Episodes

  • Episode 9: Child Goal Setting
    Feb 21 2026

    Welcome to the EBPOT podcast. The podcast is designed to help paediatric occupational therapists stay up to date with the latest publications in the world of OT. It's great additional to your CPD portfolio.

    The topic this week is child centred practice, the main article covers setting goals with children.

    You can see the details of all articles and join the mailing list at EBPOT.com.

    This study discussed presents the outcome of Aisling Ryan's PhD work, the article title is, "I can decide MyGOALS! Co-designing an online tool for child-led goal setting and evaluation," and it was published in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology in June 2025

    The link to the show notes is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-9-child-goals/

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    16 mins
  • Episode 8: Developmental Coordination Disorder DCD
    Feb 7 2026

    Welcome to the EBPOT podcast. The podcast is designed to help paediatric occupational therapists stay up to date with the latest publications in the world of OT. It's great additional to your CPD portfolio. The topic this week is DCD. The primary article focuses on participation experiences of adolescents with DCD.

    I'm making some changes for the next round of podcasts, as I want to make sure, I have capacity to keep the podcast going and that I can cover the literature effectively. For the upcoming podcasts, I will be focusing on one primary article and then I will briefly discuss other articles that have been published on the topic. The articles that I will focus on are the ones I thought had the most interesting or most clinically applicable results to the widest audience. The references to the articles are on the EBPOT.com website, the link is in the show notes.

    The show notes are available here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-8-dcd/

    You can join the mailing list here: https://ebpot.com/

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    17 mins
  • Episode 7: Supporting Children's Handwriting
    Jan 24 2026

    Welcome to episode 7 of the EBPOT podcast paediatric edition. This week I'll be looking at three articles on the topic of handwriting. The first article considers how handwriting legibility influences spelling and reading skills. The second looks at underlying sensory processing skills and handwriting legibility. The final article presents UK early career teacher's knowledge of handwriting in the classroom

    Remember, if you would like to receive the links to the articles and the episode show notes, you can join the EPBOT mailing list at EBPOT.com. If you're already a subscriber, they will be in your inbox.

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    15 mins
  • Episode 6: Inclusion in Schools
    Jan 10 2026

    Welcome to the EBPOT podcast where we help you to stay up to date with current research in paediatric OT. My name is Kim Griffin, I'm a paediatric OT and your host. Today I've got three articles for a change, all on the topic of inclusion in schools. The first is a theoretical paper considering how belonging supports inclusion. The second explores a model for an inclusive school which was co-created. The final article discussed the experiences of neurodiverse students who have struggled to attend school due to anxiety. All three together seemed to provide quite a holistic view. Remember, if you would like to receive the links to the articles and the episode show notes, you can join the EPBOT mailing list at EBPOT.com. If you're already a subscriber, they will be in your inbox.

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    27 mins
  • Episode 5: Sensory Strategies in Schools
    23 mins
  • Episode 4: Autism - Coaching and Sensory Accommodations
    Dec 13 2025

    This week our articles are focused on autism. The first continues on from last week's theme of occupational performance coaching. It specifically explores occupational based coaching with primary caregivers of autistic children. The second article is one I found particularly interesting. Ben Sasson and colleagues have explored the changes to day to day life that families make when children have sensory needs. Remember, if you would like to receive the links to the articles and the show notes, you can join the EPBOT mailing list here.

    Don't forget to book on the live journal clubs in January & April 2026.

    The full show notes for this episode are available here on the EBPOT podcast website.

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    23 mins
  • Episode 3: Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC)
    Nov 29 2025

    Welcome to the EBPOT podcast. The podcast is designed to help paediatric occupational therapists stay up to date with the latest publications in the world of OT. It's great additional to your CPD portfolio.

    Today our focus is two articles presenting results from treatment studies exploring the use of occupational performance coaching. Both articles I'm presenting today are from studies completed in the UK. Both used online delivery models. The first used a one to one approach and the second used a group coaching format.

    For those unfamiliar with OPC, it's a collaborative, strengths-based coaching approach that focuses on three key domains: Connect, Structure, and Share. The core idea is that instead of doing things TO families, we work WITH them to help them solve their own problems through guided reflection and collaborative analysis. OPC has been developed by Fi Graham at Otago University. There is a clear fidelity measure which helps people using OPC to know whether they are adhering to the core principles of OPC or not.

    Remember, you can subscribe to the EBPOT podcast and receive the link new episodes straight to your inbox each fortnight. You can also join the journal clubs here.

    If you would like more information about the podcast or to see the show notes previous episodes, please check out EBPOT.com.

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    21 mins
  • Episode 2: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure
    Nov 15 2025

    Welcome to the EBPOT podcast. The podcast is designed to help paediatric occupational therapists stay up to date with the latest publications in the world of OT. It's great fortnightly additional to your CPD portfolio.

    Today's EBPOT podcast topic is the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure. The reason I wanted to review these articles early on in the podcast is because many of the research studies that I will be reviewing use the COPM as an outcome measure. There is a long hold belief that a change of 2 points in the clients post invention scoring is clinically significant. The articles that I'm reviewing today question this belief. The first is a scoping review that tried to identify the source of this claim. The second article is a recently published systematic review which explores the use of the COPM research.

    Remember, you can subscribe to the EBPOT podcast and receive the link new episodes straight to your inbox each fortnight. You can also join the journal clubs here.

    If you would like more information about the podcast or to see the show notes previous episodes, please check out EBPOT.com.

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    21 mins