Dr. Emily King

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So we're balancing that regulation.

But then what is involved in that is teaching our kids how to know that they're on their edges of their window of tolerance.

And we do a lot of work with OTs and with therapists to help them have that self-awareness of what their body feels like.

paired with the communication that they need and the trust they've got to have with other people in their lives.

A lot of people also align success with independence, but I always push back a little bit and say, none of us is independent, okay?

If my kid breaks their arm, I can't fix it.

I'm completely dependent on the orthopedist.

And so we all have limits to what we know and what we can do.

It's knowing our limits, knowing who to ask for help.

That is a successful, what I would put in quotes, independence.

That is successful.

So we all self-advocate.

So for our kids who have weaknesses, perhaps in interception and recognizing their stress inside their body,

And then in communication weaknesses or in social weaknesses that they may have to practice more about communicating and asking for help.

Those are the things from a macro level that I think of when I think of self-advocacy and teaching that because we all want our kids to be as active.

independent as they can, right?

And that looks different for everyone, but I always caution with that word independence.

It's really more about helping your kid effectively self-advocate and recognize what they need.

Yeah, having autonomy.

Exactly.

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