Ep. 81 OT Research for Down Syndrome
Send us a Text or Voicemail Down syndrome is one of the most common diagnoses OTs work with, yet the research base behind it is surprisingly small. This week, Lacy and Michele discuss a new AJOT scopi...
2 Sep 32min
Ep. 80 OT in Aotearoa New Zealand
Send us a Text or Voicemail Picture a beach in Aotearoa New Zealand — a gnarled pōhutukawa tree perfect for climbing, a rope swing hanging over the sand, and a stick sized exactly to a child's height,...
26 Aug 46min
Ep. 79 Executive Function (Working Memory) Strategies for Autism and ID
Send us a Text or Voicemail A 6 year-old can't hold onto multi-step directions long enough to follow them — not because he isn't listening, but because his working memory drops the information before ...
19 Aug 33min
Ep. 78 Handwriting, ADHD, and Telehealth
Send us a Text or Voicemail Can a therapist facilitate meaningful handwriting improvement through telehealth? A recent randomized controlled trial out of Ankara, Turkey put that question to the test w...
12 Aug 34min
Ep. 77 Outcome Measures for Autistic Preschoolers
Send us a Text or Voicemail Michele found 74 outcome measures to consider for her autistic preschoolers! She and Lacy discuss the top measures from the recent scoping review: which tools show up most ...
5 Aug 37min
Summer of Discovery: Building a Money Management Program from Scratch
Send us a Text or Voicemail Too cartoonish. Too advanced. Too many worksheets — nothing fit, so Lacy built her own money management program from scratch. This week she's breaking down exactly how she ...
29 Juli 41min
Summer of Discovery: Building & Trialing a Sensory Activity Schedule
Send us a Text or Voicemail “Sensory” is everywhere in pediatric OT, but how do you actually know if and when to try a sensory activity schedule? How do you set one up? When do you know if it is work...
22 Juli 38min
Summer of Discovery: Building a Fieldwork Program
Send us a Text or Voicemail Ep. 74 Michele and Lacy continue their Summer of Discovery series. This time, Lacy shares what she's learned from supervising more than 50 fieldwork students, from buildin...
15 Juli 43min
