How do you change someone’s behavior? There is no easy answer, and I wish I knew definitively as an occupational therapist. But I might be on the right track here. We’ve all been there: Maybe you and your team thought you did the best job in the world and are very proud of yourself – … Read more
To write or to type? Or both? There is an ongoing debate and some educators even consider it very controversial to do one or the other. As a parent, which should you focus on first? Both handwriting and typing have their own unique benefits for child development. Handwriting is believed to help with fine motor … Read more
Are you interested in school-based OT as a therapist? In this episode, Alicia Stufoso and Lisa Nye join us as we discuss how school-based OT has changed, what it is currently like, and how we may need to rethink our approach to this setting. Alicia and Lisa maintain private practices as co-owners of Careerfull LLC, an … Read more
What is Self-Care? The term self-care has been on the rise. On Google Trends, there was interest around 2004 which decreased. It has been on the rise again starting around 2018 and appears to be at peak interest on Google searches. This suggests that interest on self-care is on the rise. The top related term … Read more
This will be a long post, but offer some valuable insight and lessons I have personally learned as well as from what I am seeing from family, friends, and on the Internet recently. One of my good friend’s father is demonstrating signs of late-stage dementia. He asked me if I had any recommendations for bed … Read more