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Stephanie Lancaster

Welcome to On The air, a podcast for individuals interested in learning about the profession of occupational therapy. Through interviews and dialogue on each episode of the show, we will exp...

Episodes

20 of 132 episodes

Strategies for Coping with Stress & Burnout for OT Practitioners and Students (Episode 134)

Jonathan Miller, OTD, OTR/L, holds a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies and Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Arkansas State University. J...

64:00Feb 18, 2025

The Role of Occupational Therapy in Working with People with ALS (Episode 133)

On this episode, occupational therapy practitioner Cindy Molnar, COTA/L, talks about the role of occupational therapy (OT) in working with p...

53:33May 27, 2024

SnapType: How the Idea of One OT Student is Changing the World (Episode 132)

On this episode, occupational therapist Amberlynn Slavin and her husband Ben Slavin share information about SnapType, an app created based o...

30:21Apr 19, 2024

Resiliency and Mental Illness (Episode 131)

Liz Grace is the pen name of an occupational therapist living from southwestern Ontario, Canada. She lives and works with a mental illness c...

28:47Feb 20, 2024

The Moxie OT on The CO-OP Approach (Episode 130)

On Episode 130, Sarah Zera, OTD, OTR/L, shares the story about how she discovered and fell in love with occupational therapy and discusses h...

53:44Dec 20, 2023

Promoting Self-Determination in Children (Episode 129)

Occupational therapist Amy Coopersmith, MOT, OTR/L, MAEd, has worked as an educator and OT for more than 25 years. She currently works as a...

38:06Mar 22, 2022

The Leadership Pathway of an Occupational Therapy Assistant (Episode 128)

Occupational therapy assistant Amy Mahle is passionate about promoting the occupational therapist/occupational therapy assistant (OT/OTA) co...

54:26Mar 2, 2022

The Power of Professional Membership & Representation (Episode 127)

Vikram Pagpatan, MS, OTRL, ATP, CAS, BCTS, EdDc is a practicing Asian-American occupational therapist from New York City. He is a full time...

29:59Feb 22, 2022

Branching Out in Business: Working as an Occupational Therapy Clinical Specialist (Episode 126)

Mike Jankowski has been an occupational therapist since 2011 and has spent the majority of his career working with the pediatric population...

36:21Feb 18, 2022

Improving Communication in Occupational Therapy Via a Digital Tracking & Monitoring System (Episode 125)

Laura Simmons is the CEO and Founder of Theratrak, a company that offers a digital platform enabling allied health professionals including o...

42:31Jan 1, 2022

Time Management (Episode 124)

For this interview, I brought back the guest from Episode 119 so we could dig deeper into the topic of time management for clinicians and cl...

48:05Dec 24, 2021

Occupational Therapy & Community Partnerships (Episode 123)

Lydia Cremer Kite is an occupational therapist who has experience in a variety of settings including skilled nursing facilities, subacute re...

46:50Dec 16, 2021

The Incredible Power of Hope (Episode 122)

On this episode, we talk about the importance of the support provided by therapists during rehab and the incredible power of hope. Cindy Kol...

39:22Dec 5, 2021

The Occupational Therapy Assistant as a Collaborative Partner and a Leader (Episode 121)

Kimberly Kearney, COTA/L, has been an occupational therapy practitioner since 2003. She has worked in Skilled Nursing, Rehab, Memory Care, A...

41:49Nov 5, 2021

Partnering with Community Day Center Facilities to Build Capacity for OT (Episode 120)

Kaitlyn Cremer, OTD, MOT, OTR/L, has been an occupational therapist for over 10 years. She has worked in a variety of settings including ger...

41:13Oct 31, 2021

The Mindshift for Practice Growth (Episode 119)

Jamey Schrier, PT, is an author, former physical therapy practice owner, and founder of Practice Freedom U. PFU solely focuses on helping pr...

43:00Jul 9, 2021

Boots-on-the-Ground Community Accessibility Ratings: Introducing the Ability App! (Episode 118)

Hailey Scandin is a third-year student in the Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. She is currently...

33:16Jun 18, 2021

Critical Disability Studies & the Politics of Intervention in Healthcare (Episode 117)

Susan Mahipaul is an occupational therapist, an educator, a researcher, and a disability and health naviagator and advocate who completed a...

47:47Jun 6, 2021

Addressing the Occupational Needs of Children and Families from Underserved Communities with a History of Complex Trauma (Episode 116)

Karen Park, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, SWC, CLE, is an occupational therapist with extensive experience in pediatric practice in a variety of service...

39:13Jun 1, 2021

The Crafting OT Studio (Episode 115)

Jennifer Renker, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist who works as a travel therapist, traveling across the U.S. to provide services to in cl...

36:37Mar 19, 2021