This is an old blog post from January 31, 2016 on the benefits of movement and various sensory exercises to improve focus and attention. We’ve updated this article as of January 22, 2024 to include more resources and strategies to support attention. Exercises for focus and attention depend on the individual’s unique needs, but there ... Read more

Looking for ways to use functional cognition in your OT practice? Neuro OT Renee Leuschke shares strategies and ideas to start using today.

Help kids learn impulse control skills using these practical strategies to support development of executive functioning.

Does your child need deep pressure therapy? Deep pressure stimulation can be done at home with these fun and easy 11 activities!

We cover the importance of meaningful and functional occupational therapy interventions to use with your patients affected by dementia.

Learn about upper body strength, why its important, exercises to help improve upper body strength, and how occupational therapy can help.

Whether your child has sensory sensitivities, struggles with fine, gross, and/or visual motor skills, or needs help with handwriting, these occupational therapy activities will not disappoint!

Use these typing activities in occupational therapy and the typing club packet to work on typing skills in kids.

Our team of therapists created Shape Book Activity Worksheets that target individual occupational therapy goals and incorporate unique learning style.

Looking for ways to use functional cognition in your OT practice? Neuro OT Renee Leuschke shares strategies and ideas to start using today.

What is ADHD? Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that is characterized by difficulty paying attention, impulsivity, disorganizati ...

Trauma is a heavy burden. Trauma informed occupational therapy practice is a critical element to treatment and care

Looking for occupational therapy activities using free or household materials? This list of OT activities supports development of OT goals.

Occupational Therapy sensory processing overview sheet to add to any OT student binder!

Welcome to a treasure trove of creative and effective occupational therapy activities tailored specifically for pediatric occupational therapists. Within these 100 activities, you’ll find a w…

Check out this massive list of 109 occupational therapy activities for kids stuck at home.

The MOHO in occupational therapy is an essential model to understand. It can be hard to grasp at first, so we'll cover its importance here.

If you're an occupational therapy practitioner or student looking for cognitive intervention ideas, check out our article covering the all the basics here.

Print these occupational therapy coloring pages to support the OT profession and develop fine motor skills (and other areas) through play!

This past fall we made the decision to seek out occupational therapy (OT) for Caroline. She was struggling a great deal with the act of writing and we also suspected she had some midline issues. With her permission, I'm going to write about our experience with occupational therapy for dysgraphia or writing problems. We strongly

Or as I'd like to call it, "OT Jargon". The first time many OT's open their first client chart, they be...

Embarking on a career in pediatric occupational therapy, especially for those transitioning from an adult setting, often brings with it the challenge of crafting effective and occupation-based goal…

I am always looking for ideas to shake up my OT treatments and try to get creative with activity tolerance activities, because it is just NOT functional or

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As an OT, you'll likely see patients with decreased fine motor skills. Here are the best functional fine motor coordination activities

Occupation based treatment ideas feel like they should come easy, but sometimes we find barriers to getting creative and finding the occupations that are

This resource covers therapy for picky eaters and support for extremely picky eaters. Let's go through how food therapy might look.

Do you have an occupational therapy business idea or desire to start your own OT private practice someday? Here's what you need to know.

We get asked all the time, "What's the highest occupational therapy specialty?" So we dug into the research and found these top paying fields

This resource on middle school occupational therapy covers insight on how OT professionals support middle school students.