NOTE: This is an example of an email I've sent to my families. Please customize it to meet your needs. Hello OT Families! Bilateral...

NOTE: This is an email that I sent to my families. If you would like to use it, please customize it to meet your needs: Hello families!...

Is it just me or is the planning for telehealth super time consuming? I feel like I'm more stressed out now than I am during the regular...

The primitive reflex movements lay down the patterns of neural networks and myelinization of pathways in the brain. This allows the...

Letter reversals are common until the end of first or beginning of 2nd grade! However, even if your child is reversing letters in...

I recently wrote this article for my SCHOOL NEWSLETTER! Feel free to do the same! Did you know that two year old’s should be cutting...

To the pediatric therapists pounding the pavement each day, treating child after child...have you ever asked yourself why, during all of...

For the past two years, the speech therapist and I have been co-treating a COOKING GROUP with two self-contained classrooms for students...

For the past 5 years I have coordinated a Motor Lab in two of my schools! This year the special services department thought that they...

I’ve been using the Too Loud Kids Noise Meter & Timer FREE version app and it’s amazing! It uses the microphone and becomes a noise...

Therapists have some REALLY COOL "equipment" and "toys." This stuff doesn't just have to be for kids that receive Occupational Therapy....

How do we make fidgets that don't become toys?! Yes, if a child is impulsive, fidgets can look like they are more distracting to a...

Are you frustrated with reading or writing IEP goals that don't make sense? Are your goals specific? Are you able to monitor the goal...

Zingo by ThinkFun is a fabulous game and I've played it for so many years. However, did you know that they have various versions of...

Looking to address visual motor, visual closure, fine motor control, and hand strength in one activity? All you need is: glue, food...

For more strategies please take my course "Sloppy Handwriting"! The first time a child can write their own name is a big deal! It marks...

After 15 years I'm not ashamed to say that sometimes I get into a "rut" when thinking of fun and engaging activities to do with my...

For more strategies please take my course "New Ideas for Posture, UE Stability & More!" It seems silly but a really fun activity to...

Do you get confused about which reflex is what and when they emerge and integrate? If so, this handy dandy information sheet gives you...

What a cool trick for teaching how to cut! #cutting #scissors #OT #finemotor