Occupational therapy home programs often fail not because families lack motivation, but because intervention dose exceeds capacity. In pediatric occupational therapy, prioritization and precise parent education can improve adherence and outcomes more than adding additional strategies.

When I was a new grad in acute care, I thought good occupational therapy meant early mobility, efficient documentation, and meeting productivity standards. What I didn’t realize was that I was missing the most important intervention: supporting behavior change. Hospitalization is often a behavioral inflection point, and behavior change in occupational therapy is not driven by education alone. It is driven by process, agency, and human connection.

Most occupational therapy outcomes are decided outside the session. Learn why carryover matters and how coaching skills support real-life change in OT practice.

Learn about evidence-based assessment tools and intervention approaches for occupational therapy (OT) practitioners to improve medication adherence & medication management in chronic disease management.

If you're an occupational therapy practitioner working with clients who have chronic conditions, you've experienced this frustration: your client understands what they need to do, but they're not doing it. Traditional interventions address physical barriers brilliantly, but when the barrier is behavioral or emotional, we need different tools. Discover why coaching skills are the missing piece in chronic disease management.