Early Intervention with an OT Mom with Danielle Delorenzo

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

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