Episode 53: Lisa Chan – Tips from an occupational therapist

Lisa Chan is on the show today! Lisa is an Occupational Therapist for children. On her Instagram, she gives simple, practical and fun ideas for families. In this episode, we talk about some basic occupational therapy tactics that Lisa uses in her own practice. She gives us some really good ideas about helping children learn to tie their shoes and other things that we can be working on with our kids from a young age. I found this conversation to be really helpful for myself and I hope you do too! What we talked about: 3:25- Introduction to Lisa and how she got into Occupational Therapy 5:25- What an Occupational Therapist does 9:35- Tips for teaching our kids how to tie their shoes 13:30- Slowing down and allowing children to learn things on their own 16:30- What executive functioning skills are 18:50- Working on executive functioning skills with our children 21:40- The information that she shares on Instagram 23:45- What heavy work is and how we can implement it 29:25- Breath work with our kids 34:05- Focusing on our kid’s strengths versus what they need to improve on 38:20- End of podcast questions Show notes: Lisa on Instagram Lisa on Facebook Lisa’s website Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson Zach Gets Frustrated by William Mulcahy Connect with Us: Why is Everyone Yelling? on Instagram Join our Facebook Group Lindsey on Instagram Sponsors: Previnex Use code “Lindsey15” for 15% off your order