Blog Archives

• ►2018 (3)
  • ►August(1)
    • The importance of validating feelings
  • ►June(1)
    • My first book is OUT!
  • ►March(1)
    • My first children's book is coming out...
• ►2016 (8)
  • ►October(1)
    • Therapeutic use of self in OT
  • ►August(1)
    • Easy Ways to Teach Your Child Problem-Solving Skills
  • ►July(1)
    • Interested in practical adaptive equipment design?
  • ►June(2)
    • Poem on retrogenesis
    • OTs as Investigators: Finding and Removing Behavioral Triggers
  • ►May(1)
    • Deciding what to teach my OTA students in a mental health course...
  • ►April(1)
    • Encouraging Self-Advocacy in Young Children
  • ►March(1)
    • The ethical issue of productivity in healthcare
• ►2015 (22)
  • ►November(2)
    • My occupational therapy capstone project is complete!
    • Cadillac OT versus Reality OT
  • ►July(1)
    • Impress your Occupational Therapy Professors...
  • ►May(2)
    • When intervention fails: navigating the aftermath
    • Trauma, Trains, & PTSD
  • ►April(3)
    • It's OT Month! Celebrating the possibilities
    • "Confined degree diversity with incredible professional diversity" within OT?
    • Prediction of occupational performance in varying activities of daily life (ADLs)
  • ►March(3)
    • Mental Health Energy Conservation
    • The Amazing Breadth of Occupational Therapy!
    • Let's hope this man isn't an OT
  • ►February(4)
    • Health literacy and educational hand-outs
    • Creativity vs Expectations
    • Controversy: Patient versus Client versus Consumer?
    • Remembering our patients in a larger context
  • ►January(7)
    • The Life Lemonade Resume: An Occupational (Profile) Hazard?
    • Framework-III for OT Students/Practitioners, Cheatsheet
    • Weighted Hedgehog: OT Sensory Tool
    • OT Invention Munchy Balls: Fine Motor/Sensory Motor Play
    • OT Lifehack: No more hook marks on your softer clothes
    • Hyperchange Curriculum for Occupational Therapy Students
    • Playful Pediatric Car Activities Using Road Clothes!
• ►2014 (78)
  • ►December(5)
    • "I never worry about what they can't do...I worry about what they can do."
    • Magnetic Dry Erase Slant Boards
    • Developmentally enriching guide for toys and gifts, recommended by occupational therapists
    • For prospective occupational therapy (OT) or current OT students
    • Importance of Incorporating Function: The four pound bag of sugar versus gym weight
  • ►November(7)
    • OT lifehack: Great adaptive doorstop
    • Handmade creative clay pencil grips
    • Occupational Therapists and Kintsukuroi: Repairing with Gold.
    • Quick Tip: Set up "Undo Send" function on Web Gmail
    • Birthing babies and bills into law: the similar process of fruition
    • Holidays are approaching. Toys for children with special needs?
    • Upcoming CEU course: Strategies to improve effectiveness of school-based OT!
  • ►October(6)
    • Is it preventative or preventive healthcare?
    • Pediatric OT group on FB - wonderful resource for occupational therapists
    • Halloween Spider
    • I survived two major OT stressors in a row! Yay
    • APA Formatting in Word
    • The in-person component of the OTD program!
  • ►September(8)
    • Where's Waldo? But for Science - How Online Volunteer Programs can be used in Occupational Therapy
    • Hair straightener/flat iron as iron?
    • The importance of sensory play
    • Started the journey of getting a clinical doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD)!
    • Imaginative play is cognitively enhancing
    • A Stroke of Insight/Choreographer of Life
    • Kid version of ACLS ;)
    • Make a transparent digital signature online without special software
  • ►August(2)
    • Long time no see, blog
    • Quick, easy, creative activity: Visual-motor rubber band play
  • ►July(1)
    • Starting your own business as an entrepreneurial occupational therapist
  • ►June(4)
    • Beautiful article about a child with cancer and the support she receives
    • **Top 12 Things You Should Know For Your Fieldwork**
    • The Inspired Treehouse - OT/PT blog and misc
    • Monster Cheese - Most Popular OT Toy I've found :)
  • ►May(16)
    • This is what a good dad looks like. :)
    • Sharpies are your efficient best friend
    • Why is your name "Miss Awesomeness?"
    • The things little OT kids say :)
    • Advertising tip for bulletin boards: bring your own pushpins
    • Functional Fixedness: Good OTs work to lose this!
    • The Fires of San Diego, Symbolism, Sadness
    • Six color crayon wheel - great for OT fine motor/writing skills
    • Awwwww. Love.
    • Hangman for OT... suggestion to change it to Monkey Bar Man...
    • A COTA daughter :)
    • The Dance of Mental Instability: Sia's "Chandelier"
    • Parents.com article on learning cutting skills
    • OT, OT, OT...obsessive maybe
    • "Party Animals" = Great fine motor and imaginative toy for fine motor skills
    • Facebook and Twitter winning lately
  • ►April(8)
    • The Special Olympics and Kind Childen Supporters
    • Making a Homemade Ice Pack
    • His walker is styling as a Scion :)
    • The benefits of styrofoam
    • Frustration with occupational therapy as a profession right this second!
    • Empowering the bystander to prevent cruelty and violence in bullying
    • Amen to this one
    • April 2nd - Apps Free For the Day
  • ►March(5)
    • Make/Print Your Own Grid and/or Graph Paper: Beneficial for OTs
    • How time flies during a move
    • How to Find the Best OT Job - Infographic
    • Jumping into new OT role!
    • Volunteer "Cuddler" in the NICU (neonatal ICU)
  • ►February(4)
    • Letter Games and More
    • Rambling Secrets and Twitter
    • The Love Potato: A Unique Valentine's Day Craft Activity
    • Visual cuing for every other line - E-Z Edit
  • ►January(12)
    • Toca Boca Apps: Kitchen Monsters
    • Bathroom sanitizer pass for students
    • Affirmations for Children/People with Low Self-Esteem
    • Painter Marker, not Paper, for Student Names on Desks
    • Why Motor System Variability Can Be a Good Thing
    • How To Use A Single Toy To Work on Any Motor Skill
    • Bed-making Energy Conservation: OT tip of day
    • Hire This 4th Grader to Help You Fire Your Mother
    • OT Lego Strategies for Children
    • Kids are Awesome: Self-Advocacy Gone Awry
    • OTs Help Put the Able into Actionable: R A W = S A
    • Cutting/fine motor manipulation/imagination: OT Activity
• ►2013 (119)
  • ►December(9)
    • Pinterest steal - green tinsel that looks like heart rate :)
    • Clocks and Value in Cognition
    • Fuzzy/Rough/Textured Nail Polish for Soothing Tactile Sensory-Seeking Behaviors
    • New website up :)
    • Love My New Website?
    • Being seen - ICU
    • My New Website Is Coming Soon!
    • Life hack for OT: Key ring help
    • Verizon Wireless gives educators a discount on monthly plan
  • ►November(14)
    • I am thankful for ....
    • Fwd: Expected Typing Speed (WPM) for Children, Common Core Standards
    • Retro Baby :)
    • Holding babies in NICU - video - OTs can work here too
    • Multiple Choice Test Strategies and Problem-Solving
    • OT and Doctors agree - SCREEN TIME IS BAD FOR TYPICALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN!
    • Rock
    • "You're Miss Awesomeness?"
    • Dinovember - Celebrate fun!
    • Super cool study on "occupation" with older adults
    • Sometimes our OT kids don't know what they don't know!
    • Because what if the IEP team gets hit by a bus?
    • OT goals from the Rural South....
    • You know how Google+ has circles?
  • ►October(8)
    • Legal Code Word Anagrams and Other Fun Anagrams to use in OT drama
    • The Journal of an OT Shadow Part 1
    • Man with amputated leg has awesome Halloween costumes
    • AnonymousOT - love her blog
    • "Learning Out Loud"
    • Resonating words for me and hopefully my OT kids
    • Blowing gum bubbles and teaching how to do a ponytail, OT style
    • Even hula hooping becomes occupational therapy :)
  • ►September(12)
    • Kids Say the Awesomest Things, OT style
    • Miss Awesomeness is a GIRL - Tales of OT
    • Antonyms, Ants, Aunts: How awesome our OT kids can be
    • Sweet moments even in frustrating therapy sessions...
    • What's the Magic Word? OT Kids Say Awesome Things :)
    • snaps/buttons and how to modify for child after toileting, in school OT...?
    • OT rule 4,230: stamps are magical
    • Classroom seating
    • Parent/Teacher Conferences + Crazy Hair Day = Awesomeness
    • Occupational Therapists and Balls
    • "Follow My Fingers with Your Eyes"
    • Patience is a virtue when dealing with our OT kids
  • ►August(15)
    • Hickies for OT: Cool shoelaces for kids/adults who can't tie shoes
    • Muting overhead speakers for sensitive kids
    • OT Life Pseudo-Hack: Do what brings you joy. Care more about you.
    • OT Life Hack: Adding texting shortcuts to your iPhone
    • Hula hooping gone wild....aka beginner dance.
    • OT life hack: Adding descriptions as last name on phone contacts
    • Ikea: Rehab worthy item?
    • Lester inspires me...
    • Inflatable Unicorn Horn: Not an OT life hack. But certainly amusing...
    • Slacklining: great for attention, focus, impulse control
    • Supine shark?
    • OT Life Hack: Use car cup holders for not just drinks
    • Key caps: An OT's best friend, no matter what age!
    • Slackline
    • Work on Stereognosis with food.
  • ►July(16)
    • Sponge bob awesomeness
    • pretty cool life hack :)
    • Zentangle professing my OT love :)
    • Some fun Games used in PT.
    • Unintentional humor...
    • Celia: years of volunteer Greenspan
    • Pool noodle uses inspired by Pinterest
    • Mat man from handwriting without tears
    • Using pins and cork board for OT equals awesomeness
    • Simple English
    • The Pied Piper to Minimize special education stigma - OT thoughts
    • How to get to wear rings when you have arthritis and/or big joints.
    • Welcome to OT Land!
    • Voice memos to help with memory or worries.
    • Zentangles in OT mental health
    • My OT Zentangle
  • ►June(7)
    • 3D printed cast for broken bones
    • OTs never stop learning
    • Best OT quote ever
    • Hula hooping is my new obsession....
    • advocate as costume!
    • blast from 2006?
    • Sorry for such a long hiatus
  • ►April(5)
    • AOTA conference this weekend + presenting on Saturday
    • Loved this photo album
    • The best cheer me up ever, ahahahaha
    • Happy OT Month :)
    • Believe in Heroes
  • ►March(6)
    • Graduation presents?
    • Spring break fever...
    • Dried rice: An OT's best friend for weighted items and I Spy...
    • I think I have too much paperwork
    • Sorry for the quiet...
    • My newest OT blog love ;) + missawesomeness.com about to get a facelift
  • ►February(13)
    • Child by Sylvia Plath
    • LetterReflex: Review + Give-Aways of Dexteria and LetterReflex!
    • How to Draw: Using Progressive Drawings from a Website
    • Figuring out What to do at Conference
    • Come to AOTA Conference, I beg you, I love you...
    • How to Not be a Crappy OT (Learned the Hard Way), Lesson #1
    • Real-Life Dexteria: Practicing Finger Isolation with Popsicle Sticks
    • Robot Space Caterpillars: Coloring inside the Lines
    • The "Love Potato" : Quick and easy OT Valentines Day Craft
    • The Cricket Symphony: Surviving Childhood Without Social Skills
    • Mat Man: Teach a Child How to Draw a Person Using Handwriting Without Tears
    • The Hidden Poignancy of the MMSE
    • A feline SOAP Note
  • ►January(14)
    • Guided drawings via Angry Birds
    • Working on cutting long-term...
    • Using stuffed animals in OT sessions...
    • OT Review of iPad App Dexteria for Fine Motor Skills
    • Therapeutic Handling Lab Demo
    • My elementary school OT day in a nutshell....and oh a shameless request too.
    • Meditating as a NICU cuddler
    • Heavy clothes, calm bodies? Blast from the past
    • Does music help attention? Does white noise help attention?
    • Volunteering in the NICU :)
    • Board copying the longest words in the English language :)
    • Toys'R'Us has a Differently Abled section
    • Top Ten Most Popular Baby Names of 2012: How easy will they be to handwrite? :)
    • The American Academy of Pediatrics says recess is really necessary. CONCUR!
• ►2012 (326)
  • ►December(16)
    • Army OT guy, great article
    • The Grinch That Stole Blogmas....
    • We are officially on break...
    • My kids..
    • I don't even know what to call this...
    • Good news, bad news....
    • Having a rough week!
    • Hi, Teach123 Fans: Lava Paper!
    • Does music help attention? Does white noise help attention?
    • hit my sensory limit...
    • Heavy clothes, calm bodies? Blast from the past
    • Finding and Marketing Your OT Niche
    • Norwegian alphabet...bet that AE combo is hard to teach
    • holding sick babies :)
    • Beautiful nesting puzzles
    • What we write is not always read with our own filter...
  • ►November(47)
    • Some favorite occupational therapy toys aka popular Christmas gifts :)
    • Adapted Physical Education (APE): Truly Awesome APE activity
    • IEP meetings: the snarky side
    • "I'm lonely"
    • OT Quote of the Day
    • Duct tape your eyeballs into your head, quick.
    • I've been in healthcare too long...
    • Official Miss Awesomeness Club Member
    • Hello world!
    • MONKEYS!!
    • Weighted sea urchin :)
    • Mr Frost: Melting Snowman: Great OT toy
    • SPED Acronym Halloween costume :)
    • love
    • Dragon Dictation or other voice dictation software?
    • this broke my heart
    • Perception Affects Reality: Focus on Progress
    • Such a good point
    • A great post on disability
    • I'm channeling the Recycling OT...
    • Watch those receipts...
    • Jan Olsen of Handwriting without Tears in Costco Connection
    • Scratch-off coupons for hand strengthening
    • My boring stick people need hula-hoops: lefts and rights
    • Zinkies: fine motor that translates over to handwriting
    • Lava paper and Super Mario and Kindergartener Awesomeness :)
    • Classroom Seating Solutions: Foot fidget
    • I don't know a good title for this :)
    • Blue Ghost Waiting...
    • OT sticker shedder :)
    • Sick
    • "The blind can only see the heart and intelligence of a man..."
    • IEP meetings, yep`
    • I am my mother's daughter...
    • Lester the Lion Kitty, Love of my Life :)
    • Taking your shoes off or "Doffing" your shoes :)
    • Storing kid boots
    • Friday give-away ends tonight
    • Me :)
    • Level II fieldwork in mental health, Margaret, and I
    • A blast from the past from fieldwork
    • Halloween, eye hand coordination idea
    • birthday flowers :)
    • Empowerment via Education
    • How to remember to write a number
    • OT Related Gift Ideas at Costco... Ideas at Costco
    • "Early Therapy Can Change Brains..."
  • ►October(56)
    • Marie Curie: On the Spectrum?
    • More Off-Topic from Birmingham....
    • Over-time (OT) and Off-topic (OT)
    • Sharks and ducks, OT game
    • World OT Day: OT24x
    • Make your letters fun!
    • OT on OT: Random thought for the day
    • Bridging Flexibility and Imagination through Board Game Creation with Highly Preferred Characters
    • Pistachio shell art/imaginative play
    • Give-away mishap ;)
    • Blue unicorn :) OT kiddo
    • Spelling words for OT
    • Morphology Junior: Wednesday Giveaway :)
    • Morphology Jr as an Imagination/Flexibility/Creativity Tool for Our Rigid OT kiddos
    • Graph paper to promote fine motor control in coloring
    • Give-Away: One year subscription to PointScribe (valued at $129)
    • Cheat sheets even for an OT
    • The Lava Paper is in!!
    • Blue Starfish Ghost Attack!
    • Shelby's Quest: Promo Code Giveaway
    • Hand sanitizer....
    • spanx proprio
    • Nothing but monkey business :)
    • This kid needs to work on his "p"
    • Dum Dum DUMMMMMMMMMMM
    • Copying with Mario
    • Chilling with my coworkers :)
    • Guided drawings, step by step in an OT session
    • Giveaways and reviews and comments etc
    • Copying using lava paper
    • bdpq visual strip bee, drop, pig, quack
    • Lockdowns, weighted hedgehogs, Barton, gluing, partridges in pear trees and I think I need Ritalin...
    • Bridging Flexibility and Imagination through Board Game Creation with Highly Preferred Characters
    • Miss Awesomeness Goes Live on Indiegogo :)
    • Press Here: The App
    • Weighted blanket for reading time...
    • Writing charm try-out
    • OT downers
    • Sea anemones have preferred activities too. :)
    • Quiet Mouths, Loud Hands: How Classroom Teachers Can Quickly, Quietly, And Effectively Use Line Time
    • Red ribbon week + Mental Regurgitation
    • Monster Cheese Wins OT Battles
    • The concept of time - Visual Timers to help understanding + Experimentation
    • OTs as Healers of the Heart...
    • OT Moments of the Day...
    • The Cool (and Mobile) Factor: iPad Use in the OT Clinic [Article contributed by WebPT.com]
    • Let your kids make mistakes!
    • My 30th Birthday Wish List of Awesomeness Which Includes Lots of OT Stuff.
    • Blast from the past...
    • Days of our OT Lives are Spinning Rapidly...
    • Alien hat aka colander and pipe cleaners
    • "Enjoying Halloween with Sensory Challenges"
    • The Blue Ghost or Starfish :)
    • Centipede shoes
    • Cat Yoga by Rick Tillotson: Fitness and Flexibility for the Modern Feline - aka OT yoga ;)
    • Chicken butt!
  • ►September(22)
    • OT 24/7
    • good night
    • OT rambles :) Again.
    • Whole Brain Teaching - very applicable to OTs
    • A homemade stylus for the iPad?
    • Balance of Occupations, Random Thoughts of an OT ;)
    • Nature art...nATuRe...
    • Rythym/devil sticks
    • Butter knife work :)
    • Level II fieldwork supervisor on my peds rotation, Christy, and me :)
    • Andy Goldsworthy Inspiration for Nature Sculptures
    • whoops
    • Winner of our Magic Weighted Blanket Give a Way :)
    • Give the corkboard dog his pushpin shots :)
    • Way to work on a million OT skills at once :)
    • Stickers for vestibular-ocular work and stickers for peaceful decorating
    • More pictures thanks to a scary bug.
    • What happens when a giant flying bug is in your room
    • Occupational therapy self-reflection/rambling/thinking out loud
    • A tu ti ta...Tooty Ta? Song...An amazing motor planning/sequencing song for OT kids
    • Menacing avocados...I mean advocates :)
    • New entries on occupational therapy...
  • ►August(19)
    • Magic Weighted Blanket Give-Away: Enter Now
    • Rambling occupational therapy school OT thoughts...
    • Facebook OT
    • "Quiet hands"
    • An OT Pinterest kind of night...
    • Buttermilk the baby dwarf goat is a little rambunctious with her friends :)
    • Diaphragmatic breathing for children with anxiety
    • Insiduous changes...
    • Starting the school year off right...
    • This is the company I work for, and I recommend them. :)
    • Roulink...
    • Perfume ads: Olfactory Sensory Tool???
    • I should have been a criminal...
    • Dogs help children read...
    • Bamboo skewers are an OT's best friend
    • Whoopsie doodles....when OT enters your own house
    • OT was featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
    • Accessibility and swimming
    • What's in YOUR OT toolbox?
  • ►July(49)
    • White noise apps to help inattentive children focus on schoolwork
    • OT blogging mid-life crisis
    • My blogging mid-life crisis
    • Patient perspective, ADVANCE series
    • Public school could use a little Waldorf infusion ;)
    • Infographic on video games improving our health!
    • Pre-Handwriting
    • "Jane's" Journey
    • W-Sitting, by SouthPaw's OT/writer Deanna Macioce
    • Random pediatric OT ideas...
    • Pictures from AOTA 2012 Indiana conference :)
    • Novelty OT toys picked up on my trip...
    • More novelty OT toys
    • Novelty toys I may use in OT
    • Apple of my eye or OT session
    • My new Norwegian friend
    • Ziplock Big Bags for OT storage
    • Segway device puts wheelchairs to shame
    • "Famous" OT blog ;)
    • "Anita" - woman with Down syndrome - movie - OT relevant?
    • Anxiety over graduate school/rotations...You can do it :) If I can do it, anybody can...
    • Sexuality, personal care attendants, OT??
    • Challenging worksheets ...
    • Weighted Pencil DIY
    • Some new OT blogs...
    • Bill's Journey, Becoming an OT, Part 3 of 3.
    • Therapeutic use of silence in OT
    • 40 best online tools for OTs
    • Healthcare jargon....
    • Girl in wheelchair bungee jumps!
    • OTs and DMVs, sitting in a tree...
    • Vacationing with a child with autism
    • Toy Shopping for kids with special needs
    • Blogging as a pre-OT student
    • Typical OT questions
    • Good post on travelling OT
    • OT student feels down for getting a bad grade....
    • Do I have the right personality to be an OT?
    • Yay!!
    • Closed webspace...OT pencil grips...
    • A recent to do list for work, names/schools changed obviously
    • Tweezers and ice cube trays in OT session
    • Connect Four, travel size
    • OT Blog Blizzard
    • HandiWriter: Awesome sauce for OT
    • pain
    • Blogging
    • Guest post by Luna: Born for OT
    • Still in Norway
  • ►June(28)
    • Norway
    • Part Two, Bill's Journey of becoming an OT with Asperger's
    • I-balls and guard bugs...
    • OTs Planning in Bed....
    • Googley eye...Eye bombing...OT style!
    • Joyful Noise - Duet Poems
    • Vision Therapy for an OT kid
    • OT Ninjas
    • Makeshift dungeon for OT kids
    • OT monsters...
    • Meet Bill :) A soon to be OTD student with Asperger's
    • Tower Bunnies disguised in finger puppets....OT wackiness
    • my icky face :)
    • Fine Motor Coordination Ideas for Children in OT for the Summer
    • An intriguing OT oddity
    • Wrapping up
    • Visual perceptual and/or motor challenges...
    • A great "spider " game for OT
    • Angry Birds on Thin Ice
    • Eye bombing for OT
    • Insert meaning here.
    • DTVP-2 work :)
    • My BIGGEST professional issue....
    • Random OT update
    • Miss Awesomeness - OT branding
    • Typingweb.com for OT - free accounts
    • Crazy eye make up...help kids with autism look you in the eye :)
  • ►May(44)
    • Evil Octopus OT Teamwork game in progress
    • Norway haul...and OT rant
    • More random Target/Party City ideas for OT
    • Other OT ideas from Party City and Target
    • Fly swatters + balloon = instant OT
    • Eyeballs, gems, crayons, etc for OT
    • I Spy In Your Clear Take out Container....BUGS and ALIENS...yay OT
    • Frog poppers, Glow in dark aliens, wooly balls, finger skateboards, insects, OT
    • Finger puppets for isolating fingers, OT
    • OT, Kids, and Bugs = Perfect Combination
    • Dollar Target Bins, OT dreams do come true...
    • Finger Sports: Bowling, OT
    • Pictionary, Tangoes, and Dot to Dot, for OT
    • Squinkies for OT
    • Star Wars and OT :)
    • Squishy balls for OT
    • Super Mario for OT...mostly bribery in this case
    • Angry Birds, OT style :)
    • Random OT tidbits...
    • Random Occupational therapy Tidbits....
    • what a lovely article
    • Nearing end of OT school year
    • Stroke Rehab, Jan Davis Fan Club
    • Every day I'm O-T-ing... (every dayy I'm shuffffflinnnnggg)
    • OT and Disability Rights
    • Miss Karen is NOT an alligator. In case you needed clarification.
    • Typing skills for children in OT
    • Conference Flashback...Me, Erik Johnson aka Army OT Guy + Virtual OT Anita Hamilton...
    • Preparing to write about AOTA conference stuff
    • Word Search for Mother's Day
    • Foot fidget in action :)
    • First Strokes: Awesomeness
    • OTJobLink: Hmm...
    • Seamless Sensitivity Socks: SmartKnit KIDS, OT thoughts
    • The Social Express: Applications for OT
    • CRAZZZZZY radical OT ideas.....
    • Gotta love Pinterest for OT
    • Dear OT recruiters...
    • How to make a million dollars in OT.....
    • Daily Living Skills Worksheets: Product Review
    • Insert random OT blog here
    • Lava journal paper
    • AOTA Conference in pictures
  • ►April(13)
    • AOTA conference was amaaazzzing
    • Recent OT presentation
    • Duckface
    • Monster cake....
    • Lava/worm/bee testimonial - OT Paper
    • Handwriting games/vestibular work/OT in schools
    • Fine Motor Coordination and Strengthening Ideas for Children Struggling with Handwriting: School OT
    • OT randomness..aota conference coming up, OT in schools, etc
    • Imagination
    • Princess letters
    • OT bone
    • Preparing for AOTA conference presentation
    • For OTs/SLPs...
  • ►March(20)
    • Why no, there are no birds in my hair...
    • How to get an OT response plus some typical treatment...OT in schools
    • Tower of bunnies for OT
    • Rainbow tower
    • Letter Y - OT, handwriting without tears, alphabet puzzle, etc
    • Squiggles
    • Story cubes for OT work
    • Alphabet game for OT handwriting
    • OT surprise...I have no idea what this picture will include!!
    • OT pictures/chat/ideas
    • OT 1:30am update
    • perceptual issues?
    • OT stream of consciousness
    • VMI in action
    • Tower of Bunnies in OT action
    • Tower of Bunnies by CVS found near Easter, great OT game
    • augh
    • Grandma
    • paper
    • OT returns
  • ►February(9)
    • End
    • grandma
    • Grandma - grief from a patient side
    • Dear OT Diary
    • Lava Paper Practice turns into OT awesomeness
    • Small haul these days
    • Lava Paper - Teach Sizing and Baseline orientation - Handwriting - OT
    • Blast from the past - OT, Evidence-based
    • Whooie, these are the days of our OT lives...
  • ►January(3)
    • always new things
    • wow, blogging massive fail
    • Yikes
• ►2011 (133)
  • ►December(5)
    • Fwd:
    • Lava Letters: Sizing/Line Orientation Game for Handwriting
    • Phew!
    • Fwd:
    • wow, so behind on OT life
  • ►November(10)
    • Pinterest occupational therapy ideas :)
    • Etsy occupational therapy gifts or ideas
    • Catching up on OT life :) LOOOOVE occupational therapy!
    • Keychain Connect 4
    • OT inservice
    • WHERE DID MY BLOG MOJO GO?!
    • love it
    • augh
    • weighted blanket....
    • Hmm
  • ►October(19)
    • yikes - OT chaos
    • Join us NOW
    • OT4OT party time :)
    • ouch!
    • My birthday weekend!
    • CIREC - an amazing rehab center in Bogota, Colombia
    • oooh
    • Occupy AOTA?
    • Pumpkin vs OT. Pumpkin wins.
    • OTAC Conference and random OT stuff
    • Going to the CA OT Association Conference this weekend!
    • Can strainer and pipe cleaners - OT tip
    • OT Tip- mechanical pencils
    • Mini Connect 4 - OT Tip
    • Monsters individualize fingers - OT tip
    • augh!
    • Typical school OT day for me
    • sparkle sparkle sparkle!
    • I interrupt this OT announcement....
  • ►September(11)
    • OT brain overload
    • Dycem for OT
    • Quotes of the day...
    • OT cleaning
    • Whew
    • Oh my beloved neglected OT blog..and neglected readers
    • Buying OT toys left and right....
    • My tennis ball friend
    • cool scissors
    • Weighted pencil
    • New game I made...
  • ►August(2)
    • I start back TOMORROW! (Monday)
    • That last post is by Tommy Carr, not me.
  • ►July(20)
    • Mind mapping OT competition :)
    • Pinterest + OT ideas
    • contracts/social story on what OT is
    • Young people in nursing homes
    • school OT crafts I want to try!
    • old OT reminders
    • OT rehab ideas
    • Low Vision in Children
    • Tips for NBCOT Exam
    • HELP button, staples button hack
    • Exerting too much pressure when writing...OT school ideas
    • New OT blog
    • Return to OT blog
    • Some AWESOME men Rehab OT ideas from a good friend
    • Prison settings and related populations (mental health)
    • Q&A on OT
    • A google search day in the life of an OT
    • NY Times article on OT in schools
    • Sensory processing disorder in Time Magazine
    • OT books to read
  • ►June(9)
    • Adult SPD
    • Enlarged utensils and T-stools, do it yourself
    • Amazing site for OT forms
    • Traveling!
    • Reversals
    • School OT pediatric toolbox video, numbah 1
    • Great new to me OT peds blog
    • inventing new games instead of paperwork
    • great OT comments...and now for OT thoughts...hmm
  • ►May(9)
    • A walk through elementary school lane...
    • hmm
    • a recent comment
    • check out top link
    • Six IEPs this week
    • too Light pencil pressure
    • caregiving
    • iep season
    • updates
  • ►April(21)
    • Busy busy busy IEP season for a school OT!
    • Copying from the board, exerting too much pressure writing...OT ideas please
    • Sooo many decisions to make for OT playtime :)
    • Treating Private Patients in OT
    • Nurse in haiti, part 2
    • Blogging blizzard complete
    • Job interview thought process
    • OTs in Mental Health
    • Matthew, a UK OT asks about Fieldwork placement...
    • Tips to Incoming OT Students? Anything to add?
    • Updated my sidebar with new (to me) OT blogs
    • Nurse in Haiti
    • SpongeBob washing + OT month in Times Square!
    • I love OT, yes I do.....
    • Fun & Function - SPD blogger network
    • Tips from a school OT :)
    • Will I ever be good enough? OT student Fears
    • Great sensory article in OT Advance :)
    • OT in Gifford's case
    • OT PR!
    • The social media article just came out!
  • ►March(13)
    • OT in schools
    • AOTA Competition for Students
    • otexchange.com
    • I was clearly wrong
    • alright, get OTely excited
    • quick note on SillyBandz
    • Other idea of day
    • Working :)
    • OT job
    • Need your OT blog links! Updating my OT sidebar
    • Some new blogs to check out from this link
    • Oh the OT job interviews. :) Must be zen!
    • A link about occupation in relation to the recent NZ Earthquake
  • ►February(5)
    • job search x infinity :)
    • still job searching
    • Hmmm some OT-relevant links
    • Great OT idea - removing bean husks
    • OT a great profession to go into!
  • ►January(9)
    • Should you go to conference as a new OT student? why, yes :)
    • Finally, a CNN article with a mention of OT!
    • OT Tonya talks about working in the school systems
    • Mental Health Rotation in Occupational Therapy as a Fieldwork Student
    • sweet comment and school OT stuff
    • Slacking biggg time on the whole OT blogging :)
    • Baby gorilla receives OT for developmental delays
    • Any school OTs out there???
    • OT recruiters?
• ►2010 (63)
  • ►December(4)
    • getting a job in OT is easy-peasy if you're not picky! lol
    • On the job hunt
    • Gifts, Toys for Special Needs Children - link
    • thanks OTs
  • ►November(5)
    • seriously?! :::cries:: Calling my beloved social media OTs....last chance
    • Calling all OTs in social media
    • OT tales from South America
    • Um...Utica College, you're freaking me out :)
    • South America, Year in Review, etc- Occupational Therapy
  • ►October(1)
    • it's been a while!
  • ►September(5)
    • still searching for OT job in La Jolla CA :)
    • hahaha
    • Dynasplints, pediatrics, vocational rehab....OT is certainly diverse ;)
    • Brunnstrom techniques...I tried at least...
    • as the OT world turns...
  • ►August(3)
    • hmm
    • Big news....needing a job in California as an occupational therapist! :)
    • Back from Alaska, now back to OT world...
  • ►July(3)
    • quote of the day
    • sooo behind on blogging
    • handwriting deja vu
  • ►June(7)
    • Fine motor OT bone
    • How to make your own Wiki Stix for peds OT...really adults too I guess.
    • What do you think this is?
    • Monday = tired OT day
    • SO TIRED TODAY
    • hmmm, amazing parkour ....new OT ? jk
    • busy busy
  • ►May(10)
    • Evidence-based practice, practitioner versus student, smack-down.
    • Critical comments...ouchful yet necessary on my OT journey!!
    • Pediatric day/SI day for OT!
    • OT trying to eat healthy, lol
    • Lester's back, wheelchair basketball done, OT coming up for the week, etc
    • OT filled life
    • Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championships!!
    • Great basic stroke videos made by Jan Davis :)
    • Basic energy conservation for household management
    • OT for massage?
  • ►April(6)
    • peds and stickers
    • Gearing up for the end of April! Almost end of OT month!!
    • Happy OT Month and Happy OT LIFE :)
    • Random OT tidbit of the day
    • Always something in OT world....
    • It's OT Month!
  • ►March(10)
    • OT Challenges !
    • Diversity in OT!
    • PS a final time
    • PS....Ot spam comments
    • challenges galore as new OT :)
    • Two new OT student blogs to keep an eye on :)
    • How to Make Instant Grits in 40 Minutes
    • Some days I'm an awesome OT, some days not so much...but it's all in my head
    • Financial Aid Options for Future Occupational Therapists
    • Post Polio Syndrome
  • ►February(6)
    • lol therapists in bikinis, I think not....
    • Clothes irritating your wound? Nudist colony
    • hmmm ot ot ot ot
    • hmm
    • I'm a bad OT blogger
    • Need to update my sidebar with new OT blogs :)
  • ►January(3)
    • how the OT time flies
    • "You're dealing with shapes, I'm dealing with pain"
    • Yay for OT school
• ►2009 (228)
  • ►December(3)
    • Throw the blog a bone...
    • Preventing healthcare acquired infections like MRSA...
    • OT
  • ►November(7)
    • Martha Stewart blew my mind today, oh and Glee's handicapped episode
    • booo
    • OT Pumpkin a little late
    • electrical modalities in Georgia, Orlando FL AOTA Conference, and a cornocupia I can't spell
    • I saw this somewhere...it cracked me up...
    • Help AOTA members HELP
    • Trucking on
  • ►October(7)
    • hmmm
    • COULD THIS BE A POST? By a new occupational therapist?
    • hmm
    • wow
    • work work work
    • hmmm
    • Outpatient
  • ►September(19)
    • First day shadowing outpatient...
    • OT Advocacy
    • OT student life....lo
    • Life as an OTR/L is fun here in Warm Springs...
    • OT schools similar, regardless of price?
    • I'm not the only imposter syndrome poster child, haha
    • OT blog blizzard temporarily complete
    • i like this advice from a friend
    • malaysian OTs too
    • Claudia Allen...lol
    • some manly OT ideas?
    • Home Programs for OT
    • OT Blog Comments
    • Any Portuguese (sp) speaking OTs out there?
    • hmm
    • hmm
    • a typical day as OT now...I need ideas.
    • first week down
    • Day 1 of being a paid employee!
  • ►August(22)
    • I looooove Warm Springs :)
    • woot Pendretti
    • OTs....angels?!! sometimes at least ;)
    • hmmm wiping away the OT rust....
    • OT connections
    • there's no going back now!
    • hmmm
    • moving
    • I'm in GA....
    • Count down - two days left
    • augh!
    • About to become a real occupational therapist :)
    • Dum dum dum....IKEA
    • Autism Conference - watch sessions online - incl. Temple Grandin.
    • Lester or Human Resources?
    • I'm an occupational therapist!!!!!!! Have I mentioned that lately.
    • Are all OT schools the same in level of awesomeness or suckiness?
    • Clarification on OT Connections :)
    • Quote of the Day
    • OT Connections, New and improved. :)
    • this is sooo not worth reading, I promise my next post will be more worthy
    • Random OT/life babble
  • ►July(22)
    • Functional Therapy instead of Occupational Therapy? :)
    • Pediatric arthrogryposis...any ideas?
    • Matthew Sanford - Adapting Yoga
    • Megan's "Rate My Fieldwork" site
    • My lovely baby Lester
    • Oh noooooes
    • Neuro-IFRAH questions anyone?
    • Cool OTs make doctors happy...
    • Creative stuff to use with higher level clients...
    • HIPAA Therapy
    • Whaaaaat
    • Moving to Warm Springs, GA area...
    • Make a Wish...logistics when dealing with severe disabilities
    • Still waiting...
    • oopsie doopsie
    • :O
    • changes ahead
    • Job searches..google searches...
    • :O jobs
    • job apps, job apps
    • Interesting article in Canadian Journal of OT...
    • san diego
  • ►June(19)
    • Mail mail mail
    • am i still alive?
    • Goals schmoals!
    • Waiting waiting waiting...
    • moving on...
    • La la la
    • About to send in another application to a very cool place...
    • finally getting things done...
    • GOALS FOR TOMORROW
    • Good night...
    • Warm Springs and books
    • sadness...at least I learned a lesson
    • Ouch x infinity
    • Preparing for the NBCOT exam
    • Beauty in unexpected places....
    • So tiny-tiny you have to close your eyes to see it...
    • Swirls of thoughts...waiting to hear from interview
    • Interview on Friday...gearing up for it...
    • I HAVE AN INTERVIEW ON FRIDAY FOR MY DREAM JOB
  • ►May(17)
    • I PASSED MY BOARDS - AND GRADUATED.
    • Twitter or Study the night before boards: hmmm
    • NBCOT Exam tomorrow.
    • We've studied too much
    • Quick note...
    • Studying nonstop for a few more days
    • OMG! This is so horrible, its hilarious
    • I WILL PASS.........
    • nightmares! real world too scary to face!!
    • Study study study
    • Happy Mother and/or Maternal Love Day
    • Taking the exam on May 23rd....augh!!! Yay!! augh!! Yay!!
    • Job Gods, do you hear me?
    • Lester the Lion Kitty gets OT Feeding Intervention
    • Job searches: overwhelming with a capital O
    • TherapyEd.com's NBCOT review
    • HELP WITH THE JOB HUNT???!!!
  • ►April(17)
    • Time to pound the limestone or hit the pavement or whatever
    • What is an FAOTA? (Fellow)
    • Flash to Monty Python's I'm not dead, I swear...
    • Best compliment EVER
    • Hahaha
    • Compliments, thoughts, ideas....
    • Professional dress....my underwear always shows :(
    • OT in the News!!
    • hmmm
    • Low Vision, OT Interventions in Home: SURVEY
    • I got a $1,000 scholarship!!
    • Volunteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeering...it all helps with OT indirectly!
    • So random even a random word generator would explode
    • Sooo tired.
    • Doot doot doot...work application, graduation, exams....the real world beckons. GO AWAY REAL WORLD I AM SCARED OF YOU...
    • OMG, I am INSANE
    • Hmmmm...waiting to graduate.
  • ►March(28)
    • CELIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • The end of fieldwork...
    • One day of final fieldwork remaining....nine months over!!
    • I'll get you, my pretty...
    • I love you I love you I love you
    • Four days left to go of my psychosocial OT Level II fieldwork...then DONE, baby
    • Well ma'am, his arm strength looks fine
    • almost done with fieldwork...
    • The best moment of the day...
    • Do I look like the kind of girl who carries a knife?
    • 7 days left of occupational therapy fieldwork, but who is counting?
    • Hmmm, nothing new
    • WAIT! AM I DREAMING? IT GETS BETTER
    • OT IN DEAR ABBY!!
    • Two weeks left.
    • popsicles, dancing, friends...and two weeks of final fieldwork left.
    • Is it bad when the patients tell me I'm crazy? lol
    • Yeah...time for bed.
    • I'll probably regret sharing this but hey, humor is important and that's important to show in my professional development evaluation, so hmmm
    • Burning songs...hmmm
    • Ta da
    • HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!
    • The carnival is up!!! With an update
    • Is it bad if me and my geriatric patients have the same underwear?
    • Yay a psychiatrist thinks I'm good
    • A chaotic day...
    • The girl in the window
    • Bleh.....
  • ►February(30)
    • warning, blog blizzard ahead, READING ADVISORY!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • this only has to do with koalas
    • Showers, assessments, blah blah blah
    • Jobs?!!
    • Dancing down the hall
    • A quiet day
    • by the way, sorry...lol
    • Hmmm...no good title springs to mind.
    • Census down...
    • Lester the Lion Kitty learns the LACLS
    • Lester the Lion Kitty: Prairie dog at heart
    • Centennial Vision Moment, Dum Dum Dum
    • One last thing...
    • Week 7, Day 3...
    • Week 7, Day 2...over
    • The Healthcare Cake
    • Week SEVEN
    • BLAH!!! BLAH!! BLAH!!!
    • Week Six.
    • RIP Orange Kitty
    • my poor orange kitty in california has passed away
    • And now, a moment of modesty...and by modesty I mean "bragging"
    • Midterm week coming up...and I survived last Thursday....
    • AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
    • mini update
    • Oh my gosh, please kill me
    • A squirrel in the pants: I've got nothin'
    • Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
    • Week........FIVE?
    • Thurs/Fri
  • ►January(37)
    • bleh
    • poo
    • Showers and mental health = there IS a correlation
    • Hmmm
    • where is everyone?
    • hmmmmmmm
    • Quasi proud moments
    • groups, groups, groups
    • An off day...end of week 3
    • Only one more day of Week 3...
    • 50 noodle boosters
    • Um, no.........
    • Week 3, Day 3 - Geriatric Inpatient
    • Week 3, Day 2, Geriatric Inpatient Psych, Level II OT fieldwork
    • :O
    • "Sometimes I think I'm the Lord himself"
    • About to start Week 3
    • physical holds - HELP training
    • Umm
    • yo!! yay!!!!!!!
    • Day 7/60, Geriatric Mental Health, Level II OT fieldwork student
    • New (to me) OT blog :)
    • Augh
    • Week 1 down...day in a gero psych ward.
    • OOOH! SEX QUESTION!
    • Health promotion for OTs
    • Check out otadvocacy.com! I c/ped her comment
    • Day 4 of Geriatric OT Mental Health Level II Fieldwork
    • 3 days down
    • Day 2 of Gero Mental Health Fieldwork
    • CPT, ACLS...assessing cognition
    • First day of final fieldwork, overrrrrrrrr
    • Last fieldwork starts tomorrow...
    • ACLS video with Spanish captions!
    • Dueling poems of supervisor/student
    • :O
    • happy new year's!!
• ►2008 (673)
  • ►December(23)
    • warning:blog blizzard ahead
    • My last day in San Diego
    • Christmasssss
    • Aughhh
    • Modified Wilibarger for adults?
    • Bedsore Epidemic
    • Caregiver Role Strain
    • Sometimes OT involves penises
    • "OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY RECOGNIZED AS A “BEST CAREER” BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT": AOTA press release
    • Sarcasm finds medical use in dementia
    • Days with my father
    • Hedgehog - owner sounds like me
    • paying to park in disabled??
    • I should sooo work in psych.
    • Using the OTPF for an evaluation
    • AOTA Conference coming up in April...
    • Body-swap illusions....
    • Wear two gowns or show your butt
    • This nurse didn't have any drops in the bucket
    • aughh I still am a horrible horrible OT student blogger, hi google
    • attention attention
    • Umm
    • I'm not dead....(says the monty python parrot)
  • ►November(29)
    • OTCONNECTIONS.ORG
    • La la la la
    • "OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY NAMED ONE OF NATION’S 150 BEST RECESSION-PROOF JOBS"
    • funeral home
    • Neuro-IFRAH
    • End of week 8
    • Stick a fork in this blog, it's done for the night
    • Questions, comments, etc...
    • Random day....Week 8, Day 2....
    • Totally not related to OT but yayayayaya
    • sooo tired
    • Victory in Vomit...proprioception in a video game
    • Attack of the dogs. Then work. Then play. Then jack and jill went up a hill. Or something. I don't know.
    • Poo and compassion, uniquely combined
    • Hemianopsia...later.
    • Donning/doffing socks: miracles
    • Good night finally
    • Fellow OT student...
    • Living in a nursing home as a younger disabled man
    • Hands Away
    • shout-out to an anonymous commenter
    • ACLS new version???
    • pushing patients, fibromyalgia
    • New NBCOT exam information for us 2009ers and beyond
    • My life as Miss OTPF is over...devastation
    • sooo sleeeeepy
    • Things you never expected...
    • ooh sorry my OT peeps
    • woot
  • ►October(45)
    • Ummmmm no title
    • i can do this
    • ugh
    • Tonight's drama
    • Go to Conclave.
    • OT stuff eventually
    • Not so great a day
    • A very happy birthday, including the OT realm :)
    • One more off-topic post of Lester the Lion Kitty Goodness
    • OMG OMG OMG OMG AGAIN SOME MORE
    • OMG LESTER MADE IT TO THE BIG TIME OMG
    • You need Ritalin to read this post, warning
    • Start of Week FOUR of Phys Dys Level II OT Student rotation.. wow. One month in.
    • Your eyes will burn in pain at the true ugliness that is my Sumo drawings
    • Introducing the OT mascot: Mr Snail
    • :O
    • A weekend ending in hope
    • Posey vest
    • SEROTONIN! INFUSE ME!
    • A pretty good day....about to finish up Week 3
    • Live chat for Students
    • Hands Away
    • A productive day...saw my first patients ALONE
    • otiose
    • Mother warrior - the OT shout-out is nonexistent though
    • Call for papers on disability studies
    • Whoah!
    • One last augh for the night
    • augh
    • Canned text can be helpful at times
    • Hmmm...preventable issues
    • Week 3/12 of Phys Dys Level II rotation starts tomorrow....
    • His eight? My three.
    • "If I had known you were coming, I would have baked a cake..."
    • A few hours of wasted time, yet increased sanity
    • So..phys dys is stressing me out
    • Random tidbits
    • Week 2 of Phys Dys rotation....
    • la la la prep work
    • Seasonal feelings + start of week 2
    • Oh PS
    • yay
    • Line of the day
    • Day 3 of 2nd rotation - Level II OT student, physical dysfunction
    • Day 2 of 2nd rotation - Level II OT student, physical dysfunction
  • ►September(65)
    • Day 1 of 2nd rotation - Level II OT student, physical dysfunction
    • Random post from stuff gotten from e-mails
    • loneliness and volunteerism...apparently a link
    • Yay first day not so bad
    • Yay slightly less stress, still scared
    • Yay! I am going to be a bridesmaid!
    • Mini immediate update
    • My phys dys rotation starts tomorrow and I'm freaking out
    • Oooh almost done with week off
    • Kristina is doing well....was at two peds hospitals...
    • Chicken butts are the BANE OF MY EXISTENCE
    • Pray for my twin sister having ACL reconstruction surgery tomorrow morning
    • I AM SO SCARED OF MY UPCOMING PHYSICAL DYSFUNCTION LEVEL II FIELDWORK ::CRIES::
    • LASER TONGS! MINI PORCUPINE BALL GUYS! DOES IT GET ANY BETTER? I think not.
    • 100% Off-topic: I love Lester the Lion Kitty
    • Ok good night....oh yeah labcoats
    • Holding babies today...
    • OTS Brooke is back in town...
    • MY FIRST LEVEL II FIELDWORK ROTATION IS COMPLETE
    • Very stressful day...
    • Treatment stuff...
    • No, not at all m
    • The final week 12, Day 3....
    • good night
    • Team in Training...help my good friend out :)
    • Meet my new best friend, let's call her JellyBean. She has a question about Conclave
    • hmmm old lady games
    • Awww
    • I needs me some energizing vibes
    • YAY two articles done
    • The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, quick and easy
    • Last of randomness
    • Temple Grandin/Public Radio/occupational therapists
    • More interesting links...
    • ...and your handwriting is a tangle
    • Yay
    • Awesome goodbye party
    • Smooth day...caramelloooooo
    • Evacuation of people with special needs in disasters: new campaign?
    • Two last things, and a cookie
    • Week 11, Day 4, Not so bad!
    • One happy note
    • Week 11, Day 3, Still Having a Sucky Week
    • NOT A COOL DAY AT ALL
    • Lester the Lion Kitty Gets Groomed Very Poorly :(
    • Week 11, Day 1, Down the Drain, Thank Goodnessye
    • craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy
    • Article in local newsletter re: Feeding group for picky eaters - partially run by OT - at local hospital
    • good night for reals
    • Week 10, Day 5, of Pediatric Level II Fieldwork
    • Hmm boo
    • Jungle themed frustration :) With child yoga!
    • Crazinessssssssss
    • Week 10, Day 4, of Pediatric Fieldwork Rotation
    • Beauty does come from within!!! My random thought of the day
    • Hard day of kids
    • Help a sad OTA out...advice needed
    • OT Represents....at the 2008 Dem/Repub Conventions
    • Good day...sleeeeepy
    • TL;DR - sorry in advance
    • ooh a long day coming up on little sleep
    • augh
    • Fun day
    • One last thing
    • Labor Dayyy
  • ►August(110)
    • Have a good holiday weekend
    • A swim at the pool for everyone
    • YAY For (official) OT Becca!!!!!!!!!!!
    • OT in Public Schools Blog :)
    • Lester the Lion Kitty: Love at First Vomit
    • GerotranscenDANCE
    • Networking, weekend goals, etc...
    • Challenging Geriatric Behaviors, PESI workshop with CEUs offered
    • BloggingOT ...new blog
    • A pretty good sensory day
    • OT Blog Pics, Time Warp
    • OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG LESTER THE LION KITTY MADE UGLY OVERLOAD TODAY
    • Lester the Lion Kitty Goes Wild
    • The Timer Method YAY
    • How sucky can a day get, let's count the ways.
    • Experience counts for a lot...
    • online social community: perfect example
    • lester the lion kitty likes to vomit too
    • aughhhh today involved sore throats and tow trucks :(
    • My day...not boring to me but probably boring to read
    • ummmm
    • Good news: articles submitted. Bad news: It's 4am and I have to be up in 3 hours.
    • And now to continue my horrific procrastination and stay up all night
    • Bubba the Bear Has Kissing OCD
    • crack + men = meaningful activity --> OT treatment activity?!
    • Good night
    • Ain't never gonna be a baby again
    • Pediatric OT box
    • A long day...could have been a lot worse though :)
    • What was the second one again?
    • This is what I deal with daily.
    • AHAHAHAHAHAA of the day
    • Good day today...
    • Lester is loved by the world
    • Simmering down now....
    • good nighttt
    • Stats are in, drama is out? Or not...lol
    • My feelings are getting hurt left and right!!
    • Visuomotor skills, great links
    • The CPS Volley
    • Smooth day...wait it was rather crazy.....oh well, still smooth by my new standards :)
    • OT Student Friend Enlightens us in 3 Different Ways
    • Lions and tigers and bears and mostly just a desire for sleep
    • in the last 20 minutes...
    • Highlights and lowlights of Week 8 Day 1 of Pediatric OT fieldwork
    • Apply for a scholarship as an established OT student....
    • Lester the Lion Kitty 1 minute Video in which he wears a tutu and then beats me up
    • I could kill that lady...
    • How to Determine if You Should Go Into OT or PT School
    • Monday Monday Song In My Head
    • 2 mini OT stories, 1 mini PT story, and a pear in a pine tree or however that song goes
    • Monday Monday...Week 8 of 12 begins.
    • Weekend plans plus an inflammation of the blogging larynx
    • Linda the Landlord Verbally Slams Lester the Lion Kitty
    • Lester the Lion Kitty is AWESOME
    • yay low vision rehab seminar for children
    • Teeth brushing sensory issues... a new experience
    • la la la la la la la la la la....the energizer bunny has deenervated
    • Stop wearing ties to work and help fight infection
    • Any neuro-IFRAH people out there?
    • Calling out my COTA peeps
    • OT Student Genessa talks about work with refugees on fieldwork
    • yayyy for AOTA with Grip and Grin
    • Last accidentally-caffeinated post of the night....340am and I'm peace-ing out. I hope.
    • Yay I have a review!!!
    • Yay RehabCare loves OTs
    • Yep I am catching up on blogs
    • Oh my gosh, all these OT awesome blogs I didn't know about
    • Awesome products - guess who can't sleep
    • Asheville NC and Psychosocial OT....
    • A bizarre day of crying. Not by me though.
    • Oooh somebody TIVO this
    • Are OTs medical quacks? Ha ha ha...I crack me up.........
    • Helping share
    • Week Seven :)
    • The Book of Job exists for a reason
    • have a goood dayyyyyyyyyyy
    • Week Seven starts okay...
    • aughhh
    • Random random random ....and no I'm not on drugs, I just sound like I am ;)
    • www.integrationscatalog.com
    • LESTER THE LION KITTY, MORNING ONE!!
    • Just finished first half of my first rotation...holy cow what is that NOISE my cat is making it sounds like a goose
    • Introducing Lester the Lion Kitty....live in video
    • la la la la sleep time - tomorrow marks end of week six, HALFWAY through first rotation already
    • And now for...okay, yeah, me.
    • Had a way awesomer day
    • Please sir, may I have some more.... occupational therapy?
    • DAILY ACTIVITIES ARE OCCUPATIONS WOOT WOOT
    • This makes me feel better....vibration mysteries
    • Week Six, Midterm Week, Starts off With a Big Giant Kabloeey of Hideousness
    • Raise your hand if you had the worst day EVER
    • Start of week six!! MIDTERM week!!!! Halfway throughf irst rotation!!!
    • yikes
    • Thinking outside the OT box for the weekend ;)
    • c is for cookies
    • Come to a Low vision Rehab in Children free seminar
    • Let's see if this shows up....how people find me...hmmm japanese porn??? lol
    • La La la ...and I'm spent.
    • ha ha ha hooo
    • Osteoporosis conondrum
    • More comments
    • End of Week 5 of OT Level II fieldwork, peds placement
    • Best way to recruit for COTAs?
    • I don't know anything about this...
    • OT comments
    • augh paperwork
    • Introducing blurry Lester the Lion Kitty
    • Hmmmmm
    • Week 5, Day Four, Peds OT Placement :) Extra boring rambles lol with no editing I'm too lazy tonight
  • ►July(71)
    • Introducing Lester the Lion Kitty
    • Today's inappropriate quote of the day
    • One last blog shout-out for the night....going to sleep!
    • Yay fieldwork
    • Week 5 Day 2 of Occupational Therapy Pediatric Fieldwork Placement
    • October - TOTA Conference in Dickson, Tennessee
    • DON'T THROW THAT AT MY MOTHER'S HYSTERECTOMY: Week 5 has begun
    • Recipes for things like dough and fingerpaint :)
    • good night im falling apart augh
    • AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    • this is my life, some days
    • Okay Thursday is over phew
    • Awwww Baby Mooses in a Sprinkler
    • Some random tidbits and now for my journal
    • And now for a completely un OT related post...
    • la la la la la sorry this isn't real yet
    • Tummyyyy-time...ok so I'm spent + 1. Now I'm seriously done.
    • And I'm spent.
    • Another OT letter...any helpers?
    • PT-OT rivalry confirmed ;)
    • I don't want to be sued... a direct quote from AOTA 1 minute update...YAYm
    • Another blog to check out...
    • Quick Reference Guide
    • wheelchair prescription forms?
    • otnow.com
    • Kim has some good ideas for items....
    • Mark wants to know more...
    • Advice on free stuff - freecycle
    • why my head is big
    • More feedback
    • Comments...
    • Time to clean out e-mail box....
    • La la la
    • Phew getting through the day
    • La la la
    • Pictures belooowwwww
    • Picture time - OT peds fieldwork
    • Occupational Therapy Treatment collage
    • Edhelper.com
    • Some random OT comments because I can't help myself...don't worry I'm almost done.
    • Thursday and Friday, July 17th/18th, Week 3 Day 4/5 of Pediatric Fieldwork Level II Occupational Therapy Placement
    • Wednesday, 7/l6, Week 3, Day 3, Pediatric Level II Placement
    • Catch up time.
    • good night
    • Oh man oh man
    • ooooh wednesday
    • Week 3, Day 2, Pediatric Fieldwork, my first day of AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
    • Week 3, Day 1, Pediatric Level II Fieldwork Placement, Occupational Therapy Student, BABY!
    • These are the letters that make OT worth it :)
    • Woot woot
    • Gearing up for Week 3....
    • 50,000 page views later
    • Week 2, Day 4
    • Sybil = occupational therapist.
    • Pre Week 2 Day 4 Thoughts
    • Week 2, Day 3, OT Pediatric Level II fieldwork placement
    • And this little piggy went wee wee wee all the way to occupational therapy
    • Week 2, Day 2, Peds Level II fieldwork
    • Start of Week 2 of Pediatric Level II fieldwork
    • And now for my impression of ADHD
    • Brain tumors make fieldwork suck
    • Icky Saturday, hopefully a better Sunday
    • AHAHAAHAHA
    • augh
    • End of first week of Level II fieldwork....phew
    • Day 3 of Pediatric Level II Fieldwork Completed. Including a home visit, my first :)
    • Boy with amputation plays baseball :)
    • Letter reversals - tips from PediaStaff
    • Food for Thought, written by "Cookie Gimp"
    • Slow morning
    • Day 1 of first Level II fieldwork - Pediatrics - Post-day!
  • ►June(48)
    • Day 1 of first Level II fieldwork - Pediatrics - morning pre-start - aughhh
    • TOMORROW IS MY FIRST LEVEL II FIELDWORK - PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY - AUGHHHHHH
    • i start fieldwork tomorrow...augh
    • Chewelry???
    • OT and POW!
    • Boring boring boring boring boring.... FIELDWORK AUGH
    • Scratch that. Let's try this. TagCrowd.
    • My Web 2.0/OT Wordle That I Don't Know How to Save :O Oh wait Maybe I do watch this Yo
    • woot
    • Disability/diversity/headed back home
    • Therapy Caps Set to Expire June 30, Contact Your Members of Congress Today
    • We're famous, but probably deja vu famous only
    • Advance!
    • Yay for occupational therapists
    • A comment on Second Life :)
    • Ms Wheelchair Tennessee :)
    • Singing Elmo goodnight
    • Elder Porn in Japan...not USA?
    • Just my plans, nothing exciting....well except for something I won't share yet lol
    • Online OT community and M&Ms
    • itunes = good OT
    • Update on CE article in OT Practice
    • ACLS youtube video
    • tiny update
    • LAST CALL FOR AOTA CONFERENCE PAPERS!
    • booorrrrrinnngggg
    • A rooster named Karen
    • All is well on the OT front? Almost ....
    • lonely people
    • Bed Bath and Beyond...a good place for grandma's care items
    • San Diego Vacation time....
    • I flower like a crustacean?
    • Time to save brain cells
    • The MOT 2 Class Ends ....Didactically ::cries::
    • AOTA fills my bribed heart with joy...kidding...I don't even get free pens (except at conference)
    • Surprise surprise
    • Oh. My. GOD.
    • Memorable moments for Carol, MOT I student...lol ok good night now
    • Is not so grate acshually...
    • I'm at the brink of AOTA meltdown...:::totters:::
    • Kids with food allergies
    • Urinary incontinence isn't just for doctors to treat...
    • Fun and Function
    • Two pediatric OT (vaguely) random stories!!
    • Student comments re OT that made me laugh and/or are awesome......
    • Second Life for "Gimps"
    • Blogs, listservs, YouTube, OT -related, yay OT, OT is awesome, OT is neat-o
    • Rah rah sis boom bah
  • ►May(43)
    • Hitting people....ahahaahahaha
    • Just words flowing out my distal PIP joints....or sumtin'
    • I'm still alive
    • the norwegians are coming, the norwegians are coming....
    • Research + classes ending = margaritas
    • OT Quote of the Day
    • nothing to see, nothing to see
    • A very packed yet not OT-y Saturday
    • And one final completely random thought for the night.
    • Tai Chi Cha Cha Cha
    • Professional Development Evaluations
    • Wow. Emo Occupational Therapist Student, anyone?
    • caffeine induced insomnia
    • Note to self: Caffeine is evil.
    • If I were a martian with a bar I'd have a drink called martian mellows and I'd be famous...ot students shouldn't write blog entries at 1am
    • Non sequiturs are my middle spoon
    • Random OT-related images
    • Amy Grant....
    • Some random e-mail things to share
    • Lennys help you forgot your troubles...lol a few more airplane pictures coming up
    • Places to see and people to visit or something
    • Oopsies...better get started
    • Part 3: The conclusion of the Triennial Memphis drill. Anyone else with pictures please send!
    • Part 2: FAA-mandated Triennial drill....Memphis simulated airplane crash
    • More triennial drill pics....
    • Emergency plane crash drill Part 1....
    • Soporific somnolence surly satiation I dunno this post is randomly boring
    • Charlie, which way to Candy Mountain? PONY PROSTHESIS!
    • Emergency Drill coming augh!!!
    • Two awesome Internet videos
    • OT RAP for OT month
    • New and Improved, Shorter, Miss OTPF Pageant
    • Babies babies babies...
    • AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    • Whoah
    • Low Vision Lab 2
    • Low Vision Lab 1
    • I don't know why
    • Completely random brambles that make heads explode
    • Volunteering at the Alzheimers Day Center
    • Random homework protocol
    • Karen CARES!
    • Most of them are in jail now...
  • ►April(44)
    • Ramble bramble briar rose
    • Miss OTPF 2008 is HERE!
    • Vestibular book - the Brain that Changes Itself
    • Airport drill...
    • Article:Cuddling helps preemies bear pain
    • Linkages linkages...
    • Yay I passed my fake boards
    • OTPF Pageant time....in time for OT Month
    • Post 5: PEOPLE and EVENTS and I AM DONE
    • Post 4: NeuroCom, how I adore thee...or at least your staff.
    • 3: AOTA ..Friday..Senior Member Salon, Expo, Presidential Address...
    • Post 2: AOTA Conference Keynote speaker and Posters
    • Some neat articles...
    • Sleeeeppyyy
    • Going to AOTA Conference Post 1 out of A Bazillion to Come
    • Holding babies on a Sunday morning....
    • Ummmmm its 2am so this is going to be random
    • OT!
    • I'm an OT media slacker :(
    • FINALLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
    • Commodes/raised toilet seats/shower seats...
    • Society for Disability Studies Conference....
    • A few random housekeeping things from e-mail cleaning...as Rosemary would say
    • The End
    • went crying Wii Wii Wii all the way home
    • Music Within....
    • Tired. Oh so tired. Conference was fun though. More later.
    • ASD meetings begin
    • Yay for 3 hours of sleep before conference
    • AOTA Conference
    • Ummmmmmmmmmm I'm finally going to bed
    • You're Not You
    • Ummm comments I need help with?
    • 58th is better than 59th...
    • update on my aughness
    • Final day of fieldwork :)
    • Oooooooooh goodness gracious today will be an occupational dooozy
    • Wooo
    • Poker chips....
    • B I N G O
    • Day 8 and 9 of 10 as a Level I geriatric fieldwork
    • Good night...
    • Level I geriatric fieldwork adventures continue
    • My second and final week of Level I geriatric fieldwork begins...
  • ►March(64)
    • Naughty Auties....
    • Cookie Gimp always has good points. Points like chocolate chip points. I need chocolate.
    • Down Syndrome + Plastic Surgery?
    • Waywards Alzheimer patients...
    • Appalachian dulcimers for autistic children?
    • Where is the Mango Princess?
    • Rett syndrome...
    • Week 1 of my geriatric level I fieldwork COMPLETED
    • Day 4/10 of Geriatric Level I Fieldwork in an Alzheimer's Day Center
    • Small world, small world
    • Quote of the day...
    • Day 3/10 of Geriatric Level I Fieldwork in an Alzheimer's Day Center
    • Day 2/10 of Geriatric Level I Fieldwork in an Alzheimer's Day Center
    • Day 1/10 of Geriatric Level I Fieldwork in an Alzheimer's Day Center
    • Projects aplenty for an OT student...
    • Congratulations My! You're a real OT now!!
    • Books for OT students yay....
    • Bingo in 5th grade, Bingo in 50th grade...
    • Get Excited...AOTA Conference Coming Up ...
    • Wellness project for Little People
    • Oh dearest blog...
    • Yay glorious books to make me a better OT some day
    • Acute care...critical values...etc
    • Therapeutic Media Lab Marathon....
    • Memory collages for geriatric groups...
    • Hospice is a wonderful option for the terminally ill....
    • First, a few random pictures.
    • Show restraint when using restraints...
    • Critical values and norms...
    • RehabCare can be awesome...
    • Test of Visual Perceptual Skills (non-motor Revised (TVPS-R)..a mystery for you all
    • VARK. Not an aardvark, just a learning style...
    • War and craft....OT can be manly
    • Wear tinfoil while you read this so your IQ doesn't drop...
    • La la la
    • Don't we all need a playground?
    • OT school breaks my heart. Well not really.
    • ADVANCE articles + empty OT blog promises...
    • Still Giving Kisses....OT Barbara Smith's book on dealing with Alzheimer's after experience with her mother
    • Autism Speaks Video
    • Random OTS pictures to whet the OT appetite.
    • Toaster strudels...an OT's best friend
    • Yay we make lots of money. To give away to poor orphans in Ethiopia that is...
    • It's Picture Monday...MOT 1 students study....
    • Please, cookies
    • The rarity of snow....
    • NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    • Management course project on going from just neuro to ortho too...
    • Don't be inappropriate. In other words, don't be like me...
    • Activeforever.com....seriously. Forever.
    • Do you think food would taste better if you were blind?
    • Gerontology OTs will hopefully flood us with wisdom soon...
    • Autism from an autistic perspective...plus OT blogging inspiration
    • AUGH I SLID ON ICE AUGH BUT IM STILL ALIVE AND I HELD BABIES
    • Don't read this if you want to remain sane
    • No snow day for OT students ::sobs:::
    • Asbestos are my favorite play medium in OT...
    • Retrogenesis from an OTS perspective...
    • This post is really too random to have a title but it does say OT occasionally
    • Cookies are evil and so are timers and finals....
    • Randommmmmmmmmm ot student life
    • Management final approaching....aughh
    • MY OT STUDENT BLOG IS BACK IN FAVOR WITH THE GOOGLEYMASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE...YES YES YES YES YES YAYAYAYYAYAYAYAY
    • The couple in the diner...
  • ►February(55)
    • MIFA in Memphis...Allison and I are done.
    • Pediatric occupational therapy treatment project by Julie
    • Hush little baby don't you cry!!! Mamma ain't buying you nothing so here's a new lullaby...
    • WILL THE OTS MADNESS EVER STOP!!!
    • Ok I am back and OT minded
    • No good very bad horrible day!
    • Infants - proper handling by OT students
    • My self-eval for management
    • Healthcare Disparities Symposium in Philadelphia
    • When do elders become worthless? Ever?
    • OT student learns some neat stuff...dementia
    • OT student life = homework on weekends. At least it's not rocket science homework.
    • OT students and meals on wheels experiences with MIFA.
    • Vandy has an awesome peds rehab place opening up...
    • Bad news, good news...OT student blither-blather
    • OT student M&M addiction, thought-provoking comments, and music as a therapeutic language....yeah I don't know how to NOT be random. Or concise.
    • My um, OT student schedule for this week. Yeah. Exciting...
    • Frame of Reference Joke that will make you nauseated
    • OT in mortal danger? Augh!!
    • Remember your OT manners: Allison, Guest Blogger
    • The googley monsters have banished me :(
    • Taking Play seriously - relates to OT
    • Smaller keyboards for smaller people...
    • Murderball and Rory O'Shea....OT movie night
    • Rheumatoid arthritis and occupational therapy plus PS's
    • PS: OT is not catty
    • I'm not narcissistic, I just love myself an awful lot...lol just kidding
    • OT narcissism?
    • Holding babies...ruining puppies...random rambles
    • Medicare makes me want to vomit...
    • my MIFA (generic meals on wheels experience)....elderly.
    • Rubber band and garbanzo beans = OT? Yep.
    • Vote in my voting poll
    • Breaking News Update: Dog gang terrorizing my neighborhood - OTS to the rescue
    • Meals on Wheels!
    • Stroll down Occupational Therapy Memory Lane...
    • You know you've been in OT school too long when...episode #7923748392
    • Random reader tidbits I've been saving up!! Thanks!!
    • Visitability, Legos, Sexuality, and ACOTE...can it get any better in one OT post?
    • Traumatic brain injury survivor becomes master's level rehab counselor - a 2nd chance to live
    • Easy way to increase post size....
    • Botox for CP - children deaths?
    • Therapeutic Cooking Experience Part 3..OTs rock
    • Therapeutic Cooking Experience Part 2..OTs rock
    • Therapeutic Cooking Experience Part 1...OTs rock
    • No more tornadoes...just an OT dept midterm. Just as scary...? ;)
    • Tornados trump my OT/disability/cooking post...
    • So excited about OT Practice...yayyyyyyyyy
    • Tomorrow OT Practice comes out....yayayayay with my OTS article....
    • Therapeutic media...cooking activity...occupational therapy...
    • Day hasn't started as planned...gotta get crackalackin on OT work
    • It's an OT-filled weekend of ...well not really....
    • Postsecrets & mental health & occupational therapy Part II
    • Postsecrets & mental health & occupational therapy Part I
    • US Dept of Labor - Statistics on Occupational Therapists
  • ►January(76)
    • My OT skills were wasted today, but at least I had fun.
    • Bladders, Bowels, Sexuality...Geriatric OT Marvels
    • An ombudsman in long-term care talks to us in OT class...
    • Geriatrics, occupational therapy....gerontology...la la la
    • Photo cards and use in occupational therapy...
    • Somewhat random somewhat OT-related, yes I'm procrastiningating, pictures
    • The studying days....are upon us OT students.
    • Occupational therapy students learn about splinting...from the infamous Julie
    • Awww!!! My MOT class is amazing and I have proof!
    • Nobody...knows....the pain.....
    • OT....that's it, I've run out of titles.
    • Double amputee walks again due to Bluetooth
    • And we thought we had it bad...
    • Bowel, bladder, and sexuality in the elderly. Wow.
    • My rainbow scrub challenge to MOT Class of 2010
    • My most random OT post ever. Don't even bother reading it, it will make your head hurt and waste valuable minutes of your life.
    • MOT Class of 2010 pics!
    • OT Ghost Busters...still vote for u :)
    • Got to hold babies today...yay for occupational therapy
    • Occupations of Elders...last post of the night, I almost promise
    • Monkey versus Robot & Caregiver Burden
    • Speech therapy and feeding...geriatrics...occupational therapy...
    • Random OT student day update...
    • Even the video engineers love OT students...
    • Celia - play therapy - my reason for being in OT school
    • Occupational therapy treatment project by Kerri
    • Disability Blog Carnival catches my OT eye
    • Rolling: Go watch it - perspective from people using wheelchairs
    • Karen and Brooke are soooo excited about OT student life
    • MOT Class of 2010
    • You know you're tired when...
    • Monkey vs robot will have to wait another day...OT school beckons :(
    • Mother of child with autism talks about her experience with occupational therapy...
    • The aliens want OT
    • Ha, in your face, other professions...occupational therapy rules.
    • The OT world loves Brooke & Karen. So does Andy Warhol.
    • Rebuilding Together...OT students + home modification
    • Finally...an update...gerontology continues.
    • Occupational Therapists Kick Some New York Times Bootie :)
    • Hola, occupational therapy students... Yo soy Karen...no me gusta Muzzy...
    • AGING IN PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS CAN HELP!!
    • OT...authority...doctors...geriatrics...
    • Dementia...rehab...geriatrics..OT
    • Quality of Life versus Safety?
    • Gerontological Gem #483320
    • I'm totally flunking OT school when it comes to common sense
    • This OTS is pondering. And now sleeping.
    • Occupational therapy students have different tastes...
    • OT thoughts on making a bed?
    • Holding babies...a future occupational therapist
    • Occupational Therapy Gerontological Gems #929191
    • Forbes betrays OTs everywhere...
    • Check up on "Mobility and the Quadriplegic Child" over at Ryn Tales...great post
    • You know you've been in OT school too long when...episode #2091
    • Young at heart...OT gerontological gems coming soon
    • Turn your cell phones off in OT class...lol
    • I just graduated OT school...psyche
    • Views on OT students from person using OT services
    • OT Reader catch-up w/ websites and or OT bloggy stuff
    • Tai Chi, Tai Chi, Tai Chi...OT, OT, OT
    • Nexair: Exploding into the future...poor OTS Brooke
    • 20,000 page views...you love me, you really love me ::weeps:::
    • Gerontological Gems & Tornadoes & Social Participation: OT-related!! Well except for the tornado part
    • My random OTish post of the day
    • OT definitions make OT students cry
    • Augh! Explosion at UT! Drama yo!
    • Part 2 of our 1st few days of OT school...with OT pictures!! Ooh!
    • Our first few days of OT school...with OT pictures!! Ooh!
    • OT-related reader mail catch-up!!
    • Random assortment of pictures from the last week...
    • Occupational therapy OT OTS occupational therapy student OH PLEASE GOOGLE READ ME
    • You know you want to join AOTA!
    • MOHO taters
    • We are officially back to class...MOT Class of 2009, baby.
    • MOT Class of 2010 starts today! Awww their new faces...
    • I'm an angry passionary about OT right now
• ►2007 (320)
  • ►December(42)
    • Removing architectural and attitudinal barriers!
    • Prep courses for NBCOT Exam
    • Yay! No certification needed for OTs doing specialty wheelchair evals!
    • Environmental modification & OT & Levers
    • My OT life is OVER!! OVER I TELL YOU!!
    • Pictures from the trip..OT class starts soon...
    • Random Pictures Part 2
    • Random pictures Part 1
    • Happy Holidays...
    • Merry Christmas Eve ...
    • Thank my sister for my crushed OT identity...
    • Don't fall down!! OT Neuro Lab
    • Pre-Happy Holidays
    • Occupational Therapy School Withdrawal?
    • Pumpkin muffins and Spanish. There is no relation.
    • The Centennial Vision EXPLODES
    • OT is NOT just walking up and down the halls...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Leadership comes in many forms...
    • A pseudo developmental profile on Chase, Super Hero 2.5 year old...
    • E-mail amnesty...
    • OT Tips from an amazing Preschool Special Ed Teacher...
    • Oh-Tee Makes Me Hap-Ee
    • More points from the "Cookie Gimp"
    • Cookie Gimp" says...learn more about Disability Activists
    • i am still alive
    • Books galore...interest in the life of others
    • Professional Development Evaluations...it's all over!
    • The Kitchen Sink Frame of Reference & Other Random Resources
    • The Recycling Occupational Therapist
    • PLEASE SEND ME MATERIAL!
    • Review of "Ordinary Miracles"...
    • edhelper.com a great free site...
    • You know you've been in OT School too long when...
    • Occupational Therapy Students Talk About Gingerbread Houses
    • Gingerbread Houses
    • How Not to Spend The Night Before Professional Development Evaluations for OT School
    • Tomorrow.........Frames of Reference
    • Gingerbread houses and PDE are TOMORROW!
    • Occupational profiles...I can't stop myself
    • Pediatric occupational therapy treatment project by OT Student Anna
    • Occupational therapy with sick babies?!
    • Professional Development Evaluations....make it stoppppppppppp
  • ►November(60)
    • Treatment Projects for Pediatrics Lab in OT school!
    • A bad day became a good day...
    • neurological aspects of occupational performance final tomorrow!
    • Today....oh today....occupational therapy labs galore...
    • My OT blog blitz is complete
    • Advance for OT Practitioners: Check it out
    • Rehab consumer vs Occupational Therapist: Show-down
    • OT Identity: Ramblings
    • Tips from NBCOT/AOTA Conclave for OT students Part 1
    • Tips from NBCOT/AOTA Conclave for OT students
    • Conclave shout-outs to my fellow OT peeps...I'm so 2000.
    • My OT blog goals for the night.
    • Brevity is the soul of occupational therapy wit.
    • Muffins for OT...Treatment projects....rain....did I mention OT....
    • What is in YOUR OT toolbox?
    • My S.I. board game and other events...
    • Cognitive Performance Test - Assessment for OTs
    • Happy Thanksgiving
    • AOTA/NBCOT Student Conclave...poorest edited movie EVER
    • I'm home from OT Student Conclave
    • Updates from Pittsburgh!
    • Guess who is stuck in Pittsburgh???
    • Saturday, November 17th, AOTA/NBCOT National Student Conclave, in Pittsburgh, PA
    • I AM IN PITTSBURGH!!!!!! STUDENT CONCLAVE!!!
    • Allens Cognitive Level Screen - lab for Occupational Therapy Students
    • Brain Train - Technique for OT Students
    • Prosthetic Lab for OT Students
    • Sensory Integration Lab for Occupational Therapy Students
    • P R O D U C T I V I T Y S P E L L S Y A Y
    • Sometimes the irony hurts....
    • Chicken Soup for the Occupational Therapy Soul
    • "The Occupational Therapy Address" by Abraotham Lincotln
    • Rehab hospital from a consumer perspective...
    • OT isn't perfect, but nothing is!
    • An EASY Day in the life of an OT Student
    • A Day in the Life of a Singapore OT Student
    • SOAP Notes, Frames of Reference, Treatment approaches...aughhhh
    • Student Conclave in PA this weekend!
    • Version 1 of ACL
    • Amputation Lab, Sensory Integration Lab, Allen's Cognitive Levels, Brain Train Video
    • AUGH! Google video is messing up!
    • Sensory Integration Lab & ALCS Videos are UP!
    • Visual perceptual skills: do you have them?
    • Sensory Integration/Sensory Re-Ed Teaser
    • Amputee Lab - Occupational Therapy Students
    • The good news and the bad news...
    • "You conestacker!!"
    • AUGH ALLEN'S COGNITIVE LEVELS LEATHER LACING STUFF AUGH
    • The Centennial Vision
    • Oh my first OT blog landmark!! Yay!!
    • I love Special Care babies! I wanna be a SCU OT!
    • Orientation for Incoming OT Students
    • Friday Night Occupational Therapy Student Social at Bigfoot Lodge
    • MOT Class of 2009 Slide show of Semester 2
    • Minnesota Rate of Manipulation - Normal, Blind, and our own state versions
    • I am so tired...
    • Happy Occupational Therapy Belated Halloween.
    • Today, we had cross-state yoga.
    • Handwriting for Occupational Therapists (OTs) - development, assessment, treatment
    • Visual-perception, LOTCA, Scorable, Minnesota Rate of Manipulation...occupational therapy labs galore
  • ►October(42)
    • Brain Train, Minnesota Rate of Manipulation, and a Good Day
    • Clients & body fluids
    • A hodgepodge of random insanity
    • Handwriting - how an occupational therapist can help
    • I am not a rote-ational therapist, I AM AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST!!! (student)
    • I repeat: AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    • A long day! Not much else to say!
    • OT is all about the duct tape...
    • Update: AUGH!
    • AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    • My cortical systems are failing me
    • Happy Birthday to Me! And my twin! Happy Birthday Dear Future Occupational Therapist...
    • Someone. Is. Going. To. Die. Miss. OTPF. Is. Going. To Go. Postal.
    • How to pack for a stay in a rehabilitation hospital
    • Final day of Adult Physical Dysfunction Level I Occupational Therapy Fieldwork!
    • The Ultimate Irony - with an update
    • Medicare Therapists
    • Day 9/10 of Adult Physical Dysfunction Level I Occupational Therapy Fieldwork!
    • Day 8/10 of Adult Physical Dysfunction Level I Occupational Therapy Fieldwork!
    • Days 6 and 7 of Adult Phys Dys Level I Fieldwork in Occupational Therapy
    • TOTA Conference 2007
    • I half-won a TOTA scholarship!!!
    • Day 5 of Phys Dys Level I OT Fieldwork + TOTA
    • Day 4/10 of Adult Phys Dys Level I Fieldwork
    • Day 3/10 of Adult Phys Dys Level I Fieldwork
    • Level 1 Fieldwork Adult Phys Dys Day 2!
    • AOTA, AOTPAC, _OT Associations....jklmnopqrst
    • HIPAAAAAAAAApotamous
    • Laundry lists: Yay or nay?
    • My first day of my OT Level 1 Fieldwork in Adult Phys Dys
    • OT Superheroes take over the world!!
    • Occupational Therapist Student = Tree Killer
    • Sounds like...you need an OT (sings)
    • Augh!!! Augh!! Augh!!
    • Occupational voyeurism and LOVE
    • And then I poke a goniometer in his eyeball...
    • Laundry list of occupational therapy student tasks
    • Three steps to kinesiotaping failure
    • I'm famous, for real this time...
    • Thermal Modalities Course for Occupational Therapists - pics
    • Crayon Nibbles - Crayons for Little Hands
    • Severe Suffering of Occupational Atrophy Disorder (OAD)
  • ►September(48)
    • Occupational therapy blogging neglect
    • Thermal Modalities for Occupational Therapists/Students
    • When OT students get together...
    • Just call me OT Student Debbie Downer
    • Forget balance, I am STRESSED!!! MAKE EVERYONE STOP CRYING!
    • The Balance of Occupations
    • CHAKRA POWER BY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY STUDENT MEG
    • Occupational therapy blog teasers
    • Therapeutic Handling Lab Part II
    • The Valpar Component Work Sample 7: Multi-Level Sorting.
    • Augmentative Communication/Adaptive Technology Lab
    • Neuro, Destressing, lions and tigers and bears
    • Therapeutic Handling Occupational Therapy Lab Demonstration
    • Backpack Awareness Day
    • Quilting Lab
    • Therapeutic Handling Lab
    • Heart Walk 2007
    • Wooie, too much stuff is going on
    • Don't cry for me Argentina/Occupational Therapy Students
    • Biometrics Lab - Biofeedback
    • Yay! Yay! Yay!
    • The story of my occupationally not so therapeutic weekend
    • Hoyer Lift Help?
    • Lab Paradise! Biometrics and AAC left to describe.
    • Feeding Lab, based on SOS protocol + other feeding programs
    • Origami Boxes - Media Lab
    • Reiki & Chakra Bear- Intro for Occupational Therapy Students
    • Binder Overload - OT Students Bewarned
    • Kinesiotaping Lab for Occupational Therapy Students
    • The Arrogance Rollercoaster + Lots of Labs
    • Sorry, no real post today, but I once again can survive occupational therapy school
    • Overwhelmed but still begging for more, I'm masOTchistic
    • I live in an occupational therapy bubble
    • Augh! Okay, at least read about schizophrenia on Patti's blog
    • The Dance of the Prosthetic Arm Fairy
    • Overwhelmed! Occupational therapy school is kicking my gluteus maximus right now.
    • Top Ten Ways to Impress your Occupational Therapy Professors
    • There is more than one way to skin a kiwi.
    • i'm a maniac, maniac...occupational therapist maniac part II
    • im a maniac, maniac...occupational therapist maniac
    • I now present to you...new OT students in the blogosphere
    • My occupational therapy goals for the night and babies watching TV
    • 12-steps revisited. A visit to AA
    • No-sew blanket making + Pathology + Random OT day
    • Pondering being an occupational therapy role model and 12-steps
    • Life is crazy! Let me throw a few bones out there
    • I'm not dead, but my stat count is.
    • Play therapy memories...I got to see Celia!
  • ►August(47)
    • They call me...Miss OTPF.
    • A good but tiring day.
    • OT thought of the day and promises of future OTPF-CRAZINESS
    • Group leading and Leatherworking
    • Quick update on leading group in OT
    • "You could kill your patient..."
    • Basic Study Tips for Incoming/Current OT Students
    • Day 2: I'm a ghost again
    • SENSORY ISSUES UNPLUGGED
    • Boo, this Sunday is no fun
    • Medication Management for Geriatric Patients
    • Shout-outs to my new readers and to my newly arrogant self
    • Volunteer to hold babies :)
    • Random occupational therapy nuggets of joy
    • Blog Comment Devastation- I need reader advice
    • air conditioner fixed
    • bad bad day
    • Quote of the Day/Thought of the Day
    • "Top 10 reasons I love being an occupational therapy student that (gasps for air) also has access to eye-opening fantastic disability blog carnivals!"
    • New RehabCare blog linked to me!
    • Occupational Therapy as illustrated by LOLcats
    • You love me, you really love me! And I love OT school! And OT blogs!
    • Stream of conciousness, statcounter, Star dust...salliteration...silliness
    • Our session on neuro-IFRAH
    • Wheelchair Lab and Wheelies
    • A productive day! OT Diversity, baby
    • I now present to you a little thing I like to call "Priorities Shifting" due to OT school.
    • Wow I'm like dying from sleepiness
    • I swear on a stack of bibliotherapy
    • giant research test tomorrow nooooooooo
    • neuro-IFRAH and sleep and swimming and augh sleep deficits did I mention sleep
    • Neuro-IFRAH - yay!
    • Jello Cereal: My OT skills are lacking
    • Holy cow! I really AM famous! But not.
    • Holding babies in a hospital, or appealing to a Philanthropist, it never ends
    • An Emic Perspective
    • I'm drowning!!!!!!!!!!
    • 4am, I hate you
    • AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (again)
    • We're stars....check it out
    • The weekend goes by too quickly
    • A year of fame
    • Oh, Wellbutrin: A Torrid Love Affair
    • I am too wired to sleep so I present to you a cool website I just found
    • Student therapy blog ot nicu burn ot school blog
    • I'm such a slacker
    • giant test tomorrow augh
  • ►July(35)
    • Grumpy to Golden. Well kinda.
    • Augh
    • Where you "smell like formaldehyde with glitter on your face..." - that's occupational therapy school for you.
    • A normal day in occupational therapy school
    • Nikki: a feline SOAP note
    • A quiet day.
    • I'm a histrionic. No just kidding. No really. No....
    • update to the update: I am a magic sleuth, call me Sherlock
    • Let's just add in a little cheery update
    • Ow. That will be all.
    • Good night!!!
    • I forgot to share the best part about today.
    • Hmmmmmmm, inchoate thoughts secondary to sleep deprivation
    • Visual Calendars: A therapeutic technique?
    • The days are going by too quick...
    • Total Procrastination
    • La la la...the start of week 2
    • Oh yeah, PS
    • Day 5: Woodworking and Wheelchair Mobility!
    • The end of the week draws neigh, or whatever that means...
    • I need a shout-out, yo
    • Day 3: Better day!
    • Day 2: Good lectures, but administratively STRESSFUL!
    • My first day back...I survived!
    • Augh!! Classes start tomorrow!
    • My grandmother is a flamingo: A mini geriatric occupational profile
    • My boring day, sorry...a better post tomorrow
    • My experience with burncare (and a little bit of randomosity)
    • In OT Land, every day is Independence Day!
    • My random day...
    • Feeding group and leadership
    • HIPAA Therapy
    • Hanging with classmates & the reason I'm not in philosophy school
    • Mohawks and Henna: Ideas for treating cancer with fun
    • Hodgepodge of thoughts
  • ►June(17)
    • On the road again....
    • Lessons come to life: observations in the NICU and SCU
    • OTs put the FUN in functional
    • A Snail's Pace: Patience is a Virtue
    • Don't judge a book by its cover
    • Typical feeding session
    • There's no "I" in TEAM...groupwork.
    • OT Practice & Blogging
    • Mental Health: Autobiography Poem
    • Hallmark OT Appreciation Cards
    • Every book I've read so far mentions OT at least once...
    • Goniometry
    • How I like to learn and why I blog
    • A little light reading...
    • School vacation = brain fog
    • This OT blog is making me OT blogging mad.
    • I'm still alive, I swear...
  • ►May(17)
    • I'm turning into an OT superhero! In my dreams at least
    • Fieldwork: Scary, scary times
    • Celia: The reason I am in OT school
    • I can has OT?
    • Anything can happen, anything can be.
    • I will be changed.
    • I'm gonna be a weird OT
    • Ora Ruggles: Queen of Struggles
    • Shaken Baby Syndrome
    • Ding dong, the week is dead...
    • Your weekends are taken over too...
    • Look Me In the Eye - a blog by a man with Asperger's.
    • Some kids are natural OTs
    • Yay for AOTA!
    • Another OT student blog I just found
    • OTs Helping in a Private Residence
    • Disability Do's and Dont's
  • ►April(12)
    • Say Loving Through Occupation
    • Occupational Terrorists!
    • We survived our first biomechanics practical!
    • The Ashley Treatment
    • OT Drama - We need a show called The O.T.
    • Anatomical Agony
    • Youtube.com - OT
    • OT School Rocks!
    • Lessons from OT...
    • Be prepared for a lot of reading!
    • Tips to Incoming MOT Students
    • The AOTA wants YOU!