by hellokaren | May 10, 2019 | Activities, Clients/Consumers, Current OT Students, Educators, Occupational Therapy, Parents, Therapists
Pediatric OTs or parents: If you’re working with a child who is highly intelligent but has poor handwriting and one of the reasons is that they are bored/don’t care about sizing rules….this “lava paper” (game paper) is for you. Lava.paper...
by hellokaren | Aug 10, 2016 | Activities, Clients/Consumers, Current OT Students, Educators, Occupational Therapy, Parents, Therapists
Does your child get upset easily over small and easily fixable things, like a ball rolling under a table? It may be because he doesn’t realize he has any power to fix the problem. Luckily, you can teach him to feel more empowered. I introduce to you...
by hellokaren | Mar 25, 2015 | Clients/Consumers, Occupational Therapy, Therapists
I struggle with depression and anxiety on a all-too-regular basis. I practice mental health energy conservation on a daily basis. Throughout each day, I’m constantly doing an internal MRI-like scan of my body, figuring out how I am doing and what I can handle....
by hellokaren | Nov 21, 2014 | Activities, Clients/Consumers, Current OT Students, Occupational Therapy, Parents, Therapists
To make a creative pencil grip, take the ink part out of a pen, roll it into a polymer oven-bake clay and bake it, following directions you can find online for safety [using appropriate clay, not burning your house down or experiencing toxic fumes by baking it too...
by hellokaren | Jan 7, 2014 | Activities, Clients/Consumers, Occupational Therapy, Parents
Dear OT, My preschooler, John, loves playing with Legos. Unfortunately he gets frustrated because his hands are weak and his fine motor skills aren’t as good as his classmates. Any ideas? – Jane Hi Jane, Legos are great for working on many developmentally...
