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Re-Release - Understanding Sensory Processing Challenges in Kids
While we are busy working on more new episodes for Where You Are, we are sharing one we love from a previous season. We hope you enjoy it. And remember, subscribe to Where You Are so you don’t miss any of our upcoming episodes.
Our external senses— smell, sight, touch, and taste—along with lesser-known internal ones like balance and location— are constantly working to help us make sense of our world around us. This intricate process, often known ‘sensory processing,’ is the foundation of many daily tasks. For some children, navigating this sensory processing can be more challenging.
In today’s episode, our hosts chat with Tammie, a parent who shares her personal story of supporting her child with sensory processing challenges, and Courtney Hall, BCCH Occupational Therapist. Together they:
talk about different types of sensory preferences - like hypersensitivity and hyposensitivity
look at other conditions that can go along with sensory processing issues
offer tips and resources for parents and caregivers to support a child with sensory processing challenges
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7 Oct 2026
Re-Release - School Anxiety: Getting Your Child Back to Their School Routine
We are hard at work on more great episodes of Where You Are. In the meantime, we’re sharing this episode from one of our previous seasons. It focuses on the challenge of school anxiety, something experienced by many families. We hope you like it and find the tips offered helpful, even if just in the smallest way.
School is a big part of kids’ lives. When anxiety gets in the way of a child going to or staying at school, this can be really hard on the whole family. In this episode we look at what’s behind school anxiety, when parents should reach out for help, tips for parents and caregivers to promote their own coping, and strategies to help get your child back in their regular school routine.
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26 Aug 2026
Stress in Students: Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools
Students today are facing more stress than ever. Bryn and co-host Gail Markin (https://www.gailmarkin.ca/) sit down with Kyra Yung (student), Connie Easton (school counsellor of 30+ years), and Connor Gallik (Psychologist, BC Children’s Hospital) to learn about ways that school communities can support students in K-12 to navigate stress. Together they unpack:
signs of stress and the connection to student mental health and wellbeing
why students are experiencing increasing stress and how they are coping with it
what schools can do to support K-12 students at the individual level, in the school community and at the system level to deal with stress in healthy ways
when to seek help and links to resources for educators
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