OT ~ What's your focus?

OT ~ What's your focus?

By Farrah MoneyAlternative HealthHealth & Fitness
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OT ~ What's your focus? episodes

  • Purpose therapy box with Ali & Holly

    This impressive duo Holly & Ali will completely inspire you throughout this episode. We learn a little about why both holly and Ali entered the world of OT as well as discuss what purpose therapy box is and how it came to be. What do you get in a box? How often do they get shipped out? How many hours per week do you actually need to dedicate to such an endeavour? All this plus so much more will be answered. What I feel this episode really highlights is that the spirit of OT can truly be championed in all manner of ways because we as a profession do not need to sit neatly inside a box, enjoy!  


    Recommendations from Holly  

    The podcast -How I built this with Guy Raz 

    https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1150510297?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory 

    Recommendations from Ali 

    The OT Facebook community

    Youtube videos for all manner of OT tips


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    41 min
  • Play therapy with Emma Kaye
    Today's episode is with Emma Kaye, a qualified play therapist working in the south-east of England. Emma's experience is within special educational needs with her specialism being autism. Emma worked for over twenty-five years within education and as a teacher for over twenty years. Emma now has her own business offering play therapy on a 1:1, or group basis. Emma runs various online classes and workshops for professionals and parents with her most popular sessions being around autism and sensory needs. You can connect with Emma using the following details: 
    Emma's website - https://www.thesendtrainer.co.uk/
    Emma's Instagram - @thesendtrainer
    Emma's Facebook- @thesendtrainer 
    So what is play therapy? 
    According to Goodtherapy, play therapy can help individuals communicate, explore repressed thoughts and emotions, address unresolved trauma, and experience personal growth and is widely viewed as an important, effective, and developmentally appropriate mental health treatment. (Goodtherapy.org, 2020).
    During my chat with Emma, we discuss various ways to engage a child using play therapy from using stories to puppets! I was keen to discover the relationship between OT and play therapy and although there is huge potential for this multiagency paring it seems from Emma's experience this is yet to be the norm, and although Emma has worked with the same group of children or individual child that an OT has on their caseload it was very much working separately.  Maybe that could be, something to think about,  take away and reflect upon possibly even change as both Emma and I felt that a more blended multidisciplinary approach between play therapist and occupational therapist could benefit the children worked with. If you have experience of this please do let me know I'd be super interested to hear how this went and worked out! 
    This weeks recommendation by Emma
    Book ~ The out of sync child has fun by Carol Stock Kranowitz link to website - https://out-of-sync-child.com/books/the-out-of-sync-child-has-fun-activities-for-kids-with-spd/ 
    Sensory strategies ~  Laurie, C. (2014) Sensory Strategies London: The National Autistic Society
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    44 min
  • Time for Dementia with Dr Stephanie Daley
    Episode 4 with Dr Stephanie Daley discusses the project time for dementia and how students can gain a unique perspective and insight into dementia as a condition. We talk about how the programme plans to develop and work around issues caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.  An exciting new project inspired by the success of the time for dementia one titled time for autism and how families can get involved and support the project. We find out what a dementia care mapper is and touch on how e-learning will be helping students moving forward with the time for dementia project.
    Taken from the Alzheimers UK website about the project - 
    "It’s a good way for them to gain knowledge first-hand of what it’s like living with dementia and the challenges they have to overcome. There are more than 67,500 people living with dementia in Kent Surrey and Sussex and it’s crucial that more people in the field of healthcare are aware of the condition."  (Alzhiemers.org.uk, 2020) 
    Recommended read this week by Stephanie 
    Book by Steve Silberman ~ Neurotribes 
    If you wish to get in touch with me please do email me at [email protected] follow me on Instagram @otwhatsyourfocus.
     Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!
    35 min
  • SPOT President Cassandra Christianen talks us through students connecting from around the world!
    Today's episode explains just what SPOT Europe is! A way for students to connect, share ideas, host 'mini spots' (listen to find out more!) and have access to a great range of resources. A great chat to introduce you to a platform that any OT student (or qualified) will find useful. 
    Recommended this week by Cassandra
    The Netflix series A-Typical 3 Seasons 
    When a teen on the autism spectrum decides to get a girlfriend, his bid for more independence puts his whole family on a path of self-discovery.
    Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Rapaport
    Creators: Robia Rashid
    TEDx: unlocking people with locked-in syndrome.
    Ted.com/talks/paul_trossel_femke_nijboer_unlocking_people_with_locked_in_syndrome 
    The danger of a single story – TedTalk Chimamanda Adichie
    https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story 
    Please do get in touch and let me know what you think, always open to suggestions! Instagram~ OT-whatsyourfocus Email ~ [email protected]
    34 min
  • Occupational Science with Dr Juman Simaan

    Have you ever wondered what occupational science is? Want to know more but a little unsure how to find out, or where to start looking? Then this podcast episode with Dr Juman Simaan will be the perfect option for those of you that want to know more. This episode covers so much from occupational science through to displacement, marginalised groups within society and occupational justice to name but a few concepts! 


    This week recommended reads from Juman: 


    Grandmothers Against Poverty and Aids (GAPA) available at:  http://www.gapa.org.za/.

    Black OTs Matter: Changing Your OT Practice to Combat Racism, Address Racial Trauma, and Promote Healing in a blog called Gotta Be OT differently every day. 

    The RCOT open letter and the response by Diane Cox & Julia Scott 


    I love to know what you think so please do get in touch! 


    Follow me on Instagram @ot_whatsyourfocus


    45 min
  • Virtual placements for OT students, Is it really an option?

    Trailblazer Georgia Vine joins me with her mentor Margaret Spencer to tell me all about Georgia's recent virtual occupational therapy placement, from gaining independence through to connecting and championing the various online communities. We talk about what it means to be a disabled activist the benefits of working virtually and what being an OT student means to Georgia. The idea of the 'virtual placement' having the potential to become a reality across the sector is truly exciting and a sure sign that the occupational therapy profession is evolving and adapting to what is an ever changing environment. Enjoy listening!


    This weeks recommendation from Georgia is: Rushton, T. (2018) 'Exploring the lived experience of being an occupational therapy student with additional support requirements.'  

    Follow Georgia on Instagram @notsoterriblepalsy 

    Website: notsoterriblepalsy.com

    Also look into her work with the charity cerebral palsy teens uk @cpteensuk 


    Thanks for listening, I really appreciate you choosing to listen to the OT~whats your focus podcast. If you enjoyed this episode and want to follow the podcast please share it, leave a comment and subscribe! You can get in touch with me using the details below: 

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    30 min
  • Welcome one and all!

    Welcome, thanks for joining;  I am so pleased to finally be doing this brand new podcast series. I love podcasts and have learnt so much recently about everything occupational therapy based so wanted to give it a go. In this episode, I will be giving a brief introduction to myself and my thoughts about what my vision is for this podcast. I will be starting initially from a student perspective as I'm a final year OT but look forward to continuing to chart my career through to qualifying and beyond.


    Follow me on Instagram @ot_whatsyourfocus or email me: [email protected]  I hope you enjoy the podcast!

    2 min

About OT ~ What's your focus?

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This podcast seeks to delve deeper into the occupational therapy profession. What is OT really like? Real discussions from both qualified and student OT's on a variety of topics and practice areas. A…