Does Letter Formation Really Matter?
One of the most common reasons for referral to school-based occupational therapy (OT) services is illegible or labored handwriting. Once I complete and review the assessment results…
Sentence Starters: The Secret to Helping Students Compose Sentences That Make Sense and Form Paragraphs That Are Organized
Do you have a student who has trouble writing sentences? Do they have a hard time putting together a paragraph? Let me tell you about a great success story!
What Everybody Ought To Know About OT’s Role in Mental Health
We’ve been advocates for mental health since the very beginning of our profession. In fact, occupational therapy (OT), the profession I love, began because the therapeutic value of…
Here’s a Quick Lesson on Occupational Therapy: The Profession I Love
I fell in love with the profession of occupational therapy before I knew it existed. In a psychology class during my junior year…
Here Are Three Strategies That Are Helping My Students Develop Self-Regulation
Self-regulation is the most common area of deficit shared among the vast variety of students on my caseload, and this truth has…