OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs
Earn your OT CEUs by listening to our episodes for free, then logging into the OT Potential Club to take a short quiz and download your certificate. Each week (with breaks for major holidays), we host a live-recorded conversation exploring cutting-edge trends, timely hot topics, and the most impactful developments shaping occupational therapy today.
Our expert guests help you pull out actionable insights you can apply immediately in practice. Designed for both occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and OT students the OT Potential Podcast is your go-to source for AOTA-approved, evidence-driven occupational therapy continuing education.
OT Potential Podcast | Occupational Therapy CEUs
Strengths-based OT for Ataxia Telangiectasia
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
I was reaching the end of this week’s article when my eyes suddenly flooded with tears.
That’s because I encountered something we had not yet seen in the OT Potential Podcast: strengths-based recommendations. And I don't mean strength training. I mean focusing on our patients' strengths (rather than their impairments) and leveraging them so patients get the absolute most out of their care.
This concept is especially important when you consider the patient population we examine this week: those with ataxia telangiectasia (A-T).
We could easily focus on the disabilities of patients with this rare disease. However, the authors of this week's article did a fantastic job of looking at the innate strengths of patients with A-T, and how we might consider them when creating care plans. I will be eager to hear from anyone who has worked with this population and/or has experience with strengths-based approaches.
Rothblum-Oviatt, C., Wright, J., Lefton-Greif, M.A. et al. Ataxia telangiectasia: a review. Orphanet J Rare Dis 11, 159 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-016-0543-7
(Another great way to support our podcast is to use our MedBridge promo code!)
