It is amazing to me how much of my experience teaching preschool is helping me with my pediatric placement. Not only has it helped me in relating to the children, but it’s helping me come up with activities as well. This weekend I decided to take it upon myself to come up with some new activities to do with the kids. At ...

     What a crazy busy week!  My first week of my first level 2 fieldwork is complete and I’m exhausted.  I am not used to putting in 8 hour days anymore!  I’ve been learning a lot at this site, but just observing so far.  Since I’m not that familiar with sensory integration (SI) and many of the children ...

     I cannot believe I am about to type this . . . I am done with the academic portion of the OTA program.  Yay!  After one last visit today, I will also be done with my level I’s as well.  It is crazy to think about.  It seemed as though this day would never come and now it’s here and I don’t know where ...

     I will be starting my level 2 fieldwork placement in 16 days.  How has this happened so soon?  I have been placed in a center that works with children with developmental disabilities.  I am excited for this placement for several reasons.  First of all, I love working with children and am hoping to ...

     Another term is over, but this one ended a bit differently than usual.  There were no cumulative finals this time.  Instead, I had one test, one oral competency and a service learning project with a paper.  I can’t say that I enjoyed all of these, but I did enjoy the service learning project quite a ...