Occupational therapy certifications and specialties are such a great way to niche down in your practice - learn some of the most common in OT!
The Ranchos Los Amigos Scale of Cognitive Recovery is a medical scale used to assess the cognitive progress of individuals after a closed head injury, including traumatic brain injury, based on cog…
Studying to become a COTA? Here are 5 tips to pass the NBCOT exam on the first try after graduation from St. Kate’s online OTA program.
Occupation based treatment ideas feel like they should come easy, but sometimes we find barriers to getting creative and finding the occupations that are
Knowing everything about sternal precautions in your occupational therapy practice can be overwhelming. We'll break it down for you here.
Jaja Santiago has become the first Filipino import who help Saitama Ageo Medics win the Japan V.Leage V Cup on Saturday at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo. Ageo Medics beat the NEC Red Rockets in four sets, 26-24, 20-25, 25-21, 25-17. The 6-foot-5 Santiago contributed 11 points and two blocks in the victory game. Meanwhile Mami Uchiseto and Yuka Sato finished with 15 points. Shainah Joseph added 14 points. Her Japan V Cup championship victory adds to her previous achievement as the first Filipino to win bronze medal in 2020 V.League tournament with Ageo Medics. Santiago, who hailed from Cavite played for the Philippine National Women's Volleyball Team and the National University before joining the Japan Volleyball League in 2018.
Applying for your state's occupational therapy license, or are applying for several states? Check out this all-inclusive list of every state's requirements.
In room occupational therapy treatment interventions are a necessity when a patient is isolated or you are working with limited supplies.
Looking for occupational therapy activities using free or household materials? This list of OT activities supports development of OT goals.
Looking for free cognitive assessments for your adult patient population? Check out these five free assessments with instructions.
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I am nearing the 1 month anniversary from the date that I opened up the student dashboard on NBCOT.org and saw the glorious screen featured above. After 4 days of…
Grasping Steps in the Developmental Process of Grasping In her book The Comprehending Hand, Dr. Lilli Nielsen lists the various steps in the developmental process involved in the ability to grasp:hand to mouthhand to handobjects held in handobjects held in hand put to mouthlosing objectsobjects transferred from one hand to the otherreaching out for objectsknocking objects on the
Giving your students the space in your classroom to self-regulate, cool down and calm down are extremely important.When we talk about "challenging behaviors" and behavior management, we need to have proactive strategies to support our students' communication and help de-escalate any possible meltdow...
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.
