If Play is Happening in the Forest, Is There Any Kid Around to Experience It?
Distracted and Disorganized Kids in a Digital Age
- Speaker:
- Aubrey Schmalle, OTR/L, SIPT, Certified Tomatis Consultant
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 33 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
Apr 22, 2026
- Product Code:
- POS065727
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
Kids today are swimming in fast, fragmented digital input – and many spend their days distracted, disorganized, and dysregulated.
This session explains how heavy, visually dominant screen use can crowd out essential vestibular-proprioceptive-tactile experiences, strain attentional systems, and aggravate executive-function challenges – especially for children with learning or processing differences.
You’ll leave with practical ways to rebalance the brain-body connection using multisensory movement, nature-based routines, and targeted “digital detox” strategies that improve regulation, attention, and real-world participation.
Credit
Speaker
Aubrey Schmalle, OTR/L, SIPT, Certified Tomatis Consultant Related seminars and products
Sensational Achievements LLC
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Objectives
- Explain how overreliance on visual/digital input can disrupt sensory modulation, self-regulation, and neural integration.
- Describe the physiological and attentional effects of differential sensory activation (e.g. weak vestibular, proprioceptive, tactile input) in children immersed in screens.
- Apply concrete therapeutic strategies (nature-based, multisensory movement, digital breaks) to reduce disorganization and support attentional and regulatory growth.
Outline
4 D’s of a Digital Generation: Distraction, Disorganization, Dysregulation, and Digital Dementia
- The speed of digital information vs. the pace of neurodevelopment
- Growing impact of technology on learning and behavior
- Unique challenges for children with learning, processing, and attention deficits
Rebalance the Brain-Body Connection
- Role of the senses in self-regulation, perception, and adaptive response patterns
- Sensory Imbalances: overusing vision in a screen-based world
- Impact of weak links in sensory triads on learning and behavior
- Influence physiology to reduce disorganization and dysregulation
- Rebalance through controlled activation of multiple senses
Nature as the Antidote to the Digital Overload
- How sensational movement outdoors resets dopamine and attention systems
- Contrasting nature’s multisensory rhythm with the screen-based dopamine rollercoaster
- Using digital detox strategies to restore regulation and engagement
- Guiding families toward practical shifts that protect sensory health and resilience
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Educators
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapist assistants
- Physicians
- Psychologists
- Physical Therapists
- Speech-language Pathologist
- Social Workers
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