Two Sides of the Spectrum

Why OT Must Be Different From ABA with Greg Santucci, OTR/L

Episode Summary

Greg is a pediatric occupational therapist who presents workshops nationally on topics related to sensory processing, challenging behaviors, and improving school-based therapy services. Greg is a huge advocate for best practice in OT. Join us as we discuss why OTs should forgo most behavioral strategies and dive into what we should be doing instead.

Episode Notes

Greg is a pediatric occupational therapist who presents workshops nationally on topics related to sensory processing, challenging behaviors, and improving school-based therapy services.  Greg is a huge advocate for best practice in OT. Join us as we discuss:

- Why OTs already have the skills we need to work effectively and respectfully with our autistic clients, but often don't use them

- How behavioral approaches such as planned ignoring and token boards can be harmful to our autistic clients

- What empowering strategies we should all be using instead