Welcome to Ideas at Play , the go-to podcast for busy pediatric occupational therapy professionals! Whether you're in school-based settings, early intervention, or outpatient practice, we bring you evidence-based strategies, practical tips, and engaging discussions to support your OT practice with children, teens, and young adults. Each episode features: A deep dive into recent pediatric OT research and how to apply it. "Nailed It or Failed It," where we share what’s working—and what isn’t—in our pediatric OT practice. Real-world examples and listener questions about all things pediatric occupational therapy. Shout outs to People, Places, and Products that fill our occupational therapy hearts Join the hosts, Michele Alaniz, OTD, OTR/L, BCP and Lacy Wright, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, as we explore innovative OT ideas, share professional insights, and hel
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Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Michele Alaniz & Lacy Wright, with 79 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.
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Ep. 79 Working Memory Strategies for Autism and ID
Aug 19, 202634 min
Send us a Text or Voicemail A 6 year-old can't hold onto multi-step directions long enough to follow them — not because he isn't listening, but because his working memory drops the information before he can act on it. This week, Michele brings a real case to the table and digs into a 2024 study comparing two cognitive strategies — enactment and visualization — to see which one actually helps kids with autism and intellectual disability with working memory. Spoiler: one of them is the clear winner, and it's not the one you'd expect if you've ever thought about autistic kids as natural visual thinkers. We share our own thoughts in the Research Review and encourage you to read the original article too. Xie, T., Ma, H., Wang, L., & Du, Y. (2024). Can enactment and motor imagery improve working memory for instructions in children with autism spectrum disorder and children with intellectual disability? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54 (1), 131–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05780-z Stay informed, stay curious, and stay playful! ✏️ Sign up for our newsletter by clicking here. Email us a question or comment at IdeasAtPlayPodcast@gmail.com Find us on Instagram @ideas.at.play
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast
Ep. 78 Handwriting, ADHD, and Telehealth
Aug 12, 202635 min
Send us a Text or Voicemail Can a therapist facilitate meaningful handwriting improvement through telehealth? A recent randomized controlled trial out of Ankara, Turkey put that question to the test with kids ages six to eight with the inattentive type of ADHD — and the results are not what Lacy and Michele expected. Listen to hear what the researchers actually did over eight weeks of telehealth sessions and why the approach "shouldn't" have worked. Plus: a Nailed It story with an escalating four-year-old and a floor-mat find that solved a years-long clinic space war. We share our own thoughts in the Research Review and encourage you to read the original article too. Kaplan Kılıç, B., Bumin, G., & Öğütlü, H. (2025). Effect of telerehabilitation on handwriting performance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Randomized controlled trial. Child: Care, Health and Development, 51 (e70055). https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.70055 Check out Michele's upcoming live webinar Rest Assured: Therapy Strategies to Support Pediatric Sleep Stay informed, stay curious, and stay playful! ✏️ Sign up for our newsletter by clicking here. Email us a question or comment at IdeasAtPlayPodcast@gmail.com Find us on Instagram @ideas.at.play
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast
Ep. 77 Outcome Measures for Autistic Preschoolers
Aug 5, 202638 min
Send us a Text or Voicemail Michele found 74 outcome measures to consider for her autistic preschoolers! She and Lacy discuss the top measures from the recent scoping review: which tools show up most in the research, which ones earn a five-star rating for covering the most ground, and where our biggest blind spot as OTs is hiding. Plus, hear about a fun self-care app that may help you as we head into the new school year. We share our own thoughts in the Research Review and encourage you to read the original article too. Ghahramani, S., Hassani Mehraban, A., Alizadeh Zarei, M., & Ghahramani, S. (2024). Occupational therapy outcome measures in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders: A scoping review. OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research , 44 (4), 568–576. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492241246547 Check out Michele's upcoming live webinar Rest Assured: Therapy Strategies to Support Pediatric Sleep Stay informed, stay curious, and stay playful! ✏️ Sign up for our newsletter by clicking here. Email us a question or comment at IdeasAtPlayPodcast@gmail.com Find us on Instagram @ideas.at.play
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast
Summer of Discovery: Building a Money Management Program from Scratch
Jul 29, 202641 min
Send us a Text or Voicemail Too cartoonish. Too advanced. Too many worksheets — nothing fit, so Lacy built her own money management program from scratch. This week she's breaking down exactly how she did it: from backwards design to key ingredients and changes made along the way, it's a behind-the-scenes look at turning a need into a working program. Plus, a listener question worth its own deep dive on neurodiversity affirming practice. Request the money management program discussed by using this form. Stay informed, stay curious, and stay playful! ✏️ Sign up for our newsletter by clicking here. Email us a question or comment at IdeasAtPlayPodcast@gmail.com Find us on Instagram @ideas.at.play
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast
Summer of Discovery: Building & Trialing a Sensory Activity Schedule
Jul 22, 202639 min
Send us a Text or Voicemail “Sensory” is everywhere in pediatric OT, but how do you actually know if and when to try a sensory activity schedule? How do you set one up? When do you know if it is working — or if you're just guessing and hoping? This week, Michele walks through her real system for building a sensory activity schedule from the ground up, from figuring out what a kid actually needs, to adapting it to classrooms or homes, to knowing exactly when to call it a win (or cut your losses). Use this link to request the research cheat sheet for sensory activity schedules. Stay informed, stay curious, and stay playful! ✏️ Sign up for our newsletter by clicking here. Email us a question or comment at IdeasAtPlayPodcast@gmail.com Find us on Instagram @ideas.at.play
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