Fluffy Friends Provide Therapy

Perhaps you’ve heard of dogs and horses being used as therapy animals, but how about an alpaca named Napoleon and a llama named Rojo? For Lori Gregory, owner of of Mtn Peaks Therapy Llamas and Alpacas in Vancouver, Washington her animals are lighting up the...

Kids With Autism Learn to Swim

On hot summer days, you can find most kids splashing in a pool, but for some kids with autism, the water is a place of discomfort.  Occupational Therapy students at the University of Kansas Medical Center have partnered with a local community pool to offer swim...

Summit Instructor Wins NAHB Remodelers Award

Congratulations to Summit instructor, Marnie Renda, MEd, OTR/L, CAPS, ECHM, on winning the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Remodelers Homes for Life award in the Single Space remodel category.  NAHB Remodelers Chairman George “Geep” Moore Jr. said, “These...

Self-Help is Valuable Tool for Stuttering

When Christopher Aubert, age 12, began speech therapy, his clinician recommended participating in the local chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in addition to his regular speech therapy sessions.  His mother, Martha, credits the self-help group with...

Hand Therapy Week

Did you know that June 3-9 is Hand Therapy Week? Hand Therapy Week (previously known as Healthy Hands Week) is an integrated national program sponsored by The American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT).  Hand Therapy Week brings the benefits of the hand therapy...