For our ADL Building Blocks Series, we're covering the foundations to ensure successful gains with your OT treatments, focusing on Posture and Balance here.
Need an ADL treatment idea for dressing? Try this theraband dressing technique! Work on the components of dressing when you can't actually do it.
General Tips for Dressing When dressing, always put clothing on the affected side first. When undressing, always take clothes off the...
Assessment: Upper Extremity Manual Muscle Testing (MMT) Preparation: Before performing MMT, be sure to assess ROM looking for abnormalities in tone, and resistance to ROM (speed, smoothness, rhythm…
We cover the importance of meaningful and functional occupational therapy interventions to use with your patients affected by dementia.
One aspect of the Activities of Daily Living we complete each day is fastening clothing fasteners. In this blog post we are covering the skills needed for managing clothing fasteners. Lets go over one aspect of sensory issues with clothing: clothing fasteners like buttons, snaps, zippers, and shoe ties. Sensory processing affects everything we do. ... Read more
It's Occupational Therapy Month! Celebrate by downloading this super cute free printable of 10 things occupational therapists do.
A quick way to jot down how your session went and ways for parents to continue promoting carryover at home! Perfect for those kiddos who see multiple disciplines at once when you may not always have time to speak to parents. Please let me know what other resources you'd like to see!
Looking for alternative careers as an occupational therapist? We've created this comprehensive list to help you brainstorm your next move.
[Source: Your Therapy Source] Here are 10 tips to help teach children to be independent with self help skills and everyday routines: 1. Make sure you have time to give the child your undivided attention when you are first teaching a new skill or routine. Likewise, make sure that the child is paying attention when […]
Using Rubrics to Monitor Outcomes in Occupational Therapy Every practice setting that an occupational therapist, or any other health care provider, works in is demanding accountability and transpar…
Get 20 different upper extremity strengthening cards and printables! The cards and descriptions are formatted for easy front to back printing. Plus, get 20 full sheet printables of the exercises to create stations or put around the room. Feel confident that you have fantastic upper extremity strengthening cards and printables with hard to find exercises that you can use on a regular basis! Downloadable PDF file. See more details below!
This month in the Functional Skills for Kids series, we talked all about self-feeding. Most parents have questions at one time or another when it comes to feeding their child. From concerns about when to start solid foods to questioning whether their child is developmentally able to self-feed, there are many frequently asked questions. Read on ... Read more
Tying shoes is a complex skill to learn requiring fine motor skills, visual perceptual skills and motor planning. Some children may need extra help to learn how to tie shoes and some may need permanent adaptations. Here are 5 suggestions to adapt shoe tying: 1. commercial shoe laces that are different colors to help learn shoe tying http://www.loopeez.com/index.php 2. Velcro hidden inside shoe http://pinterest.com/pin/143693044332911985/ 3. commercial products that use elastic shoelaces http://www.locklaces.com/ 4. elastic shoe laces - once tied shoe slips on and off 5. commercial Velcro shoes or slip on shoes What is your favorite idea to adapt shoe tying or to teach tying shoes?
Assessment: Upper Extremity Manual Muscle Testing (MMT) Preparation: Before performing MMT, be sure to assess ROM looking for abnormalities in tone, and resistance to ROM (speed, smoothness, rhythm…
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FIELDWORK TOOLKIT A list of important items for all your fieldwork and professional needs. 1. Range of Moti...
