role of this key sense for occupational and physical therapists working in neurodevelopment.


Don't miss this practice changing conversation on how we should think about interoception in our clinical work.


It's jam packed with practical ideas and actions that we can take back to the clinic right now.



Enjoy!!


 

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Podcast Highlights


  • 05.42 minutes Interoecpetive Questions

  • 06.46 minutes Defining Interoception - The Neglected Sense

  • 10:54 minutes Interoception and Homeostasis

  • 11:58 minutes The two branches of Interoception

  • 12:35 minutes The three parts of interoceptive awareness

  • 14:40 minutes A case example

  • 18:37 minutes Why you need to start here

  • 20:57 minutes Behavior based strategies & Interoception

  • 22:11 minutes Balancing sensory needs with safety and social acceptability

  • 23:47 minutes Differentiating Interoception from other senses

  • 29:27 minutes Interoceptive activities

  • 35:58 minutes Measures of interoception

  • 39:32 minutes Research

  • 43:35 minutes Red flags

  • 48:16 minutes Feeding and interoception

  • 51:47 minutes The power of I wonder statements

  • 53:47 minutes Mistakes to avoid

  • 56:09 minutes Advice for new to pediatrics therapists


Resources

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Facebook group: Interception: The Eighth Sensory System


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