For this “Day in the Life” article, we’re very excited to share what it’s like working in OT teletherapy, featuring teletherapist Rachel Morris, OTR/L. Thanks, Rachel, for sharing your insight and experience! In 1990, I started my career as an occupational therapist. Throughout my career, I gained firsthand experience in working with teams and collaborating […]
We’re so excited to feature holistic OT Linda Schiano Moriello, OTR/L, for this guest post all about holistic occupational therapy. We love that holistic practices are becoming more mainstream and accepted in OT and look forward to sharing how you can incorporate holistic OT approaches in your day to day practice. Occupational therapists are skilled […]
It’s no doubt that technology has forever changed the face of rehabilitation. The many new products that have entered the market place in the last ten years definitely offers our patients a wide variety of opportunities to find what they need. Unfortunately, the downside of all these options is that many of our patients hit […]
Occupation-based interventions: It may seem like common sense to use these as occupational therapists. After all, our title has the word “occupation” in it, for goodness sake! Unfortunately, assembly-line therapy has reduced the use of occupation-based treatments in favor of exercises that make point of service and high productivity the main objective versus providing quality, […]
Whether you work as an occupational therapist or COTA in home health, outpatient, acute care, rehab, or in a long term care facility, you will certainly encounter patients with a dementia diagnosis or co-morbidity. If you work primarily with older adults, this might even be a large percentage of your patients. In this article, I […]
From the first time we enter class as aspiring occupational therapists, we find ourselves surrounded by a community of peers sharing a similar experience. The best occupational therapy forums have the ability to extend that environment beyond physical encounters into online spaces. That camaraderie, whether enjoyed in person or digitally, provides a support network through […]
The following article on Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (along with Modified Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy) was guest-authored by Janet Meydam, OTR/L and Meredith Chandler, OTR/L. We want to give both of them a huge thanks for sharing their insight and research for this article. According to the National Stroke Association, it is estimated that 9 out of […]
If you’ve already found your passion for all things vision in OT, it’s time to take a closer look at how you can incorporate vision into your practice. The next step will be to develop your skills assessing patients so you can feel more confident treating within the Occupational Therapy practice act and in turn […]
My interest in all things “vision” in the occupational therapy world has been stewing for several years. Working as an occupational therapist in inpatient rehab, I became interested in perceptual skills but did not dive into furthering my education or competency because I was more concerned with continuing education courses designed for stroke recovery, neuro-shoulder […]
We’ve probably all been there—you receive an order to fabricate a splint for a patient and you groan. You haven’t made a splint since OT school and you feel uncomfortable with your abilities to confidently create something, not to mention the amount of time it will take you to complete it! Don’t fear—no need to […]