Since I’ve been gone…

wedding day
Photo by Shane Cleminson

Hello! I have been MIA on the blog, so I felt I need to give you all an update of what I’ve been up to!

Most responsible for my absence is that I got married three weeks ago today! It was a beautiful and sacred day. Everything went as well as I could have hoped it would go, and I felt so much love and care from the people who were there to support us. I have loved pouring over our photos and can’t wait to see the documentary from the videographer. It was truly a special day.

In the meantime, my husband (still feels weird to say that!) has returned to Chile and I’m waiting on my paperwork to join him there. We’ll be living there for at least the next two years. As one can imagine, COVID complicates things, including an immigration process.

Spanish Sensory Terms

For now, I’m reveling in the extra time I have at home. I’ve got plans to go to the pumpkin patch and then trick or treating with my nieces. While I’m sad to be away from my husband, I am realizing it’s best to be present in the moment and accept the gifts that are being given to me.

I write also to update you all on products I have available on my site. I’m fluent in Spanish (although I’m about to get even more so after some immersion growing pains) so providing Spanish resources is something I love to do. You can check out those resources here.

I also love the cute and colorful worksheets I made to teach line adherence and letter sizing. They were very fun to make! I’m sad I’m not working right now, because I would love to use them with kiddos! There are currently drag and drop and cut and paste versions of a letter size worksheet with a safari theme and a fall theme. More to come!

Fall worksheet

Finally, if you’re interested in having evidence based facts to provide to parents, my first evidence based handout is available on the connection between Sensory Processing and Anxiety, as well as OT’s role in treating anxiety.

I hope you all are well! Either doing virtual therapy, traversing the waters of modified in person therapy, or somewhere in between waiting for the next step in your therapy journeys.

I’ll be back to posting evidence reviews along with my Motor Tips Mondays and Sensory Tip Saturday posts on my Instagram and Facebook pages soon!

Starting CuriosOT: Reviews of Pediatric OT Research

pediatric ot research
Photo by WanderLabs on Unsplash

In my sixth year working as a pediatric OT, I had the idea to start a blog/social media accounts in which I could present reviews of pediatric occupational therapy research. My goal was to make it more accessible for busy practitioners. I didn’t know when I would start this project, but as fate would have it…

I was planning to get married in May 2020 and move to Chile to be with my fiance. In March 2020, when flights from Europe had been banned from entering the US, I wasn’t yet concerned about our wedding moving forward. (This statement reflects growth for me as I am very much a type A planner by nature).

Fast forward a week or so, and here we were with Coronavirus starting to really gear up. Schools and clinics closed, social distancing was implemented and the nation began a collective journey into a very unknown territory.

I lost my job in an outpatient clinic and schools, and I realized this was the perfect time to get things running. We’ve moved our wedding to the fall, so I’m seeing the silver lining of a few more months to be with my family before moving to my new America (South, that is…). This is an unforeseen chance to put my creative energies to use with starting the blog. The posts will be reviews of pediatric OT research articles. My hope is that the format makes them less intimidating and more entertaining to read while getting the stats and information you need to contribute to your clinical reasoning.

I appreciate your visiting my page and I hope that with your input and my creative energy, this site can become a valuable tool for your OT practice.

Check out my first technical post to get started.