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Children's Special Services, LLC, is owned by Susan Orloff, OTR/L, FAOTA.  Her basement is her clinic, and a loft next to the attic is her office.  Susan uses many different frames of reference as appropriate for her clients, and among the two that I believe she uses most often are a Frame of Reference for Visual Perception and a Sensory Integration Frame of Reference.  The majority of her clients have learning disabilities that have impacted their lives in various ways, including socio-emotionally, and Susan skillfully treats the "whole child" during their 1-hour weekly treatment sessions. 

Over the course of Fieldwork I with Susan, I learned some concepts for the first time, but I was also able to refine and better understand many things that I learned in class.  I feel much more comfortable about the OT's role in treating children with learning disabilities, visual perception issues, handwriting problems, and immature reflexes. 

My 3-week Pediatric OT Fieldwork I rotation is done, and I still find myself processing everything that I encountered.  Some might say that they found that they "knew more than they thought they knew" while at Fieldwork, but I found myself on the complete opposite end of the spectrum.  My fieldwork supervisor, Susan, has nearly 40 years of experience, and she is incredibly intuitive and smart.  My knowledge paled in comparison to hers, and I felt incredibly inexperienced and ignorant at times.  Fortunately, she is eager to spread her knowledge to OT and OTA students who wish to learn, and while I still feel like I have SO much more to learn to get to her level of expertise, I am incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to learn under such an incredible professional and person.