39 | Kim Wilson OTR/L: Movement is the Catalyst to all Development

Please welcome Kim Wilson. Kim is an Occupational Therapist who has practiced for 18 years, she is a certified lactation counselor, and the owner and founder of Nature’s Path Occupational Therapy out in Colorado Springs. She has worked in neuro rehab with people who experienced brain and spinal cord injuries, pediatric clinics, and early intervention. She truly takes a holistic perspective while helping kids improve fine motor and gross motor, sensory processing, self-regulation, executive function, creativity, and life skills..all out in nature.

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Chapters

• 2:28 How Kim started Nature’s Path- an alternative therapeutic approach
• 4:48 Occupational Therapy is hard to explain
• 7:05 As a culture, we are preoccupied with containing children
• 10:40 An OT that rarely does pen and pencil tasks?!
• 14:20 Movement is the catalyst for all development
• 15:54 Why is PLAY so important for learning?
• 17:52 Risky play
• 19:15 Why nature is perfect for learning self-regulation skills
• 22:27 What is co-regulation?
• 27:02 Why would a coach want to learn about co-regulation?
• 27:44 Fitness activity preferences and self-regulation
• 30:28 Self- regulation vs overtraining
• 32:52 CrossFit through an OT lens
• 38:02 Advice to the person who's passion challenges the status quo
• 41:44 Who are your "expanders?"
• 51:06 How to get in touch with Kim