In this episode of the New PossibilOTs Podcast, hosts Mahek Bansal and Larissa Ferrari delve into the critical aspect of building rapport in paediatric occupational therapy. They stress the value of the initial parent sessions as an opportunity to discuss a child's strengths, interests, and concerns, which guides the planning of the first session and advocating for open conversations with parents, as rapport building extends to caregivers and collaborative teamwork in achieving the child's developmental goals.

Mahek and Larissa also emphasise the child-led approach, allowing children to explore their environment while maintaining therapist-guided opportunities aligned with their strengths and interests.

Join Mahek and Larissa for another thought-provoking and informative episode of NewPossibilOTs.

Resources:

• Strategies Occupational Therapists Use to engage children and parents in therapy sessions https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_e808772/UQe808772_OA.pdf?Expires=1695346621&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=PGjDQa-WSJ1c215zem-YkLNK7MfEShw4zLDKkhnfY3jCYru3aYtN1lMnROWKVbca~Mf-BqU3dkdKIDib9x2eKZzh1gc0NH8jP96APwza1rvtPKVj8nAMvXDiveOFiS1PROF34bJTagVHIvoTFkIANTaWLqtb8DxLdjZaTx3NoqIhttUsXf1nmYBMtAqBuOeUwKGrkcdZ5yY5DdR7NVCs9d6SzXZdMUJRUkRw0QZ62wy~Uv2mElQgw41mScVYWyNbp7MApsXeq6DwiPwsLJWxNzFhq5sHSg8ZxEiV5bQ0v~0HGnPBm8cQjXkfKmoMtpAb65GfcTidDOxup7xlzqvdRg__
• Developing Procedures to improve therapist-child rapport in early intervention: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5711732/
• Effective parent consultation in play therapy: Effective parent consultation in play therapy. (apa.org)
• Therapists' behaviour and youths' therapeutic alliance during trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy:Therapists' behaviors and youths' therapeutic alliance during trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy. (apa.org)

Transcript: https://www.occupationaltherapy.com.au/podcasts/building-rapport/

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