Parenting Highly Sensitive Children Online Workshop

CA$75.00

Join Cindy Goldhawk an Occupational Therapist and Mental Health Therapist to unpack how to parent a highly sensitive child. Parenting, a highly sensitive child is exhausting and frustrating, constantly surveying situations, and wondering whether your child will be able to cope and then dealing with the fallout of meltdowns and sensory overload. Come learn the science behind sensory overload, simple ways you can support your child’s sensitive nervous system, and tools to make everyday tasks more manageable. Build their emotion and sensory awareness as they age so they can have their own toolbox of self-regulation skills. 

(The following doesn’t need to be in the description, but if you feel the workshop needs more explaining we could include this.)We will cover:

• Sensory sensitivity vs sensory seeking 

• How to create a sensory diet

•Providing choice when possible 

•Communication with school, grandparents, other significant adults in your child’s life about their sensory/self regulation needs and supports

•The importance of limits, routine and structure

•Understanding the window of tolerance

•Where to find and how to create visual, supports and schedules for daily routines

•Social stories 

•The importance of self-care for parents

•Building self regulation and self advocacy in children as they age

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Join Cindy Goldhawk an Occupational Therapist and Mental Health Therapist to unpack how to parent a highly sensitive child. Parenting, a highly sensitive child is exhausting and frustrating, constantly surveying situations, and wondering whether your child will be able to cope and then dealing with the fallout of meltdowns and sensory overload. Come learn the science behind sensory overload, simple ways you can support your child’s sensitive nervous system, and tools to make everyday tasks more manageable. Build their emotion and sensory awareness as they age so they can have their own toolbox of self-regulation skills. 

(The following doesn’t need to be in the description, but if you feel the workshop needs more explaining we could include this.)We will cover:

• Sensory sensitivity vs sensory seeking 

• How to create a sensory diet

•Providing choice when possible 

•Communication with school, grandparents, other significant adults in your child’s life about their sensory/self regulation needs and supports

•The importance of limits, routine and structure

•Understanding the window of tolerance

•Where to find and how to create visual, supports and schedules for daily routines

•Social stories 

•The importance of self-care for parents

•Building self regulation and self advocacy in children as they age

Join Cindy Goldhawk an Occupational Therapist and Mental Health Therapist to unpack how to parent a highly sensitive child. Parenting, a highly sensitive child is exhausting and frustrating, constantly surveying situations, and wondering whether your child will be able to cope and then dealing with the fallout of meltdowns and sensory overload. Come learn the science behind sensory overload, simple ways you can support your child’s sensitive nervous system, and tools to make everyday tasks more manageable. Build their emotion and sensory awareness as they age so they can have their own toolbox of self-regulation skills. 

(The following doesn’t need to be in the description, but if you feel the workshop needs more explaining we could include this.)We will cover:

• Sensory sensitivity vs sensory seeking 

• How to create a sensory diet

•Providing choice when possible 

•Communication with school, grandparents, other significant adults in your child’s life about their sensory/self regulation needs and supports

•The importance of limits, routine and structure

•Understanding the window of tolerance

•Where to find and how to create visual, supports and schedules for daily routines

•Social stories 

•The importance of self-care for parents

•Building self regulation and self advocacy in children as they age