My Most Used Apps in OT
Truth be told, I’m not the biggest fan of using apps (or tablets for that matter) during my OT sessions, they can sometimes be a distraction. I try to limit using them, if only for the fact that many kids […]
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How To Start a Back-To-School Routine
School may or may not have already started for your little ones, and it’s important to get them back into the swing of things with a routine. Not only will it help them establish a sense of independence, learn responsibility, […]
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Technology: Friend or Foe?
I’m a millennial, the last generation to experience life before the internet, but that doesn’t mean we’re immune to technology addiction, and neither are our parents, grandparents, and children. Technology has become a normal part of our daily lives. All […]
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Three things your child’s occupational therapist wants you to know
In my experience as a pediatric therapist, I’ve noticed many parents have similar expectations about their child’s therapy, which often lead to miscommunication. While I can’t list them all, there are three major things that most OTs want you to […]
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What Is a Sensory Diet and How Do I Use One?
Contrary to what it may sound like, a sensory diet doesn’t have to do with eating. The term “sensory diet” was coined by Patricia Wilbarger, MA, OTR. It’s a program of specific sensory activities put into a schedule according to […]
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Why Don’t More Police Know About Autism?
In today’s world, we’ve (finally) begun to have in-depth conversations about the realities of police brutality and racism. We’ve become flooded with information, from history lessons we never knew to personal stories in real-time. You can’t scroll down a social […]
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Person-First or Identity-First?
One of the very first things we learned when I was in my first semester of OTA school was to use “person-first” language rather than “identity-first” when referring to our patients. We were told that to use “identity-first” (identifying a […]
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The Pros and Cons of Reward Charts
Throughout my career both as a Behavior Interventionist, and as an OT Assistant, I’ve seen a wide variety of uses for reward charts. I’ve used them mostly in schools, but often in homes as well, and for so many different […]
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