3. Roseanna Tufano: Families in Transition 🌶🌶 Artwork

Occupy Yourself

Bringing the benefits of purposeful occupation to all the land! Nicole is an AOTA Board Certified Pediatric Occupational Therapist with 20 years of experience working (mostly) with children and teens. Val is a Quinnipiac University OT student working on this podcast as her final level II fieldwork. Our vision is to bring understanding of occupational therapy concepts to all the land. Our approach is to connect the dots between everyday personal experiences, and integrate them with the often underutilized OT body of knowledge. Everyone could use an OT friend these days, and we’re here as your virtual OT pals, to promote the beauty of intentional occupation for everyone! Join us with your favorite tasty beverage, and don't forget to occupy yourself with intention! Transcripts available at www.occupyyourselfpod.com

All Episodes

Occupy Yourself

3. Roseanna Tufano: Families in Transition 🌶🌶

March 04, 2021 • Nicole Cipriani & Valerie Khodorkovskiy • Season 1 • Episode 3

Roseanna Tufano is a professor at Quinnipiac University who joined us to talk about her dual licensure in occupational therapy as well as marriage and family counseling. We talked about her background with these two degrees, and the ways that they compliment each other in her practice and professional interests. She discusses her recent research in the area of transitioning from high school for students and their families, and the challenges they face along the way, as well as how she's planning to improve success for families going through this transition. She talks about emerging programs for helping clients identify serious mental illness early on, and leaves us with some tips on how to reduce family stress. On our OT Spiciness Scale, this episode is 🌶🌶. . . suitable for interested listeners of all disciplines and roles, but we do get into some OT theory here and there.