Once again Occupational Therapy has made the top career list for 2009.  Yay us!!!   There is even mention of how Occupational Therapists are now being used as consultants for building developers.  We've come a long way baby!! The article reports that the majority of OT's work in hospitals and home health care companies and ...

            At this time I would like to wish all of our Advance blog readers a joyous and peaceful Holiday Season.  I hope that every one of you enjoy a prosperous and healthy New Year.             It has been very enjoyable writing these ...

  Good day, everyone!  I hope you are all keeping warm (no comment from you all in the perpetually warm climates!).  Keeping warm...now there's a challenge!  I have lived in cold climates for the majority of my life, which began in Rome, New York.  I remember the snow blizzard of '62 (that's 1962 for all of you born ...

           News from some of the town hall meetings that have been happening around the country reminds me of the Vietnam War protests of the late 60's. Large organized groups of people protesting issues with proposed government actions. There were protesters carrying signs with defaced pictures of ...

I apologize for disappearing for a couple months but I am now back and will be working on getting the Pediatric Perspective back to twice a week blog entries.  I thought I would start off with a couple questions I have been wondering about and I am hoping you all can answer some of them for me.  1)  I keep reading how ...

Whether we are actively looking for a new job or just checking to see what is available out there, it can be hard at times to know where to look.  Today's tidbits are helpful hints when it comes to finding pediatric therapy positions.  Ask a colleague if they have heard of any openings.  You could be surprised what they may know ...