OT 4 Lyfe

Sarah and Brock discuss:

• His favorite things about OT
• How his podcast Occupied has impacted his own learning: http://www.brockcook.com/category/podcast/
• Hero vs Anti-hero theory
• Importance of understanding complex theories and how they apply to understand people better
• Self-awareness as a therapist
• The great coriander debate
• “Pot Stir Thursday” on MH4OT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MH4OT/
• How he came to think about things differently
• Empowering his students to think for themselves
• The fear of failure
• Taking a step back to realize where you are
• Episode with Sarah’s first supervisor- Inspiration, Sensory Integration and Zen with Roxie Fernandez: https://ot4lyfe.com/1/
• How being in academia has impacted his own view on learning
• Where he wants to see the profession of occupational therapy go in the future
• Brock’s episode with Professor Gail Whiteford: http://www.brockcook.com/024/
• What Brock has learned from podcasting
• The episode Brock talks about that pushed him way outside his comfort zone: http://www.brockcook.com/063/
• List of Occupational Therapy Podcasts: http://www.otpodcasts.com/
• #OTTalk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottalk

Contact Brock:

Website: http://www.occupiedpodcast.com

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brockcookOT

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/occupiedpodcast

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/occupiedpodcast

While working as a school-based OT, Deedee Levine MS, OTR/L, YT-200, CD has found gardening and gardens to be a unique and integral part of her Occupational Therapy treatments. In addition to that, it’s helping children understand their overall health from a whole new perspective. Using Occupational Therapy as a pillar of her holistic healing approach, she has branched out into multiple other facets of health care. We discuss:

• How she blends environmental science with occupational therapy
• Impact of outside gardens on youth in schools
• Cooking is the most important OT treatment session
• Skills utilized during cooking activity
• How taking care of a plant can influence children
• Food justice and implications of availability of fresh foods in low income areas
• Empowering families to be able to grow and make their own foods to be healthy
• Microscopic versus whole view lens
• Disconnection between where our food comes from these days
• Grants and funding opportunities for therapists
• Engaging the entire school and not just students receiving therapy
• Occupational therapy can also be seen as opportunity therapy
• Incorporating yoga and Ayurvedic doula into occupational therapy
• Relatedness of sensory processing and Ayurveda
• Promoting health and wellness at the beginning, rather than only addressing it once something goes wrong
• An explanation of her private practice, Deedee Levine Therapeutics

Find out more on her site: https://www.deedeelevinetherapeutics.com/

Or follow her on:

Instagram: @deedeelevinetherapeutics

Facebook: DeedeeLevineTherapeutics

Sarah and Jordan discuss:

• Today is a big day, why is that?
• Experiencing back to back fieldworks
• When did he find out about OT?
• How the Level 1 Fieldworks were integrating within his program
• One thing he wished he knew going into his level 2 fieldworks
• Realization of balancing life with fieldwork
• Challenges he faced during his rotations
• Managing self-care
• Resources for Level 2 students
• Importance of community
• OT Exam study resources
  • National Occupational Therapy Certification Exam Review and Study Guide
  • https://nbcotexamprep.aota.org/
• What’s next for him?
• His capstone project trip to Guatemala

Find more Resources here: https://ot4lyfe.com/resources/

Follow Jordan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordanot_/

Chantal, EJ, and Sarah discuss:

• Their current feelings heading into the last 2 weeks of fieldwork
• Feelings about midterm scoring
• What going through the midterm looked like
• Importance of self reflection during fieldwork
• What their day-to-day looks like in fieldwork
• The importance of having other students with you on fieldwork
• Practice supervision for OT and OTA students
• Reflections on expectations and managing the role of the student
• Becoming your own therapist and not just an imitation of your supervisor
• The last two weeks of fieldwork and beyond
• Finding a job as a new grad

It’s week 9 of Level II fieldwork and Rachelle and Maya are here to discuss their current state’s as they head into the last few weeks of their clinical rotation:

• Current expectations at the end of their fieldwork
• How to handle schedule changes
• Strategies for documentation and report writing
• The benefits of having a support system outside of OT
• Work-life balance
• Importance of working with the family in pediatrics

Coping strategies for dealing with the mental, physical, and emotional stress of fieldwork.