Welcome To Day Two

You will learn:

• What an occupational therapist (OT) is and how they support children
• How an OT works to help emotional and sensory regulation
• The three extra senses we didn’t learn about in school and how they impact behavior
• What sensory processing disorder (SPD) is and how it differs from other disorders
• How to tell if a child needs to be evaluated for sensory sensitivities and where to find that help
• Ways parents can support every child’s sensory needs at home

Laura Petix is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist from Southern California and the founder of The OT Butterfly. Laura has a daughter with anxiety and sensory sensitivities, so she uses her knowledge as an OT to help navigate the challenges this presents in helping her daughter understand emotions and how her brain works.

You can find Laura online at The OT Butterfly

You will learn:

• Why independence is so important for toddler development 
• The importance of tuning in to your child’s specific stage of development in order to capitalize on their learning moments
• Ways to set up the home environment to provide better learning opportunities in real life
• Why we should “invest in mistakes” to make the most of their opportunities
• How the right tools at the right moment can expand a child’s independent play time

Jessica Rolph is the co-founder and CEO of Lovevery, an early childhood development company that offers stage-based learning through play-kit subscriptions. They deliver a kit to your home every two to three months that includes materials, a book, and a play guide for parents to help them make the most of each stage of development. Their mission is to bring together toy companies and child development experts to help you feel confident through every step of your child’s development. Jessica has three children. After her first baby, she discovered a doctoral thesis on infant brain development which changed everything for her. It made her realize that the toys and tools she had in her home were not relevant to what her baby was hungry to learn. Seeing the need for better research and tools, Jessica co-founded a company to meet the challenge and provide toys specially designed for each stage of growth. Lovevery as a company has deconstructed what we think of as a toy and built it back up based on what children are naturally ready to learn.

You can find Jessica online at Lovevery

You will learn:

• The areas of the brain that are most influential in toddlerhood
• The 3 deep structure vectors that influence temperament
• How attachment, personality, and temperament are distinguished
• The 4 aspects of P.A.R.T. parenting and how it supports you and your child
• The acronym SIFT and how it influences emotional regulation, emotional IQ, and social IQ

Dr. Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. He is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute which focuses on the development of mindsight, teaches insight, empathy, and integration in individuals, families and communities. Dr. Siegel has published extensively for both professional and lay audiences including The Whole-Brain Child, and No-Drama Discipline and NowMaps with Deena Margolin, LMFT, and NowMaps, Jr. Dr. Siegel also serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, which currently contains over eighty textbooks.

You can find Dr. Siegel online at his website. 

You will learn:

• How relationships and emotional safety shape your child’s developing brain
• Why toddlers need support with decision-making and emotional regulation
• How to help toddlers make sense of difficult feelings and experiences
• What secure attachment really looks like in everyday parenting
• How to help your child feel safe, seen, soothed, and secure
• Why repair after hard moments can strengthen resilience and connection

You may already know Dr. Tina Payne Bryson from her two New York Times Best Sellers The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. They were co-authored with Dan Siegel and have been translated into over fifty languages. She and Siegel also wrote The Yes Brain and The Power of Showing Up, and Dr. Bryson is the author of The Bottom Line for Baby. She also co-authored The Way of Play with Georgie Wisen-Vincent. Her books have sold millions of copies combined. Tina is also the Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Connection, a multidisciplinary mental health practice in Southern California. She keynotes conferences and conducts workshops for parents, educators, and clinicians worldwide.

You can find Dr. Tina online at her website. 

You will learn:

• How to roughhouse safely and ensure that everyone has a good time
• The surprising moral and ethical lessons that are a natural result of roughhousing
• How roughhousing teaches children about consent
• The truth about tickling and how to keep it consensual
• Strategies for preventing and responding to roughhousing accidents
• Practical and fun roughhousing games

Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD is a psychologist and the author of Playful Parenting and The Opposite of Worry. He is the co-author of The Art of Roughhousing, Best Friends Worst Enemies, and Mom They’re Teasing Me. He encourages parents to look within and tune in to themselves to address parenting challenges. His goal is to help parents lay a strong foundation in the early years rather than having to put out fires later.

You can find Lawrence online at Playful Parenting.