by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT
Whether you finished strong or crawled to the finish line this past week, you made it to the end of the school year! You have the summer off…What should you do? We have the summer off to relax, recoup, and reenergize …right? Yes! However, we are...
by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, Sensory Processing
Are you practicing and teaching mindfulness? Mindfulness programming with children and in schools is becoming a more popular practice. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or therapist, is there anything stopping you from practicing mindfulness yourself or from using it...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
Pushing kids into writing before they are developmentally ready happens to be one of my pet peeves. (I actually have quite a few of them, you can read all about them here.) Experience has shown me is that children should NOT be pushed into handwriting before...
by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, OT Advocacy
You may have heard the buzz about Occupational Therapists advocating for Educational Credentialing. Especially if you work in the education world. What is Educational Credentialing? State Education laws vary from state to state, but in every state in the USA (except...
by Miss Jaime | Gross Motor Skills
“Evidence-based practice (EBP) is based on integrating critically appraised research results with the practitioner’s clinical expertise, and the client’s preferences, beliefs, and values” (AOTA). Primitive reflexes are often a hot topic in OT forums. ...
by Miss Jaime | Gross Motor Skills
Primitive reflexes start to develop in utero and they actually help the baby get down the birth canal during labor. (Who knew!?) A reflex is an automatic motor response that is triggered by a stimulus. These primitive reflexes assist the baby in their developmental...
