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It's Occupational Therapy Month! Celebrate by downloading this super cute free printable of 10 things occupational therapists do.
Hand therapist Josh Albarado, OTR/L shares his go-to hand therapy interventions with protocols, treatment ideas and resources in this guide
Looking for ways to use functional cognition in your OT practice? Neuro OT Renee Leuschke shares strategies and ideas to start using today.
Occupational Therapy for Down Syndrome Diagnosis, treatment, early intervenrtion, fine motor/gross motor activities, sensory processing
WebMD shows you easy hand exercises and finger exercises to help with range of motion and joint pain.
Need to know the five types of grasp patterns? We've got them all here along with interventions that you can use to address impairments.
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!
If you're searching for functional occupational therapy group treatment ideas for your adult rehab patients, check out our favorites here!
Exercises for hand arthritis can help improve your range of motion and strengthen your muscles. Here are 8 to try, including finger joint blocking, wrist turns, and thumb stretches.
Learn about everything you need to know about occupational therapy. Discover what occupational therapists do, areas of focus, and much more.
PediaPlex offers Pediatric Occupational Therapy in Fort Worth, Dallas, Frisco & Southlake, TX that helps children to become more independent and self-sufficient.
If you're an occupational therapy practitioner or student looking for cognitive intervention ideas, check out our article covering the all the basics here.
We cover the importance of meaningful and functional occupational therapy interventions to use with your patients affected by dementia.
As an OT, you'll likely see patients with decreased fine motor skills. Here are the best functional fine motor coordination activities
Patients with wrist pain commonly present with an acute injury or spontaneous onset of pain without a definite traumatic event. A fall onto an outstretched hand can lead to a scaphoid fracture, which is the most commonly fractured carpal bone. Conventional radiography alone can miss up to 30 percent of scaphoid fractures. Specialized views (e.g., posteroanterior in ulnar deviation, pronated oblique) and repeat radiography in 10 to 14 days can improve sensitivity for scaphoid fractures. If a suspected scaphoid fracture cannot be confirmed with plain radiography, a bone scan or magnetic resonance imaging can be used. Subacute or chronic wrist pain usually develops gradually with or without a prior traumatic event. In these cases, the differential diagnosis is wide and includes tendinopathy and nerve entrapment. Overuse of the muscles of the forearm and wrist may lead to tendinopathy. Radial pain involving mostly the first extensor compartment is commonly de Quervain tenosynovitis. The diagnosis is based on history and examination findings of a positive Finkelstein test and a negative grind test. Nerve entrapment at the wrist presents with pain and also with sensory and sometimes motor symptoms. In ulnar neuropathies of the wrist, the typical presentation is wrist discomfort with sensory changes in the fourth and fifth digits. Activities that involve repetitive or prolonged wrist extension, such as cycling, karate, and baseball (specifically catchers), may increase the risk of ulnar neuropathy. Electrodiagnostic tests identify the area of nerve entrapment and the extent of the pathology.
Our family sought out occupational therapy for dysgraphia (or writing problems) and achieved excellent results for our eight year old daughter.
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Last week I celebrated the work of Occupational Therapists by highlighting some great OT blogs. Today I'd like to share some OTs that are making a difference through the development of apps. Ready to Print | Ready to Print is a pre-writing app developed by Dianne Reid, OTR/L. I love that this app progresses through pre-writing skills in a specific order so kids can master the skills necessary for writing. Some of the activities included in this app are matching shapes, tracing paths, connecting dots, and pinching. Click here to read my original review of Ready to Print. Shelby's Quest | Shelby's Quest is another pre-writing app that focuses on fine motor and visual perceptual skills. Created by Kami Bible, OTR/L, the activities in this app include following mazes, pinching, and tracing shapes. Click here to read my original review of Shelby's Quest. Wet Dry Try | Okay, I don't know if this app was actually created by an occupational therapist, but since Handwriting Without Tears was created by an OT, I'm going to include this one on the list. This handwriting app follows the same format as the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum, specifically the Wet-Dry-Try approach using slate chalkboards. Dexteria | It is my understanding that the Dexteria apps were created with the help of an occupational therapist (if anyone knows who that OT was, I'd love to give them credit). The original Dexteria app consists of three exercises to promote handwriting readiness: Tap It, Pinch It, Write It. Dexteria Junior is geared for younger kids and consists of three exercises to promote pre-writing skills: Squish the Squash, Trace & Erase, Pinch the Pepper. I personally use Dexteria Junior more than the original Dexteria, but both are great! Read my original review of Dexteria here and my original review of Dexteria Junior here. Dexteria: Dexteria Junior: BrainWorks | This app is a bit different from the others in this list. BrainWorks was developed by Gwen Wild, OTR and is designed to help kids select appropriate activities for their sensory breaks to meet their current sensory needs. This is a really cool app that can help kids become more independent in self-regulation. Read my original review of BrainWorks here. Abilipad | This app was created by Cheryl Bregman, MS, OTR/L to allow children to develop writing skills and communication using text to speech, word prediction, and customizable keyboards. I have not tried this app yet, but it gets glowing reviews, including from Carol over at OTs with Apps, whose opinion I always trust! *iTunes links throughout are affiliate links. Do you use any of these apps? Are there any apps created by OTs that you would add to this list? Please share in the comments below!
A show of hands – who takes their hands for granted? Yet, without strong, steady and agile hands most ADL’s are compromised. With 27 bones, 29 joints and 120+ ligaments in each hand, patients count on us help their hands function as well as possible. Whether the patient is experiencing...Read more
Feeling stuck with functional activity tolerance interventions? We cover activities from low to high level to increase activity tolerance.
Looking for free cognitive assessments for your adult patient population? Check out these five free assessments with instructions.
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.
After seeing this post on Pinterest from Creative Clinical Social Worker, I thought it would be helpful to post about terminology to use for pediatric therapy. If you follow my blog or website, you know I love the words "facilitate", "promote" and "encourage". When documenting therapy sessions I tend to overuse the words "completed" and "accomplished". So in order to expand my vocabulary I looked over the list and added some of my own. Some of the terms are more suitable for evaluations and some are more suitable for on going documentation of therapy sessions. Try adding some measurable outcomes to these verbs for goal setting. Here is a list of documentation terminology for pediatric therapists: Accomplished Assessed Assisted with Completed Created Cued Decreased Developed Discussed Educated Elicited Encouraged Engaged Explained Explored Evaluated Facilitated Generalized Guided Helped Identified Increased Informed Investigated Modeled Modified Monitored Observed Problem solved Promoted Provided feedback Reviewed Reinforced Responded to Recommended Taught Tracked Utilized Validated Worked on If you would like a printable of this page to toss in your therapy bag, wallet or purse to increase your vocabulary next time you write up an evaluation or session note visit YourTherapySource.com. What is your favorite documentation terminology?
OT programs are getting more and more competitive each year. Stand out from the crowd by preparing with these OT school interview questions.
Discover a collection of relatable and entertaining occupational therapy memes! Gain insight into the world of occupational therapy! ✓ Learn here!
These 5 types of activities help promote the development of a functional pencil grasp. You'll be surprised that a pencil is not even needed!
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What does writing functional pediatric occupational therapy goals really mean? Let's dive in deeper.
There are so many fine motor skills needed at school! This guide outlines fine motor tasks which may impact learning and what to do to help.
It's Occupational Therapy Month! Celebrate by downloading this super cute free printable of 10 things occupational therapists do.
Occupational therapy (OT) abbreviations can save you hours each week, and this article serves to cover the most frequently used ones.
