Occupational Therapy Assistant . Mommy . Wife .

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Water Beads! Sensory Activity (compliments of one of my favorite pediatric OT blogs)

Water Beads are tiny water-retaining polymers, just like contact lenses.  They are safe for play, but not recommended for ingestion.  I used these in my classroom a few years ago and just recently spotted them in stores (located near vases/fake flowers - Walmart, Michaels Craft Store, Target, etc).  Woo-hoo!  They can also be ordered from numerous web sites.  There are different brands and some stain more than others, but the stains do come off the skin (not sure about clothes - didnt pay attention to that).  The beads begin small and then expand as they start to retain the water.  We didnt measure anything - you can pour off the excess water.  This was a super fun sensory activity! 

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i really love this *not my gif*

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Need to learn Braille? Hadley School for the Blind offers free courses for blind/visually impaired individuals, their family members, or educators. Great opportunity!

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Braille Rubik’s Cube!

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Braille

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Thanks God. on We Heart It.

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Every OT Ever. 

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the college of occupational therapists made a poster about ot using miffy!!!!!!!!!!!!

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‎I’m an occupational therapist, an obscure profession if there ever was one. We are few and far between, maybe because we have chosen to serve people with disabilities. All disabilities. Not a glamorous endeavour, nor a lucrative one. And I say serve because we deem that in helping we see weakness, while in serving we see wholeness. We’ve opted for wholeness nearly a century ago and have been at odds with the system ever since. We don’t fix people, you see: with them, we simply try to find a way to meaning, balance, and justice. I chose occupational therapy because it blends science and humanism, intellectual rigour and compassion.

Rachel Thibeault (Occupational Therpists without Borders)

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The goal of the recovery process is not to become normal. The goal is to embrace our human vocation of becoming more deeply, more fully human. The goal is not normalization. The goal is to become the unique, awesome, never to be repeated human being that we are called to be.

Pat Deegan 1996 - a person who has recovered from mental illness.

found in my OT in Mental Health textbook, page 73. 

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Do-It-Yourself Designs for Daily Living

How older Americans are reimagining household objects from soap to straws to make their lives easier. 

As the population ages, designers are working to make homes, tools and other products safer for the elderly to use. Older people themselves can be resourceful in finding ways to adapt their surroundings to their diminished vision, muscles and dexterity.

Read more @ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323415304578368591622892684.html#project%3DIVHackprint%26articleTabs%3Darticle

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Just finished a handicap accessible bathroom for a four year old. It is barrier free, giving the parents the abilitly to roll their son into the shower area.

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Awesome bathroom! 

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