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Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast

Welcome to Ideas at Play, the go-to podcast for busy pediatric occupational therapy professionals! Whether you're in school-based settings, early intervention, or outpatient practice, we bring you evidence-based strategies, practical tips, and engaging discussions to support your OT practice with children, teens, and young adults.

Each episode features:

A deep dive into recent pediatric OT research and how to apply it.
"Nailed It or Failed It," where we share what’s working—and what isn’t—in our pediatric OT practice.
Real-world examples and listener questions about all things pediatric occupational therapy.
Shout outs to People, Places, and Products that fill our occupational therapy hearts

Join the hosts, Michele Alaniz, OTD, OTR/L, BCP and Lacy Wright, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, as we explore innovative OT ideas, share professional insights, and help you stay up-to-date with the latest trends in pediatric occupational therapy. Subscribe now and unlock actionable strategies to help the children you serve thrive!

Stay informed, stay curious, and stay playful!

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📧 Email us a question or comment at IdeasAtPlayPodcast@gmail.com

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Keywords: occupational therapy, OT, pediatric occupational therapy, evidence based practice, peds OT

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Summer of Discovery: Little Spot of Feelings

Send us a Text or Voicemail This summer, Michele and Lacy are switching things up with a six-episode series sharing programs or topics they genuinely love. The research articles may not always be fron...

8 Heinä 45min

Ep. 72 What New OTs Really Want in a Job (Encore)

Send us a Text or Voicemail What do early career occupational therapists really prioritize when choosing their first OT job? Spoiler alert: salary ranks 9th out of 16 factors. In this episode, we brea...

1 Heinä 39min

Ep. 71 Aquatic Therapy: Using the Pool for More Than Swim Lessons (Encore)

Send us a Text or Voicemail When you think of therapy in the swimming pool, swim lessons probably come to mind. However, occupational therapy practitioners use water for so many life skills! This week...

24 Kesä 38min

Ep. 70 Listener Questions: Pediatric OT in the Real World (Round 2)

Send us a Text or Voicemail Episode 70 calls for something special! We tackle your real-world pediatric OT questions, from the buzzwords worth knowing to the advice that actually sticks. Thank you fo...

17 Kesä 37min

Ep. 69 Comparing Motor Interventions for Autism

Send us a Text or Voicemail Motor skill difficulties show up in nearly 9 out of 10 autistic kids, which means this question comes up in almost every caseload: what motor-based intervention actually wo...

10 Kesä 35min

Ep 68 CIMT Summer Camp

Send us a Text or Voicemail Ever wondered how to actually do constraint-induced movement therapy? This week, we discuss a 2025 randomized trial out of Texas Women's University that ran a pirate-themed...

3 Kesä 31min

Ep. 67 Polyvagal Theory and Listening Programs

Send us a Text or Voicemail We're covering two topics that kept coming up in your emails and are linked in the literature — polyvagal theory and listening programs. Michele walks us through the princi...

27 Touko 47min

Ep. 66 Ayres SI vs. ABA

Send us a Text or Voicemail The study we've been waiting for is finally here. An NIH-funded, head-to-head RCT pits Ayres Sensory Integration against ABA for autistic children with sensory differences ...

20 Touko 45min