When Your Child Only Wears One Pair of Shorts - Making Progress with Sensory Processing Disorder

When Your Child Only Wears One Pair of Shorts - Making Progress with Sensory Processing Disorder


Last month, my son Brennan graduated from 5th grade.  This was truly one of the proudest moments of my life as a mother so far.  This was a day that we had talked about for the last couple of years.  What Brennan had talked about most was what he would be wearing.  Brennan had goals of wearing a suit to his graduation when he was in 3rd grade and we went to his friend’s graduation.  In 4th grade, he talked about wearing dress slacks and a tie.  Every year he talked about his outfit for graduation so there was a lot of pressure already built up about h

Baseball Legend Raises Awareness for Sensory Processing Disorder

Baseball Legend Raises Awareness for Sensory Processing Disorder


Konerko Designed ShirtFormer Chicago White Sox baseball player, Paul Konerko, has designed a limited edition t-shirt that will help raise awareness of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) with proceeds going to STAR Institute for SPD (formerly know as SPD Foundation).

When Sensory Processing Disorder Affects Your Whole Life

When Sensory Processing Disorder Affects Your Whole Life


I’ll never forget the feeling of being lost in this new SPD world with no support. It swallowed me whole, everyday, all day. It affected my marriage. It affected every aspect of my life. We had determined that something was wrong with our son Jackson. We had known something was “different” since the day he was born. We told everyone including our parents, his doctor and nurses. We were always met with, “he’ll grow out of it” or told that we were over exaggerating his issues because the child I was living with was not the child they saw in public.

What I Didn’t Know About My Son’s Sensory Processing Disorder

What I Didn’t Know About My Son’s Sensory Processing Disorder


It was in April 2014 when I first learned about Sensory Processing Disorder.  My son Brennan was 8 years old and finishing up 3rd grade.  When I look back, there is so much that we have learned on this journey, which I am happy to share with those that are first starting out.   What puzzles me the most is why we didn’t hear about this sooner?  So many children struggle with SPD every day and yet I had no idea what it was.  This is the one reason why I want to reach out to as ma

Sensory Processing Disorder Took Our Family to Holland

Sensory Processing Disorder Took Our Family to Holland


FamilyThere is a story called “Welcome to Holland” by Emily Perl Kingsley that I always read to my expecting parents while I work as a prenatal instructor. The story talks about this perfect trip to Italy that you’ve been planning your entire life. The plane lands and as you exit the plane, the flight attendant welcomes you to Holland. Holland? That’s not where I wanted to go!

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