Tier OT Services, PC

08/31/2025

Via

08/25/2025

PROUD to be your OT! 🌸🌿

I am a school-based Occupational Therapist. I carry many roles. I listen like a trusted friend, lift up students with the spirit of a motivator, and guide with the steady hand of a mentor. I design solutions with creativity, support with empathy, and encourage with patience. I celebrate the smallest victories and help students push through the hardest challenges.

No, I won’t grade your homework or decide your class schedule. But I will nurture confidence, strengthen skills, and open doors to independence at school and beyond.

https://www.theottoolbox.com/occupational-therapy-in-schools/

08/21/2025

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Infants and toddlers face stressful events in their everyday lives, just as adults do. Infants and young children with brain lesions are easily over-stimulated and have difficulty in dealing with environmental stimuli, exhibiting neurobehavioral disorganization including poor self-regulation.6,11 ....

08/16/2025

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Tips from a former elementary teacher for moms and dads that are picking up those little ones from school....

1. First and foremost, smile at them when you see them. I know your days aren’t always perfect, but let them know you’re happy to see them. I can’t tell you the amount of times that kids are picked up that their parents or guardians never look over and smile. Let that first look from you be one that welcomes them because more than likely your smile is the only one they care for right now.

2. Please, please, please do not let the first thing out of your mouth be “What color did you get on?” Or “Did you have to move your pin today?”. There are so many more important things to ask than that. Ask what made them laugh, or did you make a new friend, or what did you learn?

3. Understand that, especially on these first few days, they are exhausted...mentally and physically. Their worlds have been rocked. They have new expectations from a new teacher...expectations they probably do not have at home. Have grace. They will need it.

4. They’re probably starving. Have a little snack waiting on them. Sometimes kids eat as early as 10:50 for lunch....and unless the school provides a snack, or you’ve sent one for them, they may not have eaten since then.

5. Even though they’re tired, they have a lot of bottled up energy! They’ve been asked to sit and get quiet off and on for 6-8 hours. They need to be able to talk and fidget and just be kids! Let them!

Remember these days will not last. Pretty soon they’ll be grown and you won’t have these moments. Find joy in the journey.

They're only little once!

*Great advice from Aubree Paige

08/11/2025

Fun 🤩!!

08/08/2025

07/26/2025

A tidbit on toe walking https://starfishtherapies.com/blog/2025/02/toe-walking-weak-calves-not-strong-ones-debunking-a-common-myth 🚶

Many people observe individuals who habitually walk on their toes and assume this indicates exceptional calf strength. After all, maintaining a raised heel position seems like it would require powerful calf muscles. However, this common assumption gets the reality exactly backward. In this post, we....

07/25/2025

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07/17/2025

Skip the screens!!

07/15/2025

Executive functioning skills are life skills. They are in everything we do. 🧠