Research and Reality

This is a sneak peak at our Patreon only bonus episode where we interview Series 6's guest. Charmaine is the co-author of one of the articles we chose "A scoping review of coaching in occupational therapy: Mapping methods, populations and outcomes." See episode 20 for a full review of that article. Not only is she a researcher but she's also a great clinician and shares insightfu...

Impact of Screen Time on Children’s Development: Cognitive, Language, Physical, and Social and EmotionalDomains Multimodal technologies and Interaction, May 2023 Vaishnavi N. Panjeti-Madan and Prakash Ranganathan How you can get involved: 1. Become ⁠⁠a  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon supporter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ - For just $10AUD/month you get a copy of the blank critique form we use when we review an article, a c...

22 - Healthy mothers healthy families, health promoting activity coaching for mothers of children with a disability: Exploring mother's perspectives of programme feasibility. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal Received March 2022, accepted May 2022. Authors: Vanessa Harris, Helen M Bourke-Taylor, Monica Leo How you can get involved: 1. Become ⁠⁠a  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon supporter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠...

Randomised control trial of occupation performance coaching for families of children with autism spectrum disorder by means of telerehabilitation British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2021 Vol 0 (0) Authors: Ali Reza Jamali, Mehdi Alizadeh Zarei, Mohammad Ali Sanjari, Malahat AkbarFahimi, Seyed Hassan Saneii How you can get involved: 1. Become ⁠⁠a  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon supporter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ - For j...

A scoping review of coaching in occupational therapy: Mapping methods, populations and outcomes. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal July 2024Fiona Graham, Dorothy Kessler, Melissa Nott, Charmaine Bernie, Parimala Kanagasabai, Christine A. Barthow How you can get involved: 1. Become ⁠⁠a  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon supporter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ - For just $10AUD/month you get a copy of the blank critique form we u...

Instructions for Administering the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure with Children Themselves. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics 2023, VOL. 43, NO. 1, 58–73 Gijs Verkerka (apparently pronounced Hedj) , Lisanne van der Molen-Meulmeester, Margo van Hartingsveldt , and Mattijs Alsema. How you can get involved: 1. Become ⁠⁠a  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon supporter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ - For just $10AUD...

Therapist perceptions of barriers to telehealth uptake in children’s occupational therapy Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. April 2023. Caroline Mills, Kirralee Hazeltine, Annette Zucco, Tracy Phan, Elise Baker How you can get involved: 1. Become ⁠⁠a  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon supporter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ - For just $10AUD/month you get a copy of the blank critique form we use when we review an article, a copy o...

Parent perspectives of an occupational therapy telehealth intervention. International Journal of Telerehabilitation Vol. 11, No. 1 Spring 2019 Anna Wallisch, Lauren Little, Ellen Pope, Winnie Dunn How you can get involved: 1. Become ⁠⁠a  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon supporter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ - For just $10AUD/month you get a copy of the blank critique form we use when we review an article, a copy of the article in advanc...

Telehealth in paediatric occupational therapy: a scoping review. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation Feb 2021 Gözde Önal, Güleser Güney, Fatma Gün, Meral Huri How you can get involved: 1. Become ⁠⁠a  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon supporter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ - For just $10AUD/month you get a copy of the blank critique form we use when we review an article, a copy of the article in advance (where copyright permi...

Why B4.2 (where did B4.1 go I hear you say). We have 3 bonus episodes for our neurodiversity affirming practice series. To honour our Patreon supporters, the other two bonus episodes (B4.1 Kate Kleinau & B4.3 Sue Fletcher-Watson) are only available to our Patreon supporters. See link below for joining. However, we loved this bonus episode so much, we wanted to make it available to all our list...

The second half of our discussion on this article. Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices are a Moral Imperative for Occupational Therapy The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy April 2022 Aaron R. Dallman, Kathryn L. Williams, Lauren Villa How you can get involved: 1. Tell your friends and colleagues about us. We are aimed at OTs but some of our topics are certainly relevant for other professions. 2...

We had so much to discuss from this article that we split it into two episodes so you wouldn't have to listen for too long in one go. Enjoy this one and then look out soon for the next half. Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices are a Moral Imperative for Occupational Therapy The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy April 2022 Aaron R. Dallman, Kathryn L. Williams, Lauren Villa How you can get in...

Autistic peer-to-peer information transfer is highly effective. Autism 2020, Vol. 24 Catherine J Crompton1, Danielle Ropar, Claire VM Evans-Williams, Emma G Flynn, Sue Fletcher-Watson How you can get involved: 1. Tell your friends and colleagues about us. We are aimed at OTs but some of our topics are certainly relevant for other professions. 2. Rate & review on the podcast app – this helps ot...

Autism and empathy: What are the real links? Sue Fletcher-Watson and Geoffrey Bird Autism (this is the title of the journal) Vol 24, 2020 How you can get involved: 1. Tell your friends and colleagues about us. We are aimed at OTs but some of our topics are certainly relevant for other professions. 2. Rate & review on the podcast app – this helps others find the podcast. 3.  ⁠⁠Email us⁠⁠ 4. Che...

Controlled choice, not choice and control: Families' reflections after one year using the National Disability Insurance Scheme Gabrielle Smethurst, Helen M Bourke-Taylor, Claire Cotter, Fiona Beauchamp Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy Accepted for publication December 2020 This is our 'now for something completely different' article that does not correspond to our Handwriting...

This is our bonus episode where we interview Term 1, 2023's guest, and touch base on why she chose the article "Effect of pencil grasp on the speed and legibility of handwriting after a 10-minute copy task in Grade 4 children." (See episode 11 for a full review of that article). We also ask her lots of great questions about handwriting which is her area of passion and interest. So, g...

11 - Effect of pencil grasp on the speed and legibility of handwriting after a 10-minute copy task in Grade 4 children  Heidi Schwellnus, Heather Carnahan, Azadeh Kushki, Helene Polatajko, Cheryl Missiuna and Tom Chau  Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy Accepted for publication March 2012  Also in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy November-December 2012 How you can get involved:...

Handwriting and typing: Occupational therapy practice when supporting adolescents with handwriting difficulties. British Journal of Occupational Therapy 2022, Vol 85 (11) 891 - 899 Ruth Nightingale, Emma Sumner, Melissa Prunty, Anna L Barnett The Canchild MATCH resource we mention in the episode: https://www.canchild.ca/en/resources/123-m-a-t-c-h-flyers-a-resource-for-educators How you can get inv...

A systematic review of occupational therapy intervention for handwriting skills in 4-6 year old children Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy Accepted 5 November 2019 Authors: Masne Kadar, Farahiyah Wan Yunus, Eileen Tan, Siaw Chui Chai, Nor Afifi Razaob, Durratul Husna Mohamat Kasim How you can get involved: 1. Tell your friends and colleagues about us. We are aimed at OTs but some of our t...

Thank you to all our listeners for your patience. I enjoyed my holidays far too much and so I'm only publishing this interview now!! This is our second bonus episode where we interview Term 4, 2022's guest, and touch base on why she chose the article "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Emotion Regulation Over the Life Span." (See episode 7 for a full review of that article). We al...

The Engaged Child in Occupational Therapy Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 2020, Vol. 87(2) 127-136 Authors: Rachel G. D’Arrigo , Jodie A. Copley, Anne A. Poulsen, and Jenny Ziviani This is our 'now for something completely different' article that does not correspond to our ADHD theme but we hope will appeal broadly across Paediatric OT and even to other professions.  How you can get...

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Emotion Regulation Over the Life Span Hanna Christiansen & Oliver Hirsch & Björn Albrecht & Mira-Lynn Chavanon Current Psychiatry Reports (2019) 21:17 Impact factor 8.081 This is our article from our guest speaker who we will be holding a webinar with at the end of the term. Research and reality webinar - ADHD with Kate Horstmann Join...

Experiencing success: an occupational therapy partnership programme. Gymnastics for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Helen Ambrose Irish Journal of OT. Accepted for publishing 23 September 2021 How you can get involved: 1. Tell your friends and colleagues about us. We are aimed at OTs but some of our topics are certainly relevant for other professions. 2. Rate & review on...

Review of the article - Evaluating the pragmatic language skills of children with ADHD and typically developing playmates following a pilot parent-delivered play-based intervention. Reinie Cordier, Natalie Munro, Sarah Wilkes-Gillan, Lydia Ling, Kimberley Docking and Wendy Pearce Australian Journal of OT Accepted for publication 31 March 2016. Published 2017 64, 11–23 Research and reality webinar...

Our first bonus episode where we interview our term's guest, and touch on why she chose the article "Relation of sensory processing and stomatognical system of oral respiratory children." (See episode 3 for full review of that article).Pippa van Wijk, BOccThy MOccThy, graduated from the University of Queensland in 1994 with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy.  She completed her Masters in Occ...