The OT Schoolhouse Podcast for School-Based OT Practitioners

In this journal club edition of the OT School  House Podcast, we are examining the  2020 Seruya & Garfinkle article about current workload trends in school-based OT. 

We will discuss the findings from…

In this episode, I am bringing on Meghan Fox, OTR/L, from Wootherapy.com to talk about her transition from providing primarily pull-out OT services, to a more collaborative service approach.

Meghan s…

Help! I was just assigned to a high school & I have no idea what to do!!

Ever had that thought before? It is not uncommon for me to receive an email with something like that in my inbox. 

Now, I am no …

In this episode, Jayson shares the difference between screenings and evaluations. Using AOTA documents, IDEA references, and court cases, we will discuss when it is and is not appropriate to use scre…

Have you ever wondered if that handwriting intervention you provide is helpful? Or how about what that intervention in the research article actually looked like?

In this episode of the OT School House…

In this episode of the OT School House Podcast, we are talking to recent graduate, Alexa Corley, about her OTD capstone where she surveyed and interviewed therapists, teachers, and administrators abo…

We are kicking off the 2021-22 school year with the perfect topic - Ergonomics. For the better part of 18 months, many of us have been working from home and students have been learning from their cou…

Welcome to the show notes for Episode 79 of the OT School House Podcast.

Money makes the world go round. 

It's that simple... 

Okay, well, maybe it's not that simple. But even if you don't believe that …

Today we are talking with school-based OT and creator of the popular LegiLiner tool, Polly Benson, OTR/L.

After years of drawing lines on paper for kids and trying to convince teachers to do the same …

Today we are talking with a former school-based OT who is well aware of the struggles OTs come across while working in the schools. In fact, it is that school-based experience in conjunction with oth…

Have you ever heard of the Schoodles School Fine Motor Assessment tool? I recently became aware of it and have now added it to my repertoire of evaluations tools that I can use.

In Episode 76 of the …

In this episode of the OT School House Podcast, Jayson gets real while breaking down a 2018 article outlining a specific typing program and it's effectiveness versus a free typing program. In this di…

 "What is the difference between ADHD and Sensory Processing disorder?" Has a parent or a teacher ever asked you that question? This has always been a touch question for me to answer. I could always …

Today, we are going to talk about 10 things that you can do right now, at the end of this school year, to make NEXT school year a little bit easier. Some of these are going to be pretty straightforwa…

Today, we are focusing on the activities children participate in during education in 3 specific grade levels as we discuss a recent brief report published in the American Journal of OT. The report is…

In today's episode, we have Dr. Kelly Mahler on to introduce us to Interoception. Very few people have ever heard of interception and even less know what it means. This may even be the first time you…

Whether you trained in the USA, Greece, India, or anywhere else in the world to be an OT, this episode with Ushma Sampat is sure to teach you several valuable lessons on understanding cultural differ…

In this OT Month special episode, I am teaming up with Sarah Putt from the OT 4 Lyfe Podcast to talk about the importance of supporting our OT associations. We will discus the perks, the costs, and t…

In this episode we are highlighting travel opportunities as an occupational therapy practitioner with Devon Breithart, OTR/L. But that's not all! We will start this conversation by discussing what yo…

Sometimes we simply forget what average is and need a reminder. In episode 67, we are having a discussion about a recent journal article that looks at the typical handwriting abilities among second g…