I read Jennifer’s recent blog entitled Defending COTAs  a few weeks ago and it got me thinking about this from a pediatric perspective.  As an OTR I have worked with some wonderful COTAs in a hospital setting, but not in school based practice so I thought I might be a little naïve in this area.  Since I was recently ...

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 ...

It's hard to believe it's been two years since I started writing this blog.  I had read somewhere that the average blog life is about 18 months before the blog is abandoned.  This is a long time to try and think of new and interesting things to share.  I'm lucky though, I love my job and I love writing.  I feel I am ...

With a new year upon us and with many of us having had to renew our licenses and/or certifications I thought it might be a good idea to share a list of classes in the area of feeding & oral motor to help with our CEU requirements.  In the coming weeks and months I will share classes in other areas as well (sensory, NDT, behavioral, ...

When it comes to picky eaters one of the biggest challenges we have as therapists is getting the child to even taste something.  There is, of course, an entire protocol to getting a sensory defensive child to allow food to be 1) in the room, 2) on the table, 3) on their plate, 4) on their spoon/fork, 5) near their mouth, 6) in their ...

Thanks so much to everyone who responded via email and messages.  I'm glad to see that what is being reported by the media is also what we are all seeing out in the ''real world''.   Here in CT jobs in SNF are still the most available type of OT jobs out there but there are several companies that are looking for pediatric ...