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My Mortifying Moment as a New Grad
If you're a Miss Jaime, O.T. VIP, you may remember when I mentioned my EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING MOMENT involving visual perception... I can't believe I'm doing this... but, I'm ready to tell it. MY MORTIFYING NEW GRAD MOMENT (I'm blushing already. Uggghhh!) But first,...
Getting Your Child Special Education Services
"Will Mason be labeled Special Ed forever?" "Is this a stigma that will follow Emily all the way to college?" "Will she even get into college?" "What exactly does this mean for my child's social life?" Hold Up, Momma! Dealing with the Special Education process...
5 Strategies to Raising a Confident Kid
HOW TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE IN YOUR CHILD I've spent years watching kindergarten students acclimate to the classroom. Some students set themselves apart from their peers immediately: they are very verbal they can already read or demonstrate strong foundational...
8 Genius Therapist Inspired Toddler Hacks
My New Favorite Parenting Hack Book Did you register for "What to expect when you're expecting?", my mom asked me on the way to my shower. "No—there's an app for that!" I told her, laughing. I knew she wouldn't get the joke, but I really did have the app. It's a...
Ten Best Apps for Handwriting with Kids
As I walked into school the other day, a friend of mine grabbed me in a panic and said “Should my four-year-old really be practicing a page of letters every night?! This is the only time I get to spend with her and I’m forcing her to write a whole page of D’s! This...
11 Things on a School OT’s Summer To-Do Wish List
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 Occupational...