When working with acquired or traumatic brain injuries for the first time, it can be challenging, exciting, and even stressful as a student or new grad. This is especially true if you have not been exposed to such a patient or any cognitive interventions for traumatic brain injury. The purpose of this post is to cover […]
I was inspired to write this post about interventions for unilateral neglect as I was remembering my first evaluation with this condition on my own (after grad school and at my first “real job”). I realized that it was much more of a challenge for me to figure out on the fly the optimal interventions […]
You always want to be sure that what you’re working on with your patients requires truly skilled occupational therapy and also provides them with the best possible outcome. We also need to ensure our services are skilled and medically necessary; that they require an OT to complete the intervention (we want to avoid a denial at all costs!). […]
I often ask myself this very question when I see a new patient. Every OT has those days where you have a tougher time than usual figuring out what interventions to do with your patient. I use the interventions in this post when I feel like switching things up for my current patients in order […]
Okay, so I totally get that we as OT’s have a great average national salary coming in at approximately $78,810 according to U.S. News Careers. But coming out of school with $90,000+ in massive student loan debt plus the fact a lot of that is taken out for taxes means it can still feel like […]