The Parent's Educator

Our sensory systems are constantly providing us with a flood of information throughout our day. For some children, this flood of information is too overwhelming and it impacts their daily functioning. Add to that the environment of a busy, bustling classroom of learners and it may be more than our students that are sensory avoidant can tolerate.

Luckily, there are many tools and strategies available to support these learners at school!

Listen in as Evie and I unpack what it means to be sensory avoidant and discuss some classroom friendly options that may work for these students.

ABOUT EVIE

Evie Kirou is a school-based occupational therapist affiliated with John McGivney Children’s Centre in Windsor, Ontario. Throughout her clinical experience at CBI Home Health, Niagara Children’s Centre, and John McGivney Children’s Centre, she has collaborated with children, youth, families, and community partners in many different environments (schools, family homes, childcare centres). Evie is passionate about helping children and youth alike discover their unique strengths and optimal potential, while working to remove barriers in their daily school participation and classroom functioning through evidence-based occupational therapy techniques and strategies.

Additional Episodes

Deficits in Executive Functioning
https://www.theparentseducator.com/podcast-2/deficits-in-executive-functioning

Oral Language Development
https://www.theparentseducator.com/podcast-7/oral-language-development

Active Seating in the Classroom
https://www.theparentseducator.com/podcast-4/active-seating-in-the-classroom

To view all episodes visit schoolisdumb.com

There are a variety of ways that Shannon supports parents and their school-aged children!

How can The Parents Educator help you today?

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Contact Jennifer & Andrea today for more information about Reading Club for your child!

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Learning to read is perhaps the most vital skill our children learn during their school years. When breakdowns happen, it has the potential to affect all other areas of a child's life.

Listen in as Andrea and I discuss using a play-based, multi-sensory approach to supporting reading development in our youngest learners.

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ABOUT ANDREA

Andrea Maziak is a mother of three who is passionate about literacy and all things Science of Reading related! She graduated with an Honours English degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. Along with her partner, Andrea started Windsor Essex’s first play-based tutoring company, Crushing Limits Education Co., which focuses on using a fun, multi-sensory approach to teaching children to read.

https://www.crushinglimits.ca/

All children struggle at some point in school. Whether it be socially, academically, behaviourally or emotionally. These struggles can come at any point during their school years, sometimes without warning.

As a parent of a school-aged child, what would you say has been the biggest challenge so far?

Feel free to answer in the comments with one of the above categories or share a little context with other parents who may be experiencing the same challenges with their child.

Tap to hear what Grace has to say about school 💜

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All kids come with a need for movement. Some kids require less movement while others require more - a lot more! The inability to get the level of movement needed is often related to a child's ability to focus and attend in school.

The good news is that there are tools and strategies available to students, that can be used in school, to give them access to the movement they require well also improving their ability to focus and attend on the learning more successfully!

Listen in as Evie and I discuss what those tools are and who they might work for.

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ABOUT EVIE

Evie Kirou is a school-based occupational therapist affiliated with John McGivney Children’s Centre in Windsor, Ontario. Throughout her clinical experience at CBI Home Health, Niagara Children’s Centre, and John McGivney Children’s Centre, she has collaborated with children, youth, families, and community partners in many different environments (schools, family homes, childcare centres). Evie is passionate about helping children and youth alike discover their unique strengths and optimal potential, while working to remove barriers in their daily school participation and classroom functioning through evidence-based occupational therapy techniques and strategies.

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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.

Just as an air traffic control system at a busy airport safely manages the arrivals and departures of many aircraft on multiple runways, the brain needs this skill set to filter distractions, prioritize tasks, set and achieve goals, and control impulses.

Often, children who have executive functioning deficits find school extremely challenging. 👧👱

Listen in as Jaci and I discuss indicators that may suggest that your child has a deficit in one or more of these areas and learn about strategies that can be used to support these deficits.

FULL EPISODE HERE https://youtu.be/FrdcnDT91_o

ABOUT JACQUELINE:
Jacqueline has been working in Psychology for the last 22 years where she has gained lots of experience in working with a variety of children and their families, to provide assessment and consultation. The past 12 years have been within the school setting. Prior to that Jaci was with a community Children’s Centre for 10 years. Growing up in a small town in Ontario Jaci never would have guessed that her interest in education and psychology would bring her to this career. Working with students with a variety of profiles, developmental disabilities, learning disorders and autism (to name a few), has kept her job ever changing and so rewarding!

Season 1 of the SCHOOL IS DUMB! podcast features some amazing guests! 👏👏👏

These women supported my vision when it was nothing but a concept and I can't ever thank them enough 💞

✨ Jacqueline Bissonnette
✨ Evie Kirou
✨ Andrea Maziak
✨ Stacey Alexander
✨ Gillian Fusco

I so appreciate you ladies 🙌

Don't forget to listen in as they share their knowledge and experiences with us.
👉And remember to give them some love in the comments!
https://www.theparentseducator.com/podcast