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Pediatric OT-written guides on sensory processing, primitive reflex integration, and the movement-rich home — by Earl Mamaril, MS, OTR/L, and the Sensory Therapy Place clinical team.
What Is Heavy Work? The OT Secret to Calmer, More Regulated Kids
Heavy work isn't extra structure — it's medicine for a dysregulated nervous system. Here's why deep pressure works, and exactly which weighted products, crash pad...
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Your Child's Nervous System Is More Than 'Fight or Flight': Understanding Safety, Stress, and Healing
Your child's behavior is not always "just behavior." Often it is the nervous system trying to protect itself. Learn how the ventral vagal, sympathetic, and dorsal...
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The Amygdala and the Developing Brain: How Stress, Screens & Sensory Input Shape Emotional Regulation
A pediatric OT explains the amygdala — the brain's alarm system — and how modern stress, screens, and sensory input shape a child's emotional regulation. What loo...
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Was My C-Section the Cause? How Cesarean Birth Affects Your Child's Nervous System — and What You Can Do About It
Pediatric OT Earl Mamaril answers the question parents ask quietly during evaluations: was my C-section the cause? Research-backed, guilt-free, hopeful — what the...
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Why Your Child Startles, Panics, or Spirals Over Nothing: The Retained Moro Reflex Explained
What looks like generalized anxiety in children is often a retained Moro reflex — the nervous system stuck in survival mode since infancy. Pediatric OT Earl Mamar...
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