Education is a noble profession, and it places a notable and extraordinary demand on its members. In addition to asking our teachers to educate, influence, and guide our children toward a successful future, we also ask them to steer kids through the social and emotional upheavals of growing up. In some cases, this also means …
In the early intervention world, occupational therapists serve children by providing the services they need to support educational skills like handwriting, self-care activities like putting on and taking off their backpacks, and emotional regulation skills like learning to remain calm. Occupational therapists are truly like Swiss Army Knives in that we have a diverse range …
“So you help people get jobs?” The dreaded question that occupational therapists (OTs) hear all too often about their role as a practitioner. To us, the word ‘occupation’ is our pride and joy, and it is often misunderstood. In occupational therapy, “occupations refer to the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families, and …
One near and dear part of being a social worker is being able to facilitate social work groups with our students. Our social work groups across all of our programs focus on meeting the social-emotional needs of our students and beyond. These groups focus on different topics that provide our students an opportunity to share. …
