Part 1: Screen Time Q & A with an OT and SLP
What are the biggest impacts you have seen on children’s development? Below we break down some impacts across a few areas.
Tag: teletherapy
Adapting and Shifting During a Pandemic
I am a speech language pathologist who specializes in social cognition and executive functioning. I have been to countless Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking conferences as well as Sarah Ward & Kristen Jacobsen’s 360 Thinking Executive Functioning seminars.
Let me say it again… I teach social cognition and executive functioning skills for a living… However, this pandemic has completely upheaved my executive functioning skills and rewired my brain. Anyone else struggling??? Please let me explain…
Transition Through Teletherapy
Change is hard. Let’s face it, no one really loves it, especially when it’s abrupt. However, it’s also provided us a great opportunity to adapt. At the start of this pandemic I was encouraged by the following words: crisis is the birthplace of innovation and the nexus for opportunistic growth (Anonymous, 2020). In a world where all normalcy was interrupted, I welcomed the transition into teletherapy.
10 Ordinary Household Items for Occupational Therapy Activities
So, your children are home from school and their distance-learning school day has come to an end. But as a parent, your day is hardly over…