Sarah and Danielle discuss:
- Navigating early intervention assessment as a parent and a therapist
- A blessing and a curse of being an OT going through this process
- Roles of being a mom, an OT, getting her doctorate, and now being a therapy mom
- The importance of having a “village”
- The defining moment that made her seek out help
- Developmental trajectories
- Being the first person as an EI OT to tell parents that something is wrong
- Caregiver dyad and regulation
- How having a child in early intervention has impacted her as a therapist
- Parental guilt
- Being present in the moment through mindfulness
- Value of working with the parents and families in early intervention
- Being an expert means being a life long learner
- Questions she had from the mom side
- Dealing with people staring at our kids when we are out in public
- Using video-taping to facilitate therapy and parental education
- One piece of advice for therapists?
- Her blog Mornings with an OT Mom: https://morningswithanotmom.com/
- Her episode on the OT Schoolhouse Podcast: https://www.otschoolhouse.com/episode38
Email: morningswithanotmom@gmail.com
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