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Superstar Practical Strategies - Life Skills 4 Kids

The Life Skills 4 Kids: Superstar Practical Strategies podcast is packed with, loads of practical strategies for helping kids do what they need to do! This is for all parents, whether you have a child with autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, anxiety or a typical kid who's struggling to get out the door in the morning. Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist brings you daily struggles from the home and school front together with awesome ideas to make your home calmer and happier.

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Building Early Readers: Expert Insights with Dr. Rubman from 2023-05-17T07:06:45

On the first episode of Season 2 of our podcast, we are joined by a very esteemed guest, Dr. Claire Rubman.Unlocking the Joy of Early Reading! 📚🔓 Join Dr. Rubman as she shares valuable insight...

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Recovery After the Floods: Help Your Child Manage Anxiety from 2022-03-18T16:39

Episode 57 of the Superstar Practical Strategies helps parents check and manage if their child is experiencing anxieties while in recovery after the floods. After a flood, many families will t...

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Anxiety and War: Help Your Child Win the Battle from 2022-03-10T14:17

Unless you refuse to partake of any form of media, it’s impossible to miss mentions of the war in Ukraine. The TV is constantly bombarding us with images of the conflict, and we see people jus...

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Managing Anxiety When Bad Things Happen: Floods and War from 2022-03-04T17:15

In episode 55 of Superstar Practical Strategies, Deb talk about how to manage anxiety when bad things happen because many children and adults are experiencing heightened worry and anxiety as o...

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Goal-Setting How to Make it Work for Your Family from 2022-02-17T00:26

In episode 54 of Superstar Practical Strategies, Deb talk about the importance of Goal Setting in the Family as well as tips on how to make it work. Goal-setting is the common theme of January...

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Hidden Anxiety: 7 Ways it looks like Something Else from 2022-01-20T13:44


In episode 53 of Superstar Practical Strategies, Deb talk about hidden anxiety among children is surprisingly high, undoubtedly because it often masquerades as something else....

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Covid Anxiety: The New Normal For Teens (and ways you can help) from 2021-12-09T12:17

Covid anxiety is something no one has talked about much, especially when it comes to children and teens, who have been silently suffering from the side effects of the pandemic.
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Technology Anxiety: Helping Kids Cope with the Transition to the Classroom from 2021-12-02T18:05

Technology anxiety is real amongst children and young people who have been in lockdowns, back to face-to-face returning to the classroom and another change coming up – back into school holiday...

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Helping Kids with Anxiety from 2021-10-14T19:30

In Episode 50 of Life Skills 4 Kids, Deb is featured as a guest speaker in Julia Hasche podcast. Julia is a blogger, author, and mentor for single parents who also created the Single Mother Su...

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Challenges and How to Survive Single Motherhood from 2021-10-04T13:46

In Episode 49 of Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb talks with Julia Hasche, a blogger, podcast host, author, and mentor for single parents. She became a single mother in 2013 when her daughter w...

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Practical Tactics to support your child through COVID-19 from 2020-08-04T07:30

In Episode 48 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb talks with Dr. Louise Metcalf, a senior psychologist at the Feel Good Clinic in Sydney and Gheorg.com.

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Practical Tactics to support your child through COVID-19 from 2020-08-04T07:30

In Episode 48 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb talks with Dr. Louise Metcalf, a senior psychologist at the Feel Good Clinic in Sydney and Gheorg.com.

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Flexible seating to increase learning and engagement from 2020-07-21T07:30

In Episode 47 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb chats with Nicole Santamaria founder of Miami Handwriting, where she works with children, families, and schools to help develop handwriting skil...

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What's the big deal about pencil grip? from 2020-06-23T07:30

In Episode 46 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb talks with Rebecca Spokes about all things related to handwriting! Rebecca is an Occupational Therapist who created The OT Notebook.

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The Four Anchors of supporting kids with Anxiety from 2020-06-09T07:30

It's difficult to help our kids cope with the many transitions and big issues that 2020 has brought so far. In Episode 45 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb answers questions from Liz, a counse...

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How are you coping with back to school post covid-19? from 2020-06-02T07:30

In Episode 44 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb does a check in to see how everyone is coping post COVID-19. Kids can be so sensitive, it's tough to help them cope with the rapid changes in th...

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Teaching Money Management and Reducing Entitlement in Kids from 2020-05-26T07:30

In Episode 43 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb chats with April Mundall. April and her husband Marcus are passionate about teaching kids financial management skills and April shares how she h...

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Staying Connected with Your Teenager from 2020-05-12T07:30

In Episode 42 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks about staying connected with your teenager. She welcomes Pauline Duncan, a former teacher and homeschooling mum to teenagers, to the show. ...

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Conversations about growing up with anxiety - Lisa Pratt and Andrew Pratt from 2020-04-28T07:30

In Episode 41 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks about anxiety in kids with Deb's cousin Lisa Pratt and her son Andrew Pratt. Andrew shares how he dealt with panic attacks and anxiety.
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Self care for parents and filling your child's love tank with Stacy McBride Willson from 2020-04-14T07:30

In Episode 40 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb chats with Stacy McBride Wilson. Stacy is a fitness and wellbeing coach for mums. She is passionate about mums being healthy and thriving so they...

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Contracting Boundaries and Consequences for Teenagers from 2020-03-31T07:30

In Episode 39 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks with Karli Mckeown, a Teen and Parent Empowerment Coach who helps parents and teens connect and create meaningful relationships during the ...

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Beth Ellen Nash - Getting Set up for home schooling Covid-19 from 2020-03-24T23:24

Deb Hopper talks to Interventional Specialist and best selling author Beth Ellen Nash from Wisconsin, US about the changes to school delivery and school shutdowns in the US and how she is supportin...

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Mindfulness for Children Part 3 - Evening Routine with Rachel Howe from 2020-03-17T07:00

In Episode 37 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb continues her talk with Rachel Howe. Rachel is an Occupational Therapist who works with children in Queensland. She wants to support children by ...

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Mindfulness for Children Part 2 - Day and Afternoon Routine with Rachel Howe from 2020-03-03T07:30

In Episode 36 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb continues her talk with Rachel Howe. Rachel is an Occupational Therapist who works with children and is moving into family-based therapy. She wan...

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Mindfulness for Children Part 1 - Morning Routine from 2020-02-18T07:30

In Episode 35 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks with Rachel Howe. Rachel is an Occupational Therapist who works with children and is moving into family-based therapy, She wants to support...

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Toilet and Potty Training with Landy Peek from 2020-02-04T07:00

In Episode 34 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks with Landy Peek from Roswell, New Mexico, in the United States. Landy is an Occupational Therapist who works with kids who need pelvic ther...

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Constipation and Poos with Landy Peek from 2020-01-28T07:00

In Episode 33 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks with Landy Peek from Roswell, New Mexico, in the United States! Our first international podcast guest! She's an Occupational Therapist who ...

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The guilt of self care for adults - practical strategies from 2020-01-21T07:00

In Episode 32 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks with Andrew Pratt, a Seventh Day Adventist Pastor of two churches in the North Coast Region. Andrew has High-Functioning Autism and shares ...

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RE-BROADCAST - How to talk to kids about bushfires from 2020-01-14T07:00

In this re-broadcast of episode 24 Deb talks about how to address wildfires and the anxiety surrounding uncertainty with kids.

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•Her personal experience ...

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RE-BROADCAST - The CALM Model for Developing Speech and Language from 2020-01-07T07:00

In this re-broadcast of episode 20 Deb speaks to Bonny Marsh from Small Connections, a Speech Pathologist with over 20 years of experience specializing in the birth to five age range. She's spent h...

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RE-BROADCAST - 10 Things Kids Say to Tell Us They are Anxious from 2019-12-31T07:00

In this re-broadcast of episode 1 Deb will share with you the top 10 things that kids say that may indicate that they are anxious. As parents, we need to be detectives, listen closely and become aw...

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RE-BROADCAST - Parenting Resilient and Less Anxious Kids from 2019-12-24T07:00

In this re-broadcast of episode 23 Deb talks with Michelle Dean, founder of Kallima. Michelle is a Children's Life Coach who specializes in helping kids learn how to express and process through com...

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5 top tips for helping kids transition from school to school holidays from 2019-12-10T07:00

In Episode 27 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb shares her top 5 tips to help kids transition from school to the summer holidays.

In this episode she covers:

•How the fun and...

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Planning for positive fireworks fun this holiday season from 2019-12-03T07:00

In Episode 26 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb discusses how to help our sensory-sensitive kids enjoy the holiday fireworks.

In this episode she covers:

•Her personal experi...

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Self-care for YOU from 2019-11-26T07:00

In Episode 25 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks about the importance of self-care and how to incorporate it into our lives more often.

In this episode she covers:

•Bei...

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How to talk to kids about bushfires from 2019-11-19T03:35

In Episode 24 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks about how to address wildfires and the anxiety surrounding uncertainty with kids.

In this episode we cover:

•Her persona...

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Parenting Resilient and Less Anxious Kids from 2019-09-03T07:00

In episode 23 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast Deb talks with Michelle Dean, founder of Kallima. Michelle is a Children's Life Coach who specializes in helping kids learn how to express and proces...

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Anxiety and mental health issues in children from 2019-08-06T07:00

In Episode 21 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, we have an engaging chat with Dr. Andrew Pennington of the Sanctuary Lifestyle Clinic on anxiety and mental health issues in children. We will be he...

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The CALM Model for Developing Speech and Language from 2019-07-30T07:00

In this episode Deb speaks to Bonny Marsh from Small Connections, a Speech Pathologist with over 20 years of experience specializing in the birth to five age range. She's spent her career supportin...

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Teen Talk from 2019-07-23T07:00

In episode 19 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Wendy Moloney of Wisdom, Wit and Wonder joins us as she talks about relating and communicating with your teenagers. Her blog speaks to mothers who a...

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Sensory Meltdowns are not Tantrums from 2019-07-16T07:00

In Episode 18 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast we are going to talk about something all parents have gone through - children having sensory meltdowns and tantrums. We know this can happen a lot an...

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The Just Right Kids Model for helping kids to communicate how they feel from 2019-07-09T07:00

Episode 17 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast is a continuation of our conversation in Episode 16 where we are going to talk about the "Just Right Kids Model" - the kids who communicate when they ar...

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Why visuals are important for communicating how kids are feeling from 2019-07-02T07:00

In Episode 16 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast we are going to talk about the importance of using visual communication for kids. It's a very effective tool for supporting and understanding kids es...

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Parenting with Open Hands from 2019-06-25T07:00

In Episode 15 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, I will be talking about a concept that I have been trying to incorporate into my family, mummy, and occupational therapist life since I came across ...

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Reflections on autism and anxiety from a young adult from 2019-06-18T07:00

In episode 14 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Andrew Pratt, a 7th Day Adventist Church Pastor who has high-functioning autism and anxiety, joins us to give us a peek into his world and how he ha...

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Mindful Parenting from 2019-06-11T07:00

In this episode of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Fleur Chambers, Founder of Harvesting Happiness, helps us become calmer despite the busyness of life. Harvesting Happiness is a community organiza...

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Mindfulness for Special Needs Mums from 2019-06-04T07:00

In this episode of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, we talk to Kyle Stretton from the Special Needs Super Moms TV. Kylie will share her experience about parenting children with and without special n...

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Why the Village Matters to Your Child from 2019-05-28T07:00

In this episode of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, we talk to Pastor Darren Pratt on the importance of a village and mentoring in our child's life. We also touch on the topics knowing how to identi...

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Parenting in the digital age - Screens, Teens and Technology from 2019-05-21T07:00

Screentime for children has been higher than ever before. In this episode of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, we brainstorm with Pastor Darren Pratt and Pastor Rick Jernigan about screentime, how it...

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How Parents Who Have an Anxious Child Really Feel from 2019-05-14T07:00

Having an anxious child can really get to parents. Seeing our children struggling about something triggers different personal reactions for each of us. As parents, we often hold it together despite...

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Matrescence - The constant transformation and development of our mothering role from 2019-05-07T07:00

Our role as mothers can become so overwhelming because of the many things that are expected from us. In Episode 8 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, we have an interesting conversation with Amy Tay...

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The Importance of Self Care for Parents from 2019-04-30T07:00

A very important thing that is, most often than not, neglected is self-care for parents. We usually find ourselves very busy and pre-occupied with work and parenting that we forget to look after ou...

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The Importance of Play from 2019-04-23T07:00

Play is a universal language that unites children. And in Episode 6 of Life Skills 4 Kids, Aimee Cox of Playful Little Learners and I talk about the importance and impact of play in a child's life....

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Anxiety: The Most Common Mental Illness but the Least Understood from 2019-04-16T07:00

In Episode 5 of Life Skills 4 Kids, we talk about a common but not so talked about mental illness in children and adults - Anxiety. I'll be sharing with you how to identify anxiety in children and ...

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Helping Kids Transition from School to the Holidays from 2019-04-09T07:00

In Episode 4 of Life Skills 4 Kids, I will share my thoughts and knowledge about a topic that many families have to deal when the holidays start - helping kids be grounded and transition from schoo...

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Afternoon Routines from 2019-03-28T10:00

In Episode 3 of Life Skills 4 Kids, Lisa Hughes, Founder, Director and one of the Senior Clinicians of Occupation Therapy Helping Children joins me today as we chat about afternoon routines with ki...

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Making Your Morning Routines Smoother and Less stressful from 2019-03-28T09:55

In Episode 2 of Life Skills 4 Kids, join my interesting conversation with Cathy Love on how to make mornings easier and smoother for your family. In a recent survey we conducted, over half of the p...

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10 Things Kids Say to Tell Us They are Anxious from 2019-03-28T09:51

In Episode 1 of Life Skills 4 Kids, I will share with you the top 10 things that kids say that may indicate that they are anxious. As parents, we need to be detectives, listen closely and beco...

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