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...
by Summit | Oct 11, 2021 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Nicole Scheiman, OTR/L, MHS, DrOT, CLT-LANA, CORE, CES, CKTP October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in observance of this special month, we are highlighting a kinesiology taping technique for scar management! Individuals who have scars from...
by Summit | Sep 27, 2021 | All Blogs, Occupational Therapy
Written By: Cristina Klymasz, MS, OTR/L, CBIS, RYT, CLT-LANA, MSCS Happy National Yoga Awareness Month! In 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services designated September as National Yoga Awareness Month. Designating September for this month is...
by Summit Instructors | Apr 6, 2021 | Occupational Therapy
Written By: Melinda Butler, OTR/L, OTD, BCPARooted in Arts and Crafts Occupational Therapy is a unique medical profession because its origins are not based on a traditional medical model. Let’s rewind 100+ years to 1917:Reconstructive aids were utilized during World...
