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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.
'Meet Angela Hanscom, an occupational therapist who has come to the conclusion that children need adventurous activities to develop a healthy sense of body and mind. Not only do children need way more movement than our sedentary society allows them, she suggests, but they need precisely the kinds of movements that make adults gasp, if they are going to thrive. Often brought into classrooms to solve behavioural issues, Hanscom realised that children today do not get enough free play, exploration and exercise to allow them to focus properly in school. She began using movement as therapy, helping kids heal through spinning too fast on the merry-go-round and flying too high on the swings.'
Yes! More outdoors play and less adult supervision! Think of one of your best memories from childhood that involved play... then consider, was it indoors or outdoors? Were adults supervising? I bet 99% of us will answer: outdoors without supervision. Why take this away from our kids? I often use this question when encouraging parents to give the kids "freedom" to explore and more.
As practising occupational therapists, we'd like to understand how the wider OT workforce feels it could better deliver for those it supports. Select one or more options below, to cast your vote!
Which of the following might enhance your practice?
0%Larger library of intervention ideas
0%Access to more assessment tools or outcome measures
0%More peer support
0%Smaller caseload / patient-staff ratio
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Hi all,
I'm an OT apprentice in my 3rd year and currently learning about diverse settings. We've been given an assignment to devise an intervention plan in a diverse settings.
I hope it's okay to have joined this group to see if I can gather and discuss any information relating to School-Based OT interventions, especially relating to modifying classrooms to become all-inclusive and neurodiverse friendly.
If anyone has any tips, suggestions or any knowledge they'd like to share, I am all ears. But in case you'd like a prompt and in just in case you're just the person to help me, I'm particularly stuck on finding any research on interventions in modifying the physical environment of a classroom. What modifications or resources are known to help pupils with or without a neurodevelopmental condition to help their attention, self-regulation or promote general wellbeing, within a primary school classroom?
Great article filled with strategies to share. Thank you!