Author name: Brittney Weinerth

Pediatric OT Curated Gift Guide for 2020

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How To Help Children With Sensory Sensitivities Tolerate Wearing A Mask

How To Help Children With Sensory Sensitivities Tolerate Wearing A Mask by Thao Pham BS, COTA/L & Brittney Weinerth MS, OTR/L Note: The following information is not meant to diagnose or treat and should not take the place of personal consultation, as appropriate, with a qualified healthcare professional and/or occupational therapist. Recently the Centers for

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Expert Approaches to Managing Challenging Behaviors

In this post I will be highlighting a variety of approaches we believe are incredibly effective for managing challenging behaviors. In one of my first jobs out of Occupational Therapy school my mentor and supervisor (thanks Elisa!) at the time pointed me to Dr. Ross Greene, specifically his book titled “The Explosive Child”. I was

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What Does School Readiness Mean?

  Written by Windy Chou MS, OTR/L Many of the thoughts that race through parents’ heads when choosing a preschool involve wondering what kind of discipline system they have, what teaching philosophy the school provides academically or socially, what are the facilities like, how accommodating or communicative will the staff be about their children’s progress,

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