September is just rushing by!  I meant to get out this reminder earlier but there is still time to get in on the action if you act quickly!  The 3rd Wednesday in September of each year is designated Backpack Awareness Day so this year it falls next week on September 19, 2012.  Overweight backpacks remain a significant issue with ...

Last week I had the great pleasure of giving a guest in-service for a team of school based OTs and PTs as part of a series of meetings during their back to school planning days.   The speaker before me gave a review on this school system's Medicaid billing process. This got me wondering so after he left, I posed a series of questions to ...

For many years I taught a seminar entitled ''Making the Grade in School Based Therapy.'' The course was designed for OT's and PT's transitioning from a hospital or clinic setting to school based services. Understanding the differences between the medical vs. educational model is critical to therapists so that we can provide provided efficient and ...

August already!..which means back to school for many therapists employed in public/private school settings.   In the spirit of David Letterman's Top Ten List, here are 10 fun reasons we work in schools: 10. You get to sit and work in those tiny little chairs! 9.  The massive exposure to green runny noses, chicken pox, colds flu ...

So, how is everyone doing?  First we've had some rather interesting weather conditions on the East Coast and right after that we found ourselves sending the kids back to school.  Did everyone do ok during the storms?  Remember to fill that bathtub, get batteries for the flash lights, gas for the grills (and maybe generators), have ...

So with school just around the corner my kids have already started to think about what they will be looking for when we go back to school shopping.  They know right where they want to get this shirt or those shorts and let's not forget the sneakers!  My husband has been out looking to see where we can get the cheapest back to school ...