When a child is referred for evaluation in the schools or as new client in the clinic, one of the most important and frequently used tools is norm-referenced testing. Norm-referenced testing can also be useful when re-evaluating a child by…
Bringing your young child to their first occupational therapy evaluation can be an overwhelming experience. At times, the therapist may forget to explain the details of the evaluation they are conducting, so I encourage you to ask if you have any…
What is Executive Functioning (EF)? It is a set of mental skills or thought processes that help a person to get things done. EF includes tasks that help us learn new info, remember and retrieve info we've learned in the…
April is Occupational Therapy Month. So what really is occupational therapy and what is an occupational therapist (OT)? Occupational therapy is a profession that helps both young and old, across their lifespan, participate in their daily life activities, to their…
There seems to be this buzz around the notion of push-in therapy as of late. [Push-in therapy is also sometimes referred to as co-treating or co-teaching] I get the sense that districts, therapists, and teachers want to make it…