Heavy work activities are powerful tools for self-regulation, attention, focus, body awareness, and calming sensory input.
Use these free apps for occupational therapy activities to build skills in handwriting, fine motor, visual motor, executive functioning, and regulation.
If you're looking for occupational therapy documentation tips, we're covering everything you need to know to write a perfect OT note.
Writing an occupational therapy SOAP note is simpler than you think! We dive into how to write an OT SOAP note and provide an example as well
These teletherapy games and online worksheets can be used in virtual occupational therapy sessions for online OT with kids.
Wondering if you should you do home health as a new grad? We'll share why home health it isn't always the best choice for new OT grads.
Heavy work activities are powerful tools for self-regulation, attention, focus, body awareness, and calming sensory input.
Looking for occupational therapy activities using free or household materials? This list of OT activities supports development of OT goals.
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
WooTherapy has teamed up with some awesome OTs and COTAs to inspire and support school-based therapists with ideas for individual back to school OT kits.
It's Occupational Therapy Month! Celebrate by downloading this super cute free printable of 10 things occupational therapists do.
If you work with children as a pediatric occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, teacher or homeschool parent you probably have a lot of school supplies, fine motor manipulatives and craft supplies. As a pediatric occupational therapist, your time is limited and you don’t have time to search for supplies. Storing all of your fine motor … Organized Occupational Therapy Supplies with Photo Storage Boxes Read More »
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.
School based occupational therapy providers support students in learning and participating in the classroom. Here are school based OT tips.
In this post I will share with you a super fine motor tool kit that will reach a variety of kiddos and probably contains many items that you already have on hand. It’s back to school time and all of us are beginning to think about how we want to approach the new school year. ... Read more
When it comes to pediatric occupational therapy, having the right tools and toys can make all the difference in creating engaging and effective therapy sessions. In this blog post, we’ll take a peek inside my occupational therapy rolling bag which I have had for 3+ years and explore my favorite developmental and therapeutic toys that … Inside My Occupational Therapy Rolling Bag: Must-Have Toys for Pediatric Therapists Read More »
Looking for ways to use functional cognition in your OT practice? Neuro OT Renee Leuschke shares strategies and ideas to start using today.
Occupation based treatment ideas feel like they should come easy, but sometimes we find barriers to getting creative and finding the occupations that are
In you special needs class, do you have any behavior issues? Any kids that are over-responsive or just the opposite, under-responsive? YOU.NEED.HEAVY.WORK. ...
Writing an occupational therapy SOAP note is simpler than you think! We dive into how to write an OT SOAP note and provide an example as well
These occupational therapy interventions are OT activities for kids to help with child development of functional skills.
Looking for free cognitive assessments for your adult patient population? Check out these five free assessments with instructions.
Looking for the BEST occupational therapy podcasts to listen to? There are a lot out there, so we chose our top picks for you to check out.
Happy OT Month 2016! Four years after initially learning about OT, three years after going through the wildly difficult OT school application process, two years after starting OT school, and just F…
Helping OT practitioners & students have the resources they need so they can disrupt the norm and be the best they can be for their patients!
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!
What is heavy work? Get ideas for 25 heavy work activities, and learn how they can help children with sensory processing differences.
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.
These obstacle course ideas are strategies used in occupational therapy obstacle courses to target development of specific skills.
Feeling stuck with functional activity tolerance interventions? We cover activities from low to high level to increase activity tolerance.
These hacks for productivity for occupational therapy support OTs working with kids in schools so they can be productive.
I reached out to home health OTs asking "What are the must-haves when working in the home health setting? Here are the top ten answers!
Motor planning is a part of everything we do. Read about the definition of motor planning, and fun activities to support development.
Occupational therapy documentation is described here, including use of SOAP notes and COAST notes in documenting therapy sessions.
In-hand manipulation skills resource addressing its importance and how occupational therapy can help. Includes 25 easy to implement exercises
If your student is having a hard time focusing on their schoolwork these days why not try games instead! Read through for a list of my favorite OT Teletherapy games that can be played off-screen and on-screen. Shhh! They won’t know they are still learning through play!
In this blog post, I will be sharing a few of my favorite must-have OT school supplies for educators and students to have this fall!
