EBPOT Podcast
By: Kim Griffin
Language: en
Categories: Science, Life, Education
The fortnightly EBPOT podcast makes it easy for paediatric occupational therapists working with school aged children to keep up to date with the latest academic publications. It's hosted by occupational therapist Kim Griffin. Learn more, subscribe to the mailing list and book onto a live journal club at www.ebpot.com.
Episodes
EBPOT Inclusion in Schools
Jan 10, 2026Welcome 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...
Duration: 00:27:01Episode 5: Sensory Strategies in Schools
Dec 27, 2025Episode 4: Autism - Coaching and Sensory Accommodations
Dec 13, 2025This 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...
Duration: 00:22:32Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC)
Nov 29, 2025Welcome 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...
Duration: 00:21:02Episode 2: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure
Nov 15, 2025Welcome 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...
Duration: 00:20:49Systematic Reviews Autism and ASI
Oct 31, 2025Welcome to the EBPOT podcast (https://ebpot.com/) where I help you to stay up to date with current research in paediatric OT. This week we are looking at two systematic reviews, one which includes a meta-analysis. The first article explores the effect of motor interventions on cognition, communication, and social interactions of autistic children The second explores the use of Ayres Sensory Integration direct intervention, this study also has a strong focus on autism as majority of the studies located were studying autistic populations.
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Duration: 00:23:30Episode 0: Introduction to the EBPOT podcast with Kim Griffin
Oct 14, 2025Welcome to the EBPOT (Evidence-Based Paediatric Occupational Therapy) podcast. I'm Kim Griffin, a paediatric occupational therapist and your host. My goal with this podcast and newsletter is to make recently published evidence in the occupational therapy literature easily accessible to paediatric occupational therapists, particularly those working in schools.
The podcast focuses on recently published research evidence relevant to school-based paediatric occupational therapists. I'll prioritise topics most applicable to mainstream school settings:
Self-regulation and sensory needs Autism and dyspraxia/DCD Fine motor skills and handwriting Daily living skills and other functional skills General... Duration: 00:16:58