Your Therapy Source Podcast

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The Your Therapy Source Podcast shares practical, research-informed ideas to help educators, therapists, and families better understand how children learn, move, regulate, and participate. Hosted by Margaret Rice, PT, each episode explores topics related to the brain, body, learning, movement, sensory processing, self-regulation, executive functioning, school-based therapy, classroom challenges, and current research. The goal is simple: turn complex ideas into useful strategies you can understand and apply. Practical ideas. Powerful tools. Better outcomes.

  1. 2d ago

    Why Does a Student Constantly Touch People and Things?

    A student touches classmates, reaches for other people’s materials, leans into peers, runs their hands along surfaces, or seems to have difficulty maintaining personal space. It can be frustrating, especially when the behavior affects other students. But simply repeating “Keep your hands to yourself” may not help the student understand what their brain and body need or what they can do instead. In this episode of Discover How Your Students Learn, Margaret from Your Therapy Source explores how sensory processing, body awareness, movement, attention, and inhibitory control may contribute to frequent touching. You’ll also learn how to use the Get Ready, Build Skills, Foster Independence framework to move beyond repeated adult reminders. We discuss strategies for creating clearer personal-space and material boundaries, using appropriate movement and muscle work, helping students notice what their bodies are doing, teaching them to request changes, and gradually building greater independence. Most importantly, supporting a student’s sensory needs does not mean ignoring other students’ boundaries. The goal is to help the student meet their needs in appropriate ways while respecting other people’s bodies, belongings, and personal space. Discover How I Learn is included inside the YTS Action Toolkit. Students complete a questionnaire exploring sensory processing, self-regulation, attention, and executive-function skills and receive an individualized learning plan focused on getting ready, building skills, and fostering independence.

    Why Does a Student Constantly Touch People and Things?

  2. 3d ago

    Why Does a Student Call Out or Make Noises?

    A friendly, enthusiastic student keeps calling out, making noises, chewing on pencils, and acting before they have time to pause. It can be easy to see those behaviors as disruptive or impulsive. But the same student may also be highly social, eager to participate, full of ideas, and genuinely trying to connect with others. In Episode 2 of Discover How Your Students Learn, Margaret from Your Therapy Source looks at what may be happening underneath these behaviors. You’ll hear how inhibitory control, working memory, sensory input, attention, and self-regulation may all play a role. You’ll also learn how to move beyond repeated reminders by using the Get Ready, Build Skills, Foster Independence framework. That may include safe oral sensory supports, respectful sound choices, ways to save ideas instead of blurting them out, private cues, and strategies that help the student gradually notice and choose what works for them. The goal is not simply to make the student quieter. It is to preserve their enthusiasm and social connection while helping them participate successfully and build greater independence. Discover How I Learn is included inside the YTS Action Toolkit, where students complete a questionnaire exploring sensory processing, self-regulation, attention, and executive-function skills and receive an individualized learning plan.

    Why Does a Student Call Out or Make Noises?

  3. 3d ago

    Why Can’t a Student Get Started on Their Work?

    A student knows what to do, but still can’t seem to get started. What’s happening between understanding the assignment and actually beginning it? In Episode 1 of Discover How Your Students Learn, Margaret Rice, PT, explores task initiation and the brain-based skills that can make starting work difficult, including executive function, working memory, attention, transitions, and emotional readiness. You’ll also learn a practical framework for moving beyond repeated adult prompting: Get Ready → Build Skills → Foster Independence Using a sample Discover How I Learn report, Margaret shares examples of how educators can help students discover strategies that work for them, practice those strategies, and gradually take greater ownership of their learning. The goal isn’t to remove every support. It’s to help students increasingly notice what they need, choose what helps, communicate when they need support, and use effective strategies more independently. Discover How I Learn is included in the YTS Action Toolkit.

    Why Can’t a Student Get Started on Their Work?
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The Your Therapy Source Podcast shares practical, research-informed ideas to help educators, therapists, and families better understand how children learn, move, regulate, and participate. Hosted by Margaret Rice, PT, each episode explores topics related to the brain, body, learning, movement, sensory processing, self-regulation, executive functioning, school-based therapy, classroom challenges, and current research. The goal is simple: turn complex ideas into useful strategies you can understand and apply. Practical ideas. Powerful tools. Better outcomes.

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  • Creator
    Your Therapy Source
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Your Therapy Source
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