By: Nick Sidwell MOTR/L Pediatric SIS chair “Nothing lights up a child’s brain quite like play”- Dr. Stuart Brown A researcher on play, Dr. Stuart […]
Author Archive: UOTA
Back to the Basics… Letting Kids be Kids This Summer
By: Anna Cole McTish OTD, OTR/L Anyone else excited that summer is here? For me, summertime always brings back memories of a childhood filled with […]
Expressing the Unique Value of Occupational Therapy
By: Gabe Byars, OTR/L Reimbursement for therapy services, including occupational therapy, are shifting. The emphasis has historically been on quantity. Reimbursement was tied to therapy minutes […]
Occupational Therapy’s Role in Child Sleep
By: Anna McTish OTD, OTR/L How many times in your clinical experience have you heard a parent state “He/She just won’t sleep!”? I have probably […]
Elder Abuse and Occupational Therapy’s Role
By Anna Metcalf COTA Geriatric SIS Chair “What do you see, nurses, what do you see?What are you thinking when you look at me?A crabbit […]
How Can OTs Assist Families of Children with Special Needs Before and After Disasters?
By: Anna Cole McTish OTD, OTR/L Pediatric SIS Chair When asking about subject matter for upcoming articles during the UOTA conference, an interesting yet very […]
How Occupational Therapist’s Teach Bathing and Dressing Devices in Rehabilitation
By: Anna Metcalf OTR/L Geriatric SIS Chair As we age it is common to lose a great deal of our dynamic balance. We see reduced […]
The Elevator Pitch
By: Nick Sidwell OTR/L Community SIS chair We have an amazing opportunity in occupational therapy because no one outside of our profession quite knows what […]
Is it Sensory? Is it Behavior? It is Probably Both!
By: Anna Cole McTish OTD, OTR/L It is sensory? Is it behavior? Or is it both? This is the age old question that pediatric therapists and […]
Change Your Client’s Brain
By: Gabe Byars OTR/L Gone are the days that we believed that our brain is unchanging. This worldview has replaced by one centered on neuroplasticity, […]