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Archive for June, 2010

Group Game Therapy

Group Game Therapy

Linnea Laufer and Laura Hessig, COTAs at Park View Gardens, joined their creative talents to create an OT treatment game that we frequently use with our patients. They created the game about two years ago in response to a request that the department increase the use of group treatments. Not only did they come up [...]


Group Therapy at Desert Terrace

Group Therapy at Desert Terrace

At Desert Terrace, we began doing groups for 3 reasons: 1. Increase patient motivation with therapy; 2. Improve efficiency on days with meetings; 3. To have more fun at work! We perform several groups. On Fridays, our occupational therapy department has cooking groups. Each patient has a preparation task and a clean-up task to perform. [...]