Ella MacDonald

Children’s occupational therapist 💚
Specialising in children’s brain injury 🧠
RDA group coach 🐴
Rarely staying still ☀️ 🌊 🌍

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

Play & Assistive technology my two favourite things! 😆

[Royal College of Occupational Therapists @theRCOT]

'Indy uses this to participate in play activities including races with her peers, hide and seek games or choosing musical instruments.' – Ella MacDonald, Occupational Therapist at @Childrens_Trust.

#PlayDay

[Kelly Mahler @kmahlerkmahler]

(1/2) From a young age, many of us are taught—both directly and indirectly—to dismiss, ignore, or override our interoceptive experience. Interoception–the sense of how our body feels– is a primary foundation of mental health and well-being, and yet we are conditioned to tune out

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

@easyJet oh and to top it off you need to sort your staff out at Gatwick bag drop. Never met ruder people in my life. Laughing at our disappointment was a joy 🙃

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

@easyJet thanks for the warning on cancelling our flight today. I love waking up at 3am to get to Gatwick to find out our flights been cancelled with no prior warning. Getting an email to tell me it’s cancelled an hour before the flight is really useful too…

[chris slater @Slater1Chris]

@easyJet Utter Shambles #BoycottEasyjet

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

The power of assistive technology! Interesting read @theRCOT #assistivetechnology
#OTlifehacks

[CYP Occupational Therapy (NHS Lanarkshire) @OccupationalTh4]

Using Cutlery
Your child might want to have school dinner instead of a pack lunch now. Here is a video on how to teach your child how to use cutlery.

https://t.co/haATn3Dm7q

[CYP Occupational Therapy (NHS Lanarkshire) @OccupationalTh4]

Pre-writing shapes are the fundamental shapes a child needs to master prior to learning to write.
When a child has mastered these shapes and movements with ease and precision, they are then ready to move onto letter formation.

[Royal College of Occupational Therapists @theRCOT]

'Indy has weekly sessions using the drive deck – a powered mobility platform controlled by Indy using two switches, one for moving and one for direction, which she presses with her head.' – Ella MacDonald, Occupational Therapist at @Childrens_Trust.

#PlayDay

[Royal College of Occupational Therapists @theRCOT]

'Thanks to the play-focussed therapy, Indy can be more independent. She can do things we’d never have imagined – moving around by herself, engaging in creative play and loving social activities.' – Sasha, Indy's Mum.

#PlayDay

[Royal College of Occupational Therapists @theRCOT]

Meet Indy, she has Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy and has a residential placement at @Childrens_Trust.

We've spoken to her Mum and occupational therapist Ella MacDonald about how play has improved

#PlayDay

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

@ottheorypraxis @chaniedavies While I’m “waiting” I do other meaningful occupations such as reading or listening to music or people watching all things I find meaningful. I guess it depends on how you define occupation #OTalk #geekingout 😆

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

Conference essentials, ready for an exciting day #CYPF20 #RCOT #OTweek2020

[Kate @KateWilsOT]

Value of Occupational Therapy #OT #makeadifference

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

🥂 C H E E R S 🥂

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

@char_lucygdavis Really random I know! but my skin is terrible and if I cut out dairy that tends to help I’m getting all my post Christmas spots 😂😭

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”- Roald Dahl ✨

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

“If your birthday is the 7th March and mine is the 18th that makes you 11 days and loads of years older than me”- thanks joey 😂

[Ella MacDonald @Ella_MacDonald]

@ellen_mcdermott @SarahKatexox95 I’m sure we used this allll the time