Paediatrics

Hi there,

As an OT who works in the peadiatric field, the using of smartphones is increasing in children and I observe that it affects postural control. I found this journal from Brazil, and very eye-opening for me as an OT.

https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/jhgd/article/view/12229

Participants needed!

Are you a UK based paediatric OT who has delivered services using MS Teams or similar online platforms? If so, I would love to hear about your experiences.

I am a MSc Occupational Therapy student at the University of Winchester and am interested in exploring practitioners’ experiences of using telehealth to deliver interventions to children and their families. As an increasing number of healthcare services are delivered online, your input will shed light on practitioners’ experiences of this shift.

If you are interested in finding out more about this study or sharing your experiences with me in an interview, please email me at: b.crouch.24@unimail.winchester.ac.uk

This study has received approval from the University of Winchester Ethics committee (ref. HWB-OT-0825BC).

Thank you so much for your time.

Hello all, I have a practice and I’m looking for freelance paediatric OT’s who would be available to start from September in various areas within London, UK. Ideally the person has capacity of up to 1 weekday a week which is where we would expect caseload to build up to. Work is very flexible with £45 per hour pay. If interested do email with your CV and expression of interest: hello.londonoccupationaltherapy@gmail.com

Hello, everyone! My name is Imani, and I am a second-year occupational therapy doctoral student. As part of my capstone project, I am exploring the role of dance/movement therapy in pediatric therapy as a sensory integration tool to improve sensory processing, executive function, and social cohesion among children with sensory imbalance conditions, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or sensory processing disorder (SPD). If you are a pediatric therapist, I would appreciate any insight into current sensory-based interventions used in practice and how dance can be considered as an alternative therapy form to improve outcomes and self-regulation for children with sensory sensitivities. Thank you! 

Here is the survey link! https://presby.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8GHJmoOofSfxXUi 

As one of the areas of occupational performance, sleep is the last area we pay attention to. Dr. Jamie Chaves, OTD, OTR/L, SWC talks about sleep and it relation with sensory processing here in this article.

Please share your personal experience as an OT who works with peadiatric about it.

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