It's our job as therapists to inspire...not require

Therapists, whether we are OT, PT, or SLP...never force or require our patients or clients to do anything - but sometimes we have to provide a little extra encouragement, motivation, and inspiration; and I think we can all agree this is true for almost any population or setting.

This holds true especially in my practice as an Early Interventionist. As I’m sure you know, there is just no “requiring” a baby or toddler to do anything - they usually have their own little agenda! But we use our unique skills to inspire our little ones to play with us as we help work towards their goals.

𝙎𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚?

✨We use what’s in the environment
✨We encourage creativity and have fun
✨We incorporate treatment into natural, everyday routines
✨We follow our client’s lead
✨We use therapeutic use of self and focus on connection
✨We build rapport and cultivate a relationship
✨We make it meaningful and occupation-based, always.

One of the beautiful things about our collective rehab professions is that although many people never expect to be in a position to need us, they are almost always grateful to have us and I think this is a huge reason why. We don’t require them to do anything, but they end up inspired to do everything 🙌🏾

𝗜’𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 ➡️ 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀? 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗴 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 🤩🌟