Author Archives: maiiflowerr

The Role of Occupational therapists: Regional Treatment centre

If you’ve been following along with my blog, you know I’m an Occupational therapist that works with kids with neurodiversity. In 2020 I started mentoring in my role as a preceptor for Occupational therapy and Occupational therapy assistant students in their programs. I remembered how big and scary the world can be graduating from schoolContinue reading “The Role of Occupational therapists: Regional Treatment centre”

Self care over the holidays

Can you believe it’s already the holiday season of 2023? I feel like just yesterday we were celebrating the end of 2022! As a professional that works with many individuals with high anxiety, it’s important to remember how anxiety provoking this time of year is. Many of us LOVE the holidays and can’t imagine whyContinue reading “Self care over the holidays”

What is the occupation in occupational therapy?

Did you know October is Occupational therapy month? Occupational therapy (OT) is one of those jobs that is amazing and very needed once people know about it, but many people don’t know about it! In my masters degree for OT, we spent a lot of time talking about how to explain OT to people andContinue reading “What is the occupation in occupational therapy?”

“I only want Chicken Nuggets!” : Exploring New Food with Hesitant Eaters

In September, I had the opportunity to explore a new area in my practice! I am an Occupational therapist that works in a day program with individualized programming for children, teens and adults… aka I am NOT a specialist! I am always trying to learn something new and to expand my knowledge as an OTContinue reading ““I only want Chicken Nuggets!” : Exploring New Food with Hesitant Eaters”

Day 10 of my self care challenge: social downtime

Today is the “last day” of my self care challenge, but hopefully I can continue my intentional self care moving forward! It’s been a great reminder of how many intentional choices I can make to be kind to myself and take care of myself, and something I think I should repeat in the future asContinue reading “Day 10 of my self care challenge: social downtime”