Amy Beribak, OTD

Occupational therapist, Swim teacher, green thumb, Creighton grad *all tweets represent my personal opinion/preferences and may not be the opinion of others

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

April 13- psychosocial skills to explain a sick/dead fox in our garage to a 4 y.o., 9 y.o., 12 y.o. #OTMonth #30daysofot

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

April 12- took dogs and youngest on a walk. She pushed her toy stroller with her favorite doll #OTMonth #30daysofot

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

April 11- my kids and i had a super soaker fight. Used sight, ambulation, composite grasp, arms, tactical skills to avoid being soaked and yet get them all super wet. #OTMonth #30daysofot

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

April 10 - I read stories and worked on teaching reading with the 4.5 year old and 9 year old. #30DaysofOT #OTMonth

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

April 8- occupation/tradition going to Easter Vigil mass...ended up holding sleeping Retta most of the evening.
April 9- Easter with family and doing some yardwork. #OTMonth #30daysofot

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

April 7- today marks keeping traditions, creative occupations. Hand piped decorations on easter egg cookies. #30DaysofOT #OTMonth

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

April 6- more hand dexterity and visual figure ground to braid and ponytail my kids hair. #30DaysofOT #OTMonth

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

April 5- Today I used my dexterity to fix my car windows caught on the window awnings. #30daysofOT #OTMonth

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

April 4- I was able to eat my home made lunch when I got to my patients house prior to my visit. #30daysofOT #OTMonth

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

Apr 1 - I built a wood drying stand in my yard. I used a portable circular saw, drill, power driver, two 2x4x16 (cut down to length and extras for supports)
Apr 2- I vacuumed my bedroom and cleaned the vacuum brushes
Apr 3- I picked up my daughter and carried her down the stairs

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

Its National Occupational Therapy month so Im making a daily list of my favorite daily occupations that I may take for granted. Missed a few so here we will start with a few extras.

[AOTA @AOTAInc]

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[Elgin Public Museum @Museum1907]

We ain't (mountain) LION when we say thank you to Elgin Area Men's Shed, for getting our Big Cats of North America exhibit plan back on track after a brief PAWS. Men's Shed is one of the best LYNX an area non-profit can have! Thanks, guys!

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

@Museum1907 Got em!

[Elgin Public Museum @Museum1907]

Have an evening of very unusual fun as you support one of Elgin's oldest and most unusual institutions -- Elgin Public Museum of Natural History & Anthropology in Lords Park!

[Susan DAlessandro (she, her) @susan_advocate]

What Will It Cost Elderly Parents To Age In Place At Home? https://t.co/LiYagQGahc

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

@otnotes @AbeAOTA You call common items funny names: mote=tv remote, hanitizer=hand sanitizer. Shower-bath=a shower that turns into a bath after you're clean and the foam letters and boats come out

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

@_allisulli I was forced upgrade from 8 to 11 for work. I HATE the new ones! Too big for my hand, cant toggle between screens. Keep the 8s if you can people!

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

@OTstudent_chloe Congrats! Welcome to the profession!

[Amy Beribak, OTD @ABeribak]

I will be presenting for AOTA Inspire on Friday. PDGM, COVID, and Home Health. Tune in 3PM EASTERN, 2PM Central to give your input! #aotainspire21