Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast
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 help you stay up-to-date with the latest trends in pediatric occupational therapy. Subscribe now and unlock actionable strategies to help the children you serve thrive!
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Keywords: occupational therapy, OT, pediatric occupational therapy, evidence based practice, peds OT
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast
Ep. 17 Time Management Treatment Ideas for ADHD
Ready for an ADHD intervention that tackles the root problem of time management? This Swedish research hands occupational therapy practitioners a comprehensive protocol that includes both remediation and compensation strategies for time processing difficulties. We unpack the three core components of time processing ability and explore a manualized program blending environmental modifications with daily skill-building sessions. Plus, Lacy shares a Failed It story about shoes that went missing, and Michele explains a fantastic Nailed It experience with her strategy for diffusing a power struggle during an OT evaluation.
We share our own thoughts in the Research Review and encourage you to read the article too.
Wennberg, B., Janeslätt, G., Gustafsson, P. A., & Kjellberg, A. (2019). Occupational performance goals and outcomes of time-related interventions for children with ADHD. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 28(2), 158–170. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2020.1820570
Researchers and occupational therapists Dr. Gunnel Janeslätt and Dr. Birgitta Wennberg from the Center for Clinical Research Dalarna, Sweden, were pleased that their research was featured on this podcast and wanted to share that the OT intervention program "More Control of Time" is now a manual-based OT intervention method and they offer training to OT practitioners. They also emphasized that it is also important to assess the level of time-processing and daily time management to design the intervention, adding time assistive products. More information about the assessment Kit for assessing time processing ability (KaTid) can be found on the website www.katid.eu (personal communication, June 6, 2025).
Here are other related articles:
Ahlström, S. W., & Almqvist, L. (2023). The experiences and the meaning of using MyTime in the preschool context from the perspective of children in need of special support, 5–6 years of age. Child: Care, Health and Development, 49, 1096–1103. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.13121
Ahlström, S. W., Janeslätt, G., & Almqvist, L. (2022). Feasibility of an intervention to facilitate time and everyday functioning in preschoolers. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 29(4), 337–352. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2021.1981434
Janeslätt, G., Ahlström, S. W., & Granlund, M. (2019). Intervention in time-processing ability, daily time management and autonomy in children with intellectual disabilities aged 10–17 years – A cluster randomised trial. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 66, 110–120. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12547
Wallin Ahlström, S., Janeslätt, G., Gustavsson, C., Harder, M., & Almqvist, L. (2024). Intervention in time processing ability and everyday functioning for preschool children in need of special support: A randomized controlled study. Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention. https://doi.org/10.1080/19411243.2024.2403363
KEYWORDS: Occupational therapy; evidence-based practice; OT; OT ideas; Peds OT; pediatric occupational therapy; activities of dailing living; ADHD; COPM; time-assistive devices; ADHD
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