The journal
Reflections on occupational therapy, parenthood, and the everyday work of helping families participate more fully — written by Shannon.
I've become a little obsessed with handwriting (just ask my wife). Now I'm turning that obsession into something bigger! Introducing Growing Strong Writers, a new initiative through Root + Rise Vermont that brings occupational therapy and education together to help little hands become confident writers.
The back-to-school honeymoon phase is over, and handwriting struggles may be starting to surface. Let’s talk about explicit instruction, automaticity, literacy, and why handwriting is so much more than a fine motor skill.
On the soul-deep truth of switching between all the roles we wear in a single day — and why the weight of it is, somehow, a privilege.
The winding, ADHD-honest story of how Root + Rise came to be — and why one practice holds space for postpartum families, children, feeding, and caregiving all at once.
In a world of keyboards and speech-to-text, does handwriting still matter? An OT's case for why it does — and what a multisensory approach really looks like.
More to come. Have a question Shannon could write about? Send it her way.