OccupaTionally Speaking: Insights from an OT

Thanks for tuning in to OccupaTionally speaking with Sydney Brown! This is the first of a year long series as we follow Sydney through her first year working as an OT! Hope you enjoy it

I’m so excited to bring you the first of up to twelve episodes sharing the experiences of Kat as she ventures into her first year as an OT. This digital diary intends to capture her personal and professional growth and I’m so excited to share it with you and especially Kat!

Meg just got married! Congratulations!! She is an OT who is sharing her story about what she wish she knew more about as she graduated, took her NBCOT exam, interview for and land her dream

Job! Hope you enjoy her story

I hope you are inspired after listening to my conversation with Veda Collmer, OTR, JD! This episode is a must-listen to for OT’s, OT students, policy makers, OT entrepreneurs, individuals with ASD and the families of individuals with ASD! It’s a little longer thank my typical conversations but that just shows you how much we enjoyed chatting!

This episode is a little longer than the others but has so much interesting content that you’ll lose track of time listening to it! Theresa Familo is a mother to Alex and a huge advocate for individuals with ID and DD! Please let me know if you have any questions or would like more episodes like this. Enjoy

Today I’m doing something a little different, it’s just me and you and I share insight on work/ life imbalance? Please take a listen to this 10 minute podcast and reach out with feedback or questions by emailing me at [email protected]! Happy Independence Day

Melanie is another Keuka College alum doing amazing things and shares her great passion working with individuals with ID and DD. Hope you enjoy her story as we had such fun recording it!

Shea has the most unique role using her OT knowledge and training to assist students in higher education be successful! I love this episode and hope you do to

Interested in VR? This is another emerging practice area in which OT could work in. Kaitlyn, Anna and Erika share their unique prospectives in using VR to increase independence

Check out our Safe Space OT episode - a designed emerging practice OT idea created by Madison and Charlotte introducing an idea of how OT and home construction could collaborate in order to create accessible housing meeting the needs of all abilities