title: Therapists I have known and (mostly) loved.
abstract: This manuscript embeds the author's firsthand experiences with pediatric occupational therapy with her expertise as a developmental psychologist interested in families and their collaborations with service professionals. The author's own experiences are used to illustrate points made in literature regarding parent-professional collaborations, as well as points made in interviews of other parents of young children with special needs. It is hoped that the article can serve as a "starting off" point for discussions and partnership building between pediatric occupational therapists and the children and families they serve.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, 1747 West Roosevelt Street, Room 256, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. birdy@uic.edu
authors.forename: Roberta L Paikoff
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Holzmueller
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D024382:Professional Role; D011368:Professional-Family Relations