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Written by Cindy Dodds, PT, PhD. She is an Associate Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Health Professions. Her clinical and research interest focus on children with medical complexity. Her passion in this area has led her… Continue Reading →

As a therapist working with children for over 30  years, I have a collection of pictures of the children with whom I have worked. When I look at the pictures, I proudly and lovingly remember how we worked hard together… Continue Reading →

So, this year, the APTA Combined Sections Meeting had nearly 17,000 participants laissez le bon temps rouler (let the good times roll…) in New Orleans (6,000 were PT students). Both original SeekFreaks were in attendance, learned a LOT and made… Continue Reading →

SeekFreaks is ecstatic to start February with a Spotlight Interview of a therapist who goes above and beyond to reduce wasted equipment, and giving them new life through her non-profit! Marne Iwand, MPT, ATP   work for Munroe Meyer Institute at the… Continue Reading →

Written by: Karen Tartick, PT, who practices in the Durham Public Schools in Durham, NC.  Karen has served as a member of the Autism subcommittee of the School Based Physical Therapy Special Interest Group, and co-authored the Autism Spectrum Disorder Guide for parents on… Continue Reading →

Hello there! I recently spent a lovely long weekend in Orlando, Florida, to attend the AOTA’s specialty conference for school therapists. It was well attended; over 400 folks participated, along with thousands (or so it seemed) of Irish step-dancers. If… Continue Reading →

How does trauma and toxic stress impact the children we serve and the services we provide? We all know that during the critical period of early childhood development (0 – 3 years of age), a child’s brain is most plastic…such… Continue Reading →

SeekFreaks was at APPTAC 2017, and had a blast learning, presenting, networking and trying out equipment. We also interviewed our co-SeekFreaks to find out what they learned from, or presented at APPTAC.  

[smbtoolbar] Have you ever wondered where you were ever going to find the time in the school day to contact a parent, write a request for equipment for one of your students, answer an email invite to a meeting, or… Continue Reading →

[smbtoolbar] Happy Summer, SeekFreaks! Both SeekFreaks participated in the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy’s Innovations in School-based Physical Therapy Practice 2017 conference in our nation’s capital – Washington, DC, July 14th & 15th. It was awesome!! I’m here to… Continue Reading →

Written by Peggy Morris, OTD, OTR/L, BCP . Peggy is an OT with 30+ yearspediatric experience in early intervention, private practice, and out-patient services – but most of her experience and passion is in school-based practice.  She teaches graduate students… Continue Reading →

[smbtoolbar] Happy Summer, SeekFreaks! What are you up to? Summer makes me think of vacations, especially some place sunny.  So I decided to take all of you to Spain with this interview with Vanesa Abuin, PT, MSc, PhD. She is… Continue Reading →

Happy end of school year, SeekFreaks!  I hope each of you are able to take some time to unwind, regroup and reflect…if not for an actual vacation maybe a stay-cation? Here are some reflection questions for you to ponder and… Continue Reading →

[smbtoolbar] Introduction: What do educational audiologists do? When polling people outside the field of hearing and speech about what they think audiologists do, the most common response is that they do something similar to speech therapy. The second most common… Continue Reading →

[smbtoolbar] SeekFreaks is moving from one celebration to the next. May 8-12 is Teacher Appreciation Week! Have you thought of a way to show that you appreciate their work? Let us do the gift selection, packaging and wrapping for you. While… Continue Reading →

[smbtoolbar] This post wraps up April with continued celebration of Occupational Therapy with a Spotlight interview with Tasha Holmes, an OT who practices in schools via telehealth. She has been an Occupational Therapist for 14 years and has worked with… Continue Reading →

Written by Peggy Morris, OTD, OTR/L, BCP . Peggy is an OT with 30+ yearspediatric experience in early intervention, private practice, and out-patient services – but most of her experience and passion is in school-based practice.  She teaches graduate students… Continue Reading →

[smbtoolbar] CSM was in San Antonio this year and it was awesome! Happily, this SeekFreak was able to attend and re-connected with many old friends and found some new ones. The strength and struggle of this meeting is that all… Continue Reading →

[smbtoolbar] I tried telehealth for my own medical care for the first time last month, and was glad to learn it did help, albeit in a different way than if I visited a doctor. There were kinks, including connectivity issues… Continue Reading →

[smbtoolbar] Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”  — Benjamin Franklin, Author, Inventor & Diplomat A new year approaches! How will you make the most… Continue Reading →