Reflex Integration into Function: Do primitive reflexes ever disappear?
We all enter the world with an innate set of hardwired primitive movement patterns that ensure our survival and help organize the development of our postural control— moving from rolling, sitting, crawling, and eventually walking. They also provide the basic neurological framework for the organization of our perceptual-motor development—how we perceive and, ultimately, act on our world. They are not a simple…
Read More
Sensory Integration and Neuro-Developmental Tx (NDT) – Mini Clinical Conversation
In this 10 minute video, discover how and why Gail Ritchie, OTR/L, C/NDT uses specific therapeutic handling techniques to enhance this sensory and motor based treatment activity. Gail shares her thought process behind blending sensory and motor treatment strategies with specific handling to enhance functional performance for her client within the treatment session. Want to learn how to enhance your therapeutic handling…
Read More
Embodying Academic Readiness
As the sights and the sounds of the fall season begin to transform, it is also undeniable that the new school year is fully underway. Children’s backpacks are getting heavier as more and more homework is sent home, parent teacher conferences loom on the horizon, and the warm summer days of playing outside for hours at a time seem like a distant…
Read More
Free OD-OT Collaboration – Mini Clinical Conversation
Mary Kawar, M.S., OT/L and Carl Hillier, O.D., FCOVD discuss the value of cross-disciplinary (OT-OD) collaboration in this 20 minute mini clinical conversation. Want to learn how you can better support clients with visual and vestibular dysfunction? Join Mary and Carl for their collaborative course From Eyesight to Insight: Visual and Vestibular Assessment & Treatment.
What’s In an Activity? Unlocking a Client’s Power Through Precise Sensory Motor Activation
We need to work together to find the activity that unlocks the most power “We need to unlock the magic code to find the power in your body. I have some ideas, but we need to work together to find the activity that unlocks the most power. Can you help me?” These are the words I spoke to my new client, Aiden…
Read More