How to advocate for OT with your pediatrician: with Dr. Krupa Playforth

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In honor of Occupational Therapy month, I’m interviewing Dr. Krupa Playforth to help us understand the challenges parents and doctors face when it comes to referring kids with sensory needs to OT. Dr. Playforth and I will unpack from a parent perspective, therapist and pediatrician perspective and give tips on specific questions to ask/what to say in order to best advocate for OT services with your pediatrician.

Dr Playforth is a board-certified pediatrician (and a mother of 3) who believes every parent deserves clear, evidence-based, nuanced answers to their child health questions. Although social media and the internet are powerful tools, they can also be a mine of misinformation. Using a combination of sincerity, dry humor, and practical tips from her own experience as a mother, she created The Pediatrician Mom - a safe space and resource full of free information for parents on everything from milestones and constipation to ADHD and COVID. Dr Playforth can be reached at www.thepediatricianmom.com or on social media (@thepediatricianmom).

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What makes someone a “good pediatrician?”
• How you can rephrase certain questions to get more support from your pediatrician
• What are some common roadblocks parents run into when trying to advocate for OT services with their pediatrician
• Questions to ask the pediatrician if they don’t give you a referral to OT right away
• Strategies, scripts and tips for getting a referral to OT
• How you can self-refer to OT if you need to.

Links:
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/70

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

Find more from Dr. Playforth www.thepediatricianmom.com

www.instagram.com/thepediatricianmom

**We are currently on a hiatus until 2025** Sensory Detectives Boot camp Waitlist
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

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