Hosted by Michele Alaniz & Lacy Wright · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 71 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
Welcome to Ideas at Play , the go-to podcast for busy pediatric occupational therapy professionals! Whether you're in school-based settings, early intervention, or outpatient practice, we bring you evidence-based strategies, practical tips, and engaging discussions to support your OT practice with children, teens, and young adults. Each episode features: A deep dive into recent pediatric OT research and how to apply it. "Nailed It or Failed It," where we share what’s working—and what isn’t—in our pediatric OT practice. Real-world examples and listener questions about all things pediatric occupational therapy. Shout outs to People, Places, and Products that fill our occupational therapy hearts Join the hosts, Michele Alaniz, OTD, OTR/L, BCP and Lacy Wright, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, as we explore innovative OT ideas, share professional insights, and hel
Michele Alaniz & Lacy Wright hosts Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast, a education show with 71 episodes published.
Send us a Text or Voicemail What do early career occupational therapists really prioritize when choosing their first OT job? Spoiler alert: salary ranks 9th out of 16 factors. In this episode, we break down a fascinating
Send us a Text or Voicemail When you think of therapy in the swimming pool, swim lessons probably come to mind. However, occupational therapy practitioners use water for so many life skills! This week, Michele dives into
Send us a Text or Voicemail Episode 70 calls for something special! We tackle your real-world pediatric OT questions, from the buzzwords worth knowing to the advice that actually sticks. Thank you for being the heart of
Send us a Text or Voicemail Motor skill difficulties show up in nearly 9 out of 10 autistic kids, which means this question comes up in almost every caseload: what motor-based intervention actually works? This week we di
Send us a Text or Voicemail Ever wondered how to actually do constraint-induced movement therapy? This week, we discuss a 2025 randomized trial out of Texas Women's University that ran a pirate-themed CIMT summer camp fo
Send us a Text or Voicemail We're covering two topics that kept coming up in your emails and are linked in the literature — polyvagal theory and listening programs. Michele walks us through the principles of polyvagal th
Send us a Text or Voicemail The study we've been waiting for is finally here. An NIH-funded, head-to-head RCT pits Ayres Sensory Integration against ABA for autistic children with sensory differences — and we have though
Send us a Text or Voicemail Can a home program alone replace clinic-based therapy? This week, we put it to the test with a randomized controlled study on the GAME intervention (Goal, Activity, Motor, Enrichment) for todd
Send us a Text or Voicemail If you've ever debated pencil grips or the perfect grasp pattern in an IEP meeting, this episode is for you. We take a tour of the handwriting literature — pulling from OT, education, ergonomi
Send us a Text or Voicemail If you work with older kids, you know the feeling — suddenly your caseload has a teenager and the stakes feel higher, the clock feels shorter, and the parents feel more anxious than ever. Good
Send us a Text or Voicemail Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is the leading cause of low vision in children and one of the most underidentified conditions in pediatric practice. This week, we are getting into the researc
Send us a Text or Voicemail Feeding therapy doesn’t have to feel like a power struggle. In this episode, we explore how shifting from pressure to partnership can improve food intake and family vibes. We discuss new resea
Send us a Text or Voicemail We're celebrating episode 60 by going inside our Ideas at Work pilot group. Real therapists, real sessions, real problem-solving. We troubleshoot a tough emotional regulation session, share ho
Send us a Text or Voicemail Most OTs in early intervention think they're coaching, BUT the research says otherwise. In this episode, we discuss a scoping review on caregiver coaching in early intervention — the five key
Send us a Text or Voicemail Most of us teach zippers the same way—repeat, repeat, repeat—and hope it clicks. But what if there’s a better way? In this episode, we break down a simple, creative approach to teaching zipper
Send us a Text or Voicemail Sensory activity schedules—often called sensory diets—are used every day in school-based therapy, but how strong is the evidence behind them? In this episode, we review a recent systematic rev
Send us a Text or Voicemail Evidence-based OT for autism can feel overwhelming—but what if you had a clear menu of strategies to choose from? In this episode, we break down a study that identified 20 treatment components
Send us a Text or Voicemail Let’s be honest: even the most playful, passionate OTs/OTAs can hit a wall. Burnout is more than just feeling tired after a long week — it’s a predictable response to specific job demands. In
Send us a Text or Voicemail Emotional regulation is often treated as a behavior problem — but what if we’re missing the bigger picture? In this episode, we unpack what emotional regulation really is, why it’s so complex,
Send us a Text or Voicemail Why can a child complete every step of dressing… but still put the shirt on backward? In this episode of Ideas at Play , we explore a simple, research-backed occupational therapy strategy that
Sponsor detection runs nightly. Check back soon.
No public pitch examples yet for this show.
Generate your own personalised pitchBased on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:
Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast has a verified contact on file. Create a free PitchCentric account to access it and generate a personalised pitch in seconds. Research at least 3 recent episodes first and lead with a specific angle that serves their education audience.
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast is hosted by Michele Alaniz & Lacy Wright. The show is categorised under education (courses) and has published 71 episodes.
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast has published 71 episodes.
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast regularly covers education, courses, health. It sits in the education category, with a courses focus.
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast is accessible for guests with genuine education expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
Episodes of Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast average 38 minutes. a focused format where a clear narrative arc and tight preparation matter most.
Our data rates Ideas at Play: An Occupational Therapy (OT) Podcast's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
Methodology. Booking Probability™ blends Listen Score, 30-day Virality, open-to-guests detection, and Apple ratings. Data refreshed every 60 minutes. Listen Score and Booking Probability are calculated by PitchCentric. Last enriched 12 days ago.
