5 Considerations for Developing and Maintaining Psychological Safety with a Feedback Partner
3 Part Series on Reflective Practice and Psychological Safety Series (Part 2) Cultivating Psychological Safety If you missed our previous blog post about selecting the right feedback partner, check it out first before continuing with this read. We promise it will make more sense! Read the Previous Post Here Once you’ve identified a suitable feedback […]
New Course: Reflective Practice
After taking on The Pocket OT and rebranding to The Therapeutic Edge, we became excited about the possibilities of bringing on new course instructors! We are excited to announce and introduce our first new instructor, Andrew Klein, MS, OTR/L and his upcoming course, “Reflective Practice in Peds: Becoming your most confident practitioner-self.” Ever feel self-doubt […]
How confident are you with testing primitive reflexes?
Did anyone else graduate from school only to feel that their education around primitive reflexes was lacking? You aren’t alone if you feel that way (Psst…spoiler alert, scroll to the bottom for a link to a course that can change this for you). As a pediatric occupational therapist, I have made a habit of assessing […]
5 Ways to Assess Movement to Build Functional Outcomes

Therapists, looking for tips to assess your students’ movement for better functional outcomes? Me too! I have been doing a ton of research for improving functional outcomes. Some of the same activities over and over get boring for me and for my students. While searching for evidence for my newest course, Building Better Brains Through […]
ABCs of Movement: Brain Breaks
What IS a brain break? To put it simply, they are short bursts of activity designed to energize the brain and body for learning. By boosting blood flow to the body and brain, they can help children to learn. One of my favorite brain break websites is GoNoodle. There, you can find awesome, fun videos for […]