by Miss Jaime | OT Advocacy
2021 recap: Advocacy for OT Wins Our research on school OT & PT in NY is complete, and our article for AJOT is in the works. We’ve got some meaty information to help OTps & PTs advocate for equality in the schools- and I cannot wait for it to get...
by Miss Jaime | OT Advocacy
Every day on my way to work, I pass a therapeutic riding facility called “Pal-o-mine.” It’s totally quaint and right down the block from my house. “I’m going to work there when I retire,” I told my husband. A few weeks ago, I saw...
by Miss Jaime | Babys and Toddlers
HOW TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENCE IN YOUR CHILD I’ve spent years watching kindergarten students acclimate to the classroom. Some students set themselves apart from their peers immediately: they are very verbal they can already read or demonstrate strong foundational...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
Pushing kids into writing before they are developmentally ready happens to be one of my pet peeves. (I actually have quite a few of them, you can read all about them here.) Experience has shown me is that children should NOT be pushed into handwriting before...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills
This is a guest post about the benefits of play, written by Jenny Silverstone. 5 Extraordinary Benefits of Playtime Sticky sap on hands from climbing trees. Glitter going (and staying!) absolutely everywhere. Always, the sound of laughter. Playtime, in all of its...
