TPP 166a: Dr. Allie Ticktin on the Power of Play in Supporting Differently Wired Kids
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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Hey there, it's Debbie. Today's episode is a special re-release of a favorite conversation from the archives. Unless you're a longtime listener of the show, there's a good chance you haven't heard this one before. And even if you have, you just might get something completely different from it this time around.
I define play as using creativity, playing with our whole body, exploring our senses, really having fun and growing through that experience, learning about yourself. I think kids learn the most about themselves through play. Adults, we need to play more. Play is where you learn, that's where you create, and that's where you develop your sensory system.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. My name is Debbie Rieber and I'm the host of this show. And today we are going to talk all about play. We know that play is the language of preschoolers and that for young children it can be the key to learning. But play is also a powerful tool for supporting differently wired children of any age in developing skills, processing difficult situations, and learning about their own emotions and how to regulate them. It can also be a fantastic tool for parents to tap into as a way to move through the challenges of everyday life, everything from bedtime struggles to waiting in line at the supermarket.
To tell us exactly how to best utilize play, I have Dr. Allie Ticton on the show. Allie is a licensed occupational therapist with a specialty in sensory integration and early childhood development. Her life's work is to empower children to celebrate their differences through play, and she believes it's necessary to customize each child's treatment to his or her needs. She's also the founder of Play. to Progress, a play-based learning center that guides children and their families through development while combining a nurturing environment with the just right challenge. There are a lot of great nuggets to be gleaned from our conversation, including simple reframes that can not only help us have more success as parents, but also make life at home with our children more fun.
Thank you so much. And now here's my conversation with Allie. Hey Allie, welcome to the podcast. Hi, how are you? I'm good, thank you. I'm looking forward to this conversation because we're talking about play, which I'm a huge fan of and believer in the benefits of play. So as a way to get started, can you just take a few minutes and introduce yourself? Tell us a little bit about the work that you do in the world.
Absolutely. My name is Allie. I am an occupational therapist. I'm trained in sensory integration and that really is my passion. And Through it and working in different sensory clinics, I was noticing that kids were having a lot of one-on-one therapy, but it wasn't necessarily being carried over into the classroom or at home. So I wanted to create a way to help kids understand how to understand their own body within a group setting. So I started these different groups where we really work on how do I manage my body in a classroom when maybe I'm different than my friend. And the truth is I think all kids are completely different. We can't expect kids to conform to this one way, which classrooms do expect.
So I created these different groups and I really work with parents on helping them to understand their own child, whether it means how to adapt their home. what their child needs and the differences in their body. And often I'll get parents say Oh, this was me as a kid and I was always getting in trouble.
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