Call to Action: Overcoming Language Barriers
Many moons ago (Over 20 years ago), I was once a bilingual diagnostician. My job for the school system was to assess school age children In Spanish and compare it…
OT friend/colleague; a bond that lasts a lifetime
I feel like OTs are unicorns because of their magical skills of creativity and ingenuity to increase patients’ independence. The rapport between an OT and a patient is so tight,…
Empathy
I’m sure you’ve encountered a patient and spouse in your office or at bedside crying about their situation and how this CVA has destroyed their life. The patient is aphasic…
SMART New Year
New year resolutions remind me of SMART goals because if made by the patient they are ambitious and can be unrealistic. But wait, I’m guilty of that too! We are…