Blog
Find my OT related musings here…all opinions are my own and I hope that I can share some more about Occupational Therapy to help my clients.
The Occupational Therapy process and how to locate Sensory Trained OTs in the UK
One of the "benefits" that I have experienced as a result of the Covid-19 Pandemic is an increased presence in the online world of support networks that are available for parents of young people with additional learning needs/special educational needs. I am often...
Happy New Year!
2020 was a rather amazing year. For all of the challenges that Covid brought us, I am grateful to report that my business has thrived. I have helped almost 80 individual families in a paid capacity and many more on a voluntary basis. I have learnt new ways of working...
Standardised Assessment Loans
Whilst I have been working in independent practice, I have been building up my own stock of standardised assessments. Some of these can be quite expensive and I recognise that not all therapists will be able to purchase their own kits. Due to this, I have set up a...
Reflective Practice
I have been doing some reflecting after a criticism was raised with me this week, having publicly discussed my views on current access to therapy provision in the U.K. My intention with posting this afternoon is to share my viewpoint and reasoning behind my current...
Challenging Times – just when we thought that Occupational Therapy might be heading back to “normal”!
Just when we thought we might be coming back to some sense of normality, local lockdowns started! We in Bridgend, like a lot of our local Welsh counties, are now in a local lockdown. The strange thing is that nothing has really changed for me aside from as a family,...
Moving Forward following Covid-19
I don't know about you, but I'm ready for Covid-19 to back off now! It's been almost 5 months that the kids have been off school - never will I complain about the length of the 6 week school holidays again. It's time to start moving forward. I'm tentatively starting...
Occupational Therapy during a Pandemic
I think that Covid-19 may have been the biggest curve ball so far in my career! I've worked in the NHS, Social Services and independently. First I worked as an Associate of another independent company and then I started up my own business so that I could follow my own...
Acting as an Occupational Therapy Expert Witness to Assess Special Educational Needs
This is an area where I love to support children. Being able to thoroughly assess and identify a child’s strengths and challenges and recommend the appropriate strategies, therapies, and provision to help them progress in their education is extremely rewarding....