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Today I got to ask Kelly Mahler (aka the QUEEN of interoception) all about the 8th sense and how our experiences of interoception differ so much across individuals, but especially within the neurodivergent community.
Kelly Mahler OTD, OTR/L, earned a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Misericordia University, Dallas, PA. She has been an occupational therapist for 20 years, serving school-aged children and adults. Kelly is winner of multiple awards, including the 2020 American Occupational Therapy Association Emerging and Innovative Practice Award & a Mom’s Choice Gold Medal. She is an adjunct faculty member at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA as well as at Misericordia University, Dallas, PA. Kelly is a co-principal investigator in several research projects pertaining to topics such as interoception, self-regulation, trauma & autism.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What interoception is
- How early interoception starts developing
- What we know (and don’t know) about interoception development in infants/early childhood
- Best ways to start when you want to start building interoception understanding in your neurodivergent child
Links:
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/72
More from Kelly: www.kelly-mahler.com
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