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What is Occupational Therapy? With Laura Ruzzano
Episode 6829th May 2024 • Newborn to Teen and Everything in Between • Decibelle Creative
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Laura was born and raised in Southern California and has been in London since 2021.  She is the daughter of an Occupational Therapist (OT) and now runs a private practice – Kid Kind Collective and works with children as a Paediatric OT. 

We spoke about: 

  • What an OT actually does (Becks had no idea!) and why they do what they do in terms of outcomes for the children. 
  • How OTs help people be adaptive with how they get to the end goal. 
  • All about sensory processing – what this means and how an OT can help as a ‘sensory detective’ and getting the whole family involved with this.  
  • How an OT can help when children just can’t sit still (more detective work!) 
  • How you can get your child referred to an OT and what happens at their first appointment (often work can start before an ADHD or Autism diagnosis for example). 
  • The link with emotional regulation and how the work that an OT does to support children can impact on this. 
  • Laura’s top 3 things that she loves about being an OT. 
  • What Laura’s childhood was like as the daughter of an OT and what she learnt. 

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Laura’s website:  https://www.kid-kind.com/ 

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