OT resources

Cognitive Ergonomics: Supporting Your Brain Through Your Environment

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This handout introduces the concept of cognitive ergonomics and shows how small environmental changes can support focus, memory, and decision-making. Use it to help clients identify practical ways to reduce cognitive load and create home routines that support clearer thinking.
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Reframing Progress with Feeding

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
Help families recognize meaningful feeding progress beyond bites and food counts. This handout helps therapists shift the conversation toward reduced stress, increased tolerance, and growing curiosity around food.
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The Hidden Tax: Understanding Masking and Burnout

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
Help clients understand masking and the hidden effort it takes to navigate social expectations after brain injury, ADHD, autism, or anxiety. This handout explains the concept in simple language and introduces practical ways clients can reduce cognitive load and recover from masking burnout.
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Why Adolescence is Developmentally Wired for Disorganization

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This resource reframes adolescent disorganization from a behavioral deficit to a natural byproduct of a brain optimized for exploration and identity formation. It provides therapists with a neuro-informed framework to help parents shift from frustrating power struggles toward a stance of developmental mentorship and supportive scaffolding.
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Neurodevelopment Reality Checks

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This resource helps parents see everyday challenges through a developmental lens rather than a milestone checklist. Therapists can use it to normalize variation in development while guiding conversations about when support may be helpful.
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Barrier Matching Game: Fine Motor + Descriptive Language

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
A collaborative barrier game that encourages students to practice describing, listening, and problem-solving while matching picture halves they cannot see. Therapists can use this activity to target expressive language, comprehension, and communication repair while incorporating cutting, visual scanning, and turn-taking.
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Return to Work Series: Creating a Purchase Order from an Inventory List

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This return-to-work activity helps therapists guide clients through a realistic office task while focusing on strategy use, problem-solving, and workplace adaptation rather than correctness. Use it to collaboratively explore what supports, accommodations, or workflow changes make real-world job tasks more manageable after injury or illness.
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Dishwasher Manual Navigation Activity

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This real-world activity uses an actual appliance manual to help clients practice finding information when something isn’t working as expected. Use it in therapy to build flexible problem-solving, reading endurance, and confidence with everyday written materials without turning the task into a test.
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Voice Commands for Memory and Organization (iPhone and Android)

April 30, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This resource empowers patients to offload cognitive tasks and manage health routines using the new conversational power of Gemini and Siri. It is designed as a practical tool for therapists to help clients build independence, reduce executive function fatigue, and bridge the gap between sessions with AI support.
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The Inbox Triage Activity

March 31, 2026 by Kimi Mitchell.
This activity helps therapists target executive functioning through a realistic mail-sorting task that builds planning, prioritization, initiation, and problem-solving skills. Use it to explore how your client approaches real-world demands, identify breakdown points, and develop personalized systems for managing everyday responsibilities.
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