Our Experts' blog

Tina is an expert Paediatric Occupational Therapist, she specialises in Sensory Integration and over the last year has helped many children with developmental delays. In this article, Tina shares her experiences of delivering remote therapy and shifting her focus onto coaching parents and carers.

Catriona is one of our specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapists, helping children with complex needs and life limiting conditions. She is also the founder of a premature baby charity, supporting families following neonatal intensive care. In her article, Catriona highlights the educational needs of children born prematurely and the impact of COVID-19.

Alison is one of The OT Practice’s expert Occupational Therapists who specialises in Fatigue Management. Here, Alison discusses how Long COVID is affecting our clients and shares some practical guidance for recovery and long-term fatigue management.

With the status quo being challenged, we have experienced a new and enlightening perspective on the delivery of occupational therapy in the community. Nikki discusses 9 key benefits of delivering care remotely.

Rachel is an OT Practice Occupational Therapist specialising in Hand Therapy, who has been delivering care remotely to her clients since lockdown began. Here, Rachel shares her experiences and highlights specifically the benefits our referrers are seeing from remote intervention.

Louise has been instrumental in helping us develop our Remote Services and is involved in our remote therapy training programme for our OT’s. Louise reflects on the impact of lockdown and some of the key lessons she has learnt about delivering therapy remotely.

Zandri is an OT Practice Paediatric Occupational Therapist specialising in Sensory Processing Disorder, who has been instrumental in helping The OT Practice develop and refine our service for the remote delivery of therapy. Here she shares an experience, explaining the largely unexpected benefits, of treating a child with ASD remotely.

Jane is an OT Practice Occupational Therapist working with children and adults, who has helped develop and refine our service for the remote delivery of therapy. Here Jane gives us some insights on how to achieve a successful outcome from remote intervention and in particular how it enables therapist to be more responsive.

Holidays can be a logistical challenge. Read our guide on our top holiday tips for wheelchair users or those with additional needs. We've included considerations for travelling abroad as well as some UK based travel ideas.

The last decade has seen some exciting advances in neurological occupational therapy practice. Focusing on two approaches to upper-limb rehabilitation, find out more about Mirror Therapy and Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy and the significant benefits to clients.