Therapeutic Recreation (or recreation therapy) is using recreational and other activities as treatment interventions to improve functional living skills by focusing on physical, emotional, cognitive, and social developmental areas. As a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, I am able to look at the needs of each child and create activities to meet those needs. I meet… Read More
Special Needs
Already July?
So hard to believe that it is already July! Gio’s Garden has been open and serving families for a month now! We have gotten a lot accomplished over the last month. We have started providing care for a few different families. It does take some time to fill out all the paperwork that is required… Read More
A Special Night with UW’s OTs
Saturday evening, my husband, Adam, had just buckled Lauren into the car to meet her brother at a birthday party, as I prepared to leave for the UW-Madison Occupational Therapy graduation banquet. Spur-of-the-moment, I asked Lauren if she’d want to come with me, to thank the OTs for helping Gio’s Garden and to tell them… Read More
