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Paradise Island App

April 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Paradise Island App

Compared to the other two apps I’ve named, Forest and Finch, this one is much more of a game and also much much simpler in function. I believe it was designed for children and young […]

Autism

Person-First or Identity-First? (AA23)

April 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Person-First or Identity-First? (AA23)

On this site, you will always see me saying “Autistic person” (or its variants, Autistic adult, Autistic child, etc) instead of “person with autism”. But you might have heard (just like I did in school) […]

Autism

Autism Acceptance Month 2023

April 1, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Autism Acceptance Month 2023

Happy April! You may or may not know this as Autism Awareness Month. There have been campaigns for decades, but growing to prominence with social media culture, about “light it up blue”, the puzzle piece […]

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Finch App

April 1, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Finch App

Continuing my series about the apps I use in my everyday life:  FINCH This is my current app obsession. Finch is a little virtual bird. You set goals in the app for taking care of […]

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Forest App

March 31, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Forest App

Those who have followed this page for awhile know that sometimes I talk about my own journeys with becoming more self-aware of my own needs and what’s going on in my own body, since I […]

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Transcript – “Early Opportunities: Protecting the Power of Play”

March 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Transcript – “Early Opportunities: Protecting the Power of Play”

This post is a transcript for this one, which has the video. I want to start by asking you to think about learning. What comes to your mind when you hear the word learning? Maybe […]

At Home

Early Opportunities: Protecting the Power of Play

March 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Early Opportunities: Protecting the Power of Play

  I had the opportunity to speak about protecting the power of play to childcare providers at the daycare and youth program centers near where I work for my day job. This lecture covers play […]

At School

Creating “Calming Sensory Spaces” in the Classroom

March 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Creating “Calming Sensory Spaces” in the Classroom

  A recording of myself presenting on the topic, “Creating ‘Calming Sensory Spaces’ in the Classroom”. I presented this first to teachers at the school where I work, and then made minor adjustments and recorded […]

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Doing It Imperfectly

March 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Doing It Imperfectly

Remember when I brought you such stunning insights of my own mind as “Hey, when socks feel bad on my feet, I give myself permission to take them off”? 😁 Well, I’m back with another […]

At School

Strengths-Based Evaluation

March 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Strengths-Based Evaluation

“Strengths-based” evaluation, goals, or treatment is something of a brand-new buzzword in the field of occupational therapy. And sometimes OT professionals feel threatened by this phrase, or feel like it leads to euphemistic evaluations where […]

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