by Summit | Apr 4, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Elizabeth Abadiotakis, OTD, OTR Are you an Advocate for OT? OT month is a great time to ask ourselves this question! There are many areas of advocacy; client-centered advocacy, professional advocacy, and legislative advocacy. Identifying yourself as...
by Summit | Mar 7, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Dr. Catherine Valentino OTD, OTR/L, MAAL, MS, BS, FMT Let us honor Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month by celebrating some recent breakthroughs in MS research. The linking and investigation of a connection between the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and MS...
by Summit | Feb 7, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Robyn Otty OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, FAOTA Societal expectations and restrictions have produced norms to outline play experiences for children to enable a safe environment. In other words, play opportunities are scheduled by caring and concerning adults, and long...
by Summit | Jan 24, 2022 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Victoria Wood, OTR/L Thirty years ago, this would not have been a popular topic. Children ate what was provided, like it or not. Sometimes parents would spare the child and leave the offending objects off of the plate. More often than not, children over...
by Summit | Dec 20, 2021 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Amanda Shimkus, MA, OTR/L SIPT certified, IMH-E®Infant Family Specialist Eat. Sleep. Poop. That’s what babies do! Eat, sleep, and poop are the gears of operations to development in a pediatric setting. They are 3 out of the 16 components of interoception....
by Summit | Oct 18, 2021 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Jenny L. Clark, OTR/L One of my favorite holidays is Halloween. Children love this time of year because, well let’s admit, they get free candy! In my books Learn to Move, Move to Learn and Learn to Move, Moving Up!, I created sensorimotor activity lesson...
