It's Occupational Therapy Month! Celebrate by downloading this super cute free printable of 10 things occupational therapists do.
We cover the importance of meaningful and functional occupational therapy interventions to use with your patients affected by dementia.
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
These crossing midline activities support development of crossing the midline plays in functional tasks like learning and self care.
If you're an OT looking for occupation-based dynamic balance interventions to use with your patients, we've got you covered in this post!
This comprehensive guide is designed for educators, therapists, and parents working with children who require occupational therapy (OT). The "Occupational Therapy Issues and Recommendations Guide" provides a detailed overview of common OT issues, their descriptions, examples, and practical recommendations. This resource is an essential tool for understanding and addressing the diverse needs of children, particularly those with special needs such as autism. Key Features: - Clear and Concise Format: The guide is presented in an easy-to-read table format, making it simple to find information quickly. - Detailed Descriptions: Each issue is clearly defined to help users understand the specific challenges children may face. - Real-life Examples: Concrete examples are provided to illustrate each issue, offering insight into how these challenges manifest in daily life. - Practical Recommendations: Actionable recommendations are included for each issue, providing effective strategies to support children in overcoming their difficulties. Topics Covered: - Fine Motor Skills - Gross Motor Skills - Handwriting - Sensory Processing - Self-Care Skills - Visual Perceptual Skills - Body Awareness - Executive Functioning - Attention and Focus - Play Skills - Social Skills - Regulation Skills - Adaptive Skills Ideal for: - Occupational Therapists - Special Education Teachers - Parents and Caregivers - School Counselors - Early Childhood Educators Format: - PowerPoint Presentation (PPTX) - Easy to customize and adapt to specific needs.
Heavy work activities are powerful tools for self-regulation, attention, focus, body awareness, and calming sensory input.
Looking for free cognitive assessments for your adult patient population? Check out these five free assessments with instructions.
In room occupational therapy treatment interventions are a necessity when a patient is isolated or you are working with limited supplies.
Heavy work activities are powerful tools for self-regulation, attention, focus, body awareness, and calming sensory input.
Feeling stuck with functional activity tolerance interventions? We cover activities from low to high level to increase activity tolerance.
This resource covers therapy for picky eaters and support for extremely picky eaters. Let's go through how food therapy might look.
Occupation-based treatments are crucial for OTs, but we can't always do the real thing. Check out these simulated OT treatments to help!
Oral motor exercises improve coordination, strength, and mobility of the mouth to facilitate feeding, oral discrimination, or sensory needs.
If you're an occupational therapy practitioner or student looking for cognitive intervention ideas, check out our article covering the all the basics here.
Learn how OTPs should be using both a biomechanical frame of reference & occupation based techniques, to help our patients achieve their optimal outcomes.
Get 9 Core Strengthening Activities your kids can do at home that will improve their fine motor skills while still having fun!
As an OT, you'll likely see patients with decreased fine motor skills. Here are the best functional fine motor coordination activities
In OT, you will likely work with patients affected by decreased memory from cognitive impairment. Read on for these top aids and strategies
Hand therapist Josh Albarado, OTR/L shares his go-to hand therapy interventions with protocols, treatment ideas and resources in this guide
Looking for functional, occupation-based standing tolerance activities for your OT practice? Here are 10 of our top favorites.
If you're searching for functional occupational therapy group treatment ideas for your adult rehab patients, check out our favorites here!
Use these 10 games for handwriting practice, allowing kids to improve legibility, sizing, placement, and more as they play.
If you're new to working with adults, this occupational therapy cheat sheet was created just for you that covers the basics for adult rehab!
In-hand manipulation skills resource addressing its importance and how occupational therapy can help. Includes 25 easy to implement exercises
Primitive Reflexes Exercises and Assessments for Parents and Professionals. Discover the 8 Primitive Reflexes.
This Blog and Infographic will review tonic reflexes, their significance if the reflex persists beyond the typical age range, and the possible impact on a child’s functioning and role performance. Last but not least, this blog will suggest therapeutic interventions that are known to help inhibit the activation of tonic reflexes and advance postural control as a foundation for optimal functioning.
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!
Sensory Diet: Practical Ways to Incorporate Sensory Input for children and students. Includes Discussion of Sensory Systems, Evidence Base Research on Sensory Diets, and free printables to create a Sensory Diet.
These Zones of Regulation activities and strategies are beneficial to kids struggling with self-regulation and emotional control through coping strategies.
Looking for occupational therapy activities using free or household materials? This list of OT activities supports development of OT goals.
Your baby is growing up quickly and is having a whale of a time making discoveries and exploring new things. Of course, your excitement to knows no bounds. However, for your child to master important motor skills, it’s vital that she has good bilateral coordination.
Come learn which core exercises for stroke patients can help you improve your core strength, gait (your manner of walking), and balance.
Coaching parents and educators on disarming communication and social-emotional regulation to support the brain and growing children.
This tutorial on how to tie a shoe step by step tutorial for parents struggling to help their children to learn this skill.
These visual motor integration activities will help your child to learn skills needed for handwriting.
