Ep. 32 Sydney Playground Project
Send us a Text or Voicemail What do old tires, crates, pool noodles, and hay bales have in common? They're the secret ingredients that revolutionized recess for hundreds of kids in Dr. Anita Bundy's g...
24 Sep 202534min
Ep. 31 Zones of Regulation: the Good, the Bad, and the OT Way
Send us a Text or Voicemail What happens when one of occupational therapy's most beloved programs gets put under the research microscope? Turns out Zones of Regulation—despite being wildly popular—has...
17 Sep 202540min
Ep. 30 Making Hospitals Sensory-Friendly
Send us a Text or Voicemail 70% of autistic individuals have at least one mental health condition, but here's the kicker—the very hospitals meant to help them might be making everything worse. Picture...
10 Sep 202535min
Ep. 29 A Sleep Intervention with Dreamy Outcomes
Send us a Text or Voicemail 95% of kids with neurodevelopmental disorders struggle with sleep—but there's an OT intervention that gives families an extra hour of sleep per night! In this episode, we d...
3 Sep 202536min
Ep. 28 Responsive Feeding (and how OTPs are using this approach)
Send us a Text or Voicemail Many of our families know that sinking feeling when mealtime becomes a battlefield—tears, tantrums, and the stress of watching a child refuse meal after meal. But what is t...
27 Aug 202534min
Ep. 27 Group vs. Individual OT for Autistic Toddlers
Send us a Text or Voicemail Drowning in long therapy wait lists? Researchers found that group DIR Floortime (4 kids, 2 therapists) produced the same outcomes as individual occupational therapy session...
20 Aug 202534min
Ep. 26 Have Impostor Syndrome? (Here’s what to do)
Send us a Text or Voicemail Ever feel like you are in over your head? You're not alone—new research shows 84% of occupational therapy practitioners and students secretly battle impostor syndrome. From...
13 Aug 202531min
Ep. 25 Hand Strengthening for Handwriting
Send us a Text or Voicemail Michele presents research that offers a completely different perspective on OT handwriting intervention. While previous episodes emphasized task-specific training (doing wr...
6 Aug 202524min
