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Start Your Own OT Driving Risk Assessment Program
Calling all Generalist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: Start Your Own OT Driving Risk Assessment Program The OT Driving Risk Assessment is quickly becoming the next big trend in healthcare. This is a reimbursable service covered by the trained occupational therapy practitioner and it is easily integrated into the standard OT evaluation or the current plan of…
Read More15 OT Certifications and Specialties
The dynamic and multifaceted field of occupational therapy is essential in assisting people navigating challenges and enhancing their quality of life. With a wide variety of specialties and certifications available, occupational therapists (OTs) can customize their expertise to meet the unique needs of their clients. Here, we will go over some of the most popular…
Read MoreOT Driver Rehabilitation Consulting
OT Driver Rehabilitation Consulting Susie Touchinsky, occupational therapist, certified driver rehabilitation specialist, owner of Adaptive Mobility, provides consultancy services that focus on the advancement of the driver rehabilitation sector of occupational therapy. Susie has decades of experience and a steadfast dedication to enhancing mobility solutions, bringing a wealth of knowledge to every venture. Her consulting…
Read MoreTips for the OTP: Help Your Patient Return to Driving After Illness or Injury.
๐บ๏ธ Driving in an unfamiliar area without GPS is stressful. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ. Navigating the return to driving without support or guidance creates more stress and frustration than is necessary. As an OTP, youโre uniquely positioned to support these clients with expertise and empathy,…
Read MoreTips for the OTP: How to Talk to My Patient About Driving Retirement
๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ด? ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ. Driving retirement often becomes a traumatic loss of independence where clients and their families are left to figure out their next stepsโฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.…
Read MoreVehicle Technology for Drivers with Disabilities
Vehicle Technology for Drivers with Disabilities One of the cool things about technology is how it can be used to make everyday tasks easier. With technology, we can press a button to open a door, enter a room and have a sensor turn on a light, and speak to any voice service (like Alexa) to…
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