IPad Apps For Adults with Learning Disabilities

I am currently doing a piece of research around the use of an ipad for our clients with learning disabilities in my NHS trust

I thought i would share and blog the process:

Its taken 1 year to get consent from the IT department to have permission for the ipad - following a detailed case!! IT departments are the hardest people to get permission from ever!! I have learnt to tap into people from the top....

So, i am meeting with the head of IT tomorrow. I have found about 40 apps which used be useful for my clients. This will be posted later

I will blog tomorrow re: meeting and the next stage....

AMPS Course Day One

What a day…!!!!!!

Up at 6.10am, at the COT by 8.30 and back home at 7pm

Managed to do so much – it’s not a case of sitting and listening!!

Everyone needs to remember to bring a highlighter. Luckily my supervisor had a space one. We spend the first morning, highlighting pages after pages.

What we did:

A little on the theory, although I manage to do most of the reading before the course

Learnt all the motor skills and analysis these with two case study

Discussed the process skills

I have managed to learn a few new things:

1.       Miracle Whip – appears to be very common kitchen ingredient in the AMPS examples. It’s a type of mayo…!! Someone on the course stated ‘ Miracle Whip is hard to grip’ (as the example experience a ‘grip slip’).

2.       Adapting Performance Skills are the hardest skills to understand at the end of the day, especially Adjusts and Accommodates – I just hope it makes sense by the end of the week. 

3.       I have lots of problems with calibrates…I bang things all the time my cupboard drawers and I squeeze too much toothpaste everyday

The COT – supplied lovely coffee with COT mugs (I want one…) and biscuits – although no biscuits at 3pm break!!

Now to read chapters 5-6 …although I have a massive headache

Starting an OT blog

This is the start of my attempt to blog about all things OT!!!

My passion for OT and using the internet to share information has inspired me to create this blog.

The only problem being that..... I dont have the internet at home!!! Slight Problem????

I will try and blog at work (in my lunch hour of course) or when at my parents home.

Aims of the blog will be:
- Create a space to share ideas related to OT
- Discuss the wonders and difficulties being an OT
- Writing my frustrations and joys....