by hellokaren | Nov 26, 2021 | Occupational Therapy
"If you can’t make fart noises, you might as well not be a pediatric OT." – former professor "If you’re board certified in pediatrics, you know how to use a whoopee cushion." – former professor "Embarassing moments" story told...
by hellokaren | Nov 3, 2021 | Occupational Therapy
It’s been a looooong time since I’ve posted. In fact, I wrote what’s below in JUNE 2021 and it took me this long to actually post it. ::shame:: Starting in November 2016 until just recently, my life has involved a lot of death and upheaval. My...
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 9, 2018 | Current OT Students, Educators, Occupational Therapy, Prospective Students
I haven’t posted about OT in a loong time here! But this situation arose the other day and it got me reflecting. My friend and I were leaving a restaurant. A white-haired woman was slowly headed towards the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. She had the...
by hellokaren | Jun 28, 2018 | Occupational Therapy
My first children’s picture book is finally out on Amazon as of mid-June 2018! The Centipede Who Couldn’t Tie His Shoes. So far it’s only on Amazon, but hopefully soon you’ll be able to find it in libraries and some local San Diego stores....
by hellokaren | Mar 21, 2018 | Occupational Therapy
Wow, I haven’t updated my blog in over a year! Yikes! How horrible is that! The end of 2016 and most of 2017 were pretty challenging but I think I’m ready to start blogging again/cleaning up and updating my website. For now I am just excited to say my...
