In Occupational Therapy, our whole job is centered on making life a little easier and making sure that people can be successful. Most of what I post about are activities to work on specific problem areas, but I have posted a few things that could be considered general life hacks. Most of my tips are[Read More]
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Do You See Me Now? I’m Figure-Ground Discrimination!
A Guest post from our regular contributor, Katherine Collmer. If I’ve learned anything at all during my 15+ years as an occupational therapist, it’s that OT-speak can be confusing! Proprioception, sensory modulation, visual memory and visual closure are all just a jumble of words written in the language of OT, mostly indecipherable to parents, teachers[Read More]
Kinetic Sand
I went to an Occupational Therapy Conference last week and found a cool new product while I was there. It is called Kinetic Sand, and it is seriously the coolest stuff. It is sand, but it does not act like sand, and it is a wonderful sensory experience to run your hands through. I feel[Read More]
Follow therapists on Pinterest to get ideas
If you haven’t heard of Pinterest, you need to go check it out. Pinterest is a place where you “pin” pictures that link back to the original website. It is a great way to save ideas that you want to go back to, and it is also a great way to find new activities to[Read More]