2020 World Occupational Therapy Day – Interview with Miss Mara!

In this post, as part of our 2020 World OT Day celebration, we would like to recognize Miss Mara, one of our new OTs who joined our team this season! We hope you enjoy it! Don’t miss tomorrow’s interviews with Miss Amanda and Miss Nadia! How you’ve been reimagining participation in occupations throughout your career? [...]

By |2020-10-29T11:09:06-05:00October 29th, 2020|0 Comments

2020 World Occupational Therapy Day – Interview with Miss Elyse!

Continuing with our 2020 World OT Day celebration posts, today we are sharing with you an interview with Miss Elyse, one of our wonderful OTs! We hope you enjoy it! Stay tuned for the next interviews! How you’ve been reimagining participation in occupations throughout your career? To me, being an occupational therapist means using a [...]

By |2020-10-30T13:27:04-05:00October 28th, 2020|0 Comments

2020 World Occupational Therapy Day – ‘Reimagine Doing’

Every year, the World Federation of Occupational Therapists creates a campaign to celebrate World Occupational Therapy Day, which takes place on October 27th. The 2020 campaign theme is ‘Reimagine Doing’ and the main goal is to celebrate the expertise of occupational therapy for reimagining participation in occupations that provide value and meaning to everyday life. [...]

By |2020-10-30T13:26:23-05:00October 27th, 2020|5 Comments

Pathways and Resources for Engagement and Participation: How to integrate evidence into practice

This week, Tori McQuat will be sharing her story about her time with the Dance Ability Movement and what she has done to improve service delivery at the Dance Ability Movement. Hi everyone! My name is Tori McQuat and I am a second year Occupational Therapy student at the University of Toronto. Originally, I had [...]

By |2020-06-17T11:37:03-05:00June 17th, 2020|0 Comments

Communication & Expression – Staying Connected Through Dance

My name is Mara and I am an occupational therapy student from the University of Toronto!  For the past eight weeks, I have been working with Mallory and Jade along with three other students to complete our third fieldwork placement.  I was ecstatic when I learned I had been matched with the Dance Ability Movement!  [...]

By |2021-05-07T08:51:06-05:00June 12th, 2020|0 Comments

What is good for some dancers, is good for all! A student occupational therapist’s perspective on universal design.

Throughout my two years as an occupational therapy student, I have learned the importance of creating an inclusive classroom and allowing individuals of all abilities to have a chance to participate in any activity they enjoy. As occupational therapists, we understand the importance that activities have on an individual’s wellbeing and mental health – each [...]

By |2021-05-07T08:54:06-05:00June 8th, 2020|0 Comments

Making the Connection: A Student Occupational Therapist Perspective

As a student occupational therapist, one of the main concepts that have been instilled in me is the profound impact that engaging in meaningful activities has on one’s health and wellbeing. When you break down this idea, it truly does make sense as our lives are made up of doing things we like, or need [...]

By |2020-05-29T08:58:31-05:00May 29th, 2020|0 Comments

Everyone deserves a chance to dance; reflections from our International Student OT

Hello everyone! We kicked off 2019 by welcoming our first international student, Becca, from the University of South Dakota. Becca is a Doctoral Occupational Therapy student who spent four weeks with us and traveled to all of our studios. You likely saw her bright smile in the lobby and in our classes throughout the month [...]

By |2019-02-06T14:36:08-05:00February 6th, 2019|0 Comments

OT Month Celebration Post

Hello again, Dance Ability community! In this post, as part of our OT celebration month, we would like to recognize and thank Sabrina Curatolo! Sabrina is our primary OT at June Lawrence School of Dance in Mississauga. Q: What was your first interaction / experience with The Dance Ability Movement? A: Attending a class at [...]

By |2018-10-26T09:11:34-05:00October 26th, 2018|0 Comments

OT Month Celebration Post

Hello Dance Ability Movement community! As you may know, October is OT month and we are celebrating the wonderful OT's that make up The Dance Ability Movement! In this post we would like to recognize Casey Cadeau, our primary OT at Elite Dance Corps in Bradford and secondary OT at the Dance Workshop in Alliston. [...]

By |2018-10-11T22:08:31-05:00October 11th, 2018|0 Comments
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