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Sarah
I’m so excited that you’re starting this forum and providing a place for a community to develop Sarah. I look forward to seeing what evolves!
Thanks, @DevonCochrane ! This has been so much fun to work on and I’m really looking forward to interacting with awesome OTs- like you!
Thanks for this initiative…hope to see pediatrics articles soon 
I have a wonderful resource to suggest in the realm of Evidence-Based Practice! The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder has developed a database of Evidence-Based Practice articles for 27 interventions for individuals with Autism. They have a dedicated group of trained article reviewers that critically read articles to determine the efficacy of interventions. Check out this link!
National Clearinghouse on Autism Evidence and Practice
WONDERFUL source of information/articles for EBP and Autism!
Thank you for this forum to discuss and share information about Evidence-Based Practice!
Polly Wallace MS, OTR/L
It truly is a great resource! Once you get deeper in and start looking at the articles for each of the intervention areas it is fascinating. I too, work in pediatrics- in the school setting and have been collecting EBP articles to help support and guide my interventions. NIce to network via this platform!
Polly
I tried to upload the manual to save you time- but this platform doesn’t upload pdf extensions- sorry!!
@Josiane! I totally agree! When I pulled the 5 most cited articles, I was definitely bummed that one of them was not pediatrics focused! My next step is to pull the 50 or 100 most cited journal articles including OT. If pediatrics still isn’t well represented, I plan to specifically hunt for articles for our pediatric colleagues!
I’m so glad you are on here @MWilson! I’ve been thinking of students as I’ve been working on this, and I’m particularly eager to hear your voices weighing in on here.
Welcome @Pollywallace! If you are willing I would love to see your resource! @Allen is there a way to share PDFs on here? Polly, if we can’t figure it out, would it be OK if I connect with you via email?
@Pollywallace Thank you for sharing this! I don’t think I’ve seen this resource before. This afternoon, I’m going to add it to my blog post, “OT Research Options Made Easy,” as an additional avenue for OTs to find it!
That is great! I can also scan my hard copy and then try to attach- so it won’t be in PDF format anymore and should attach easier! I have 15 min before my next student so I’ll go give it a try!
Hi Sarah, I was unable to convert from pdf…I have a few resources that I could email you as attachments- could you give me your email address? Thanks!
This is so great! Glad to have additional resources. Being an OT for while it will be good to keep up with new research.
Hey @SarahLyon, yes, you can upload and share PDFs here! However, they’ll only be displayed as download links, and there are a few other caveats, so I’ll leave PDF uploading disabled until we have a chance to discuss.
Thank you for the invite. I am also in Pediatrics with a strong focus on vision and therapy practices. Additionally the transition of sensory integration services from young children to adults/tweens who have diagnoses of fibromyalgia.
This is great to know @DSolomon I’m hoping within the next year we will have some resources specific to your caseload!
@SarahLyon I’m so excited about all that you’re doing here at OT Potential and excited to be a part of it! Cheers!
Thank You for this awesome resource! I’m a COTA student and I am always looking for all the help I can get with EBP techniques, so this is definitely a gem. I’m so excited to be here!
This is so great!! Thank you so much for creating this. As a new grad, I’m realizing the importance of keeping up with EBP through research, but find it difficult to go home after a long day of work and look up articles. Excited for the convenience and ease this will bring to practitioners, while increasing quality of interventions used with clients. Thanks again!!
Emily Roberts, OTR/L
Albany, GA
