First off, my husband is back and it is wonderful to have him home. I have been working full time, so I have been too busy to blog or decorate, or do much of anything.
On to a new thought. I am a pediatric Occupational Therapist, and at my old part time job, I worked a lot with kids who had feeding problems. My new job, I am working for a school district, and I miss the type of therapy that I used to do. I felt like I was really making a difference in their lives. I don’t have that feeling now. I am thinking of a whole new concept in therapy. I am tossing around remote consultations for feeding problems. When I do a feeding evaluation on a child, I can see a lot of what is going on with them just by watching their mouth move and their reactions to food. These are with kids that do not have neurological problems, they are just refusing to eat or gagging on food. I am wondering if I might be able to help some kids by watching a video of their eating and talking with their parents about it and then giving them some home activities to try. At this point, it is just a thought, and I am not sure that I have the time right now, but I am definitely thinking about it. There are some kids that I would have to work with and treat in person to make a change, but there are others that might benefit from just some suggestions. Hmmm.
