Episode 68

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29th May 2024

What is Occupational Therapy? With Laura Ruzzano

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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