EBPOT Podcast

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By: Kim Griffin

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.

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Organisational Skills
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#20
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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 addition to your CPD portfolio.

This topic for this week is orgainsational skills in secondary school.

The link for this episode is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-20-organisational-skills/

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

The EBPOT podcast is produced and r...


Episode 19: Classroom Supports
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07/11/2026

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 addition to your CPD portfolio.

This topic for this week is sensory corners and classroom supports.

The link for this episode is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-19-classroom-supports/

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

The EBPOT podcast is produced and r...


Neuroaffirming Approaches ASD
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#18
06/27/2026

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 addition to your CPD portfolio.

This topic for this week is Neuroaffirming approaches in autism.

The link for this episode is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-18-neuroaffirming-approaches-asd/

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

The EBPOT podcast is produced and released b...


Service Delivery Models
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#17
06/13/2026

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 addition to your CPD portfolio.

This topic for this week is service delivery models with a focus on tiered service delivery.

The link for this episode is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-17-service-delivery-models/

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

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ASD & Stereotypy
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#16
05/30/2026

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 addition to your CPD portfolio.

This topic for this week is autism, with a focus on a large study that explored stereotypical behaviours.

The link for this episode is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-16-asd-stereotypy/Ā 

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

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Menstruation and Self-Care
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#15
05/16/2026

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 addition to your CPD portfolio.

This topic for this week is lived experiences of menstration from the perspective of autistic adults.

The link for this episode is here:Ā https://ebpot.com/paeds-15-menstruation/Ā 

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

The EBP...


Executive Functions
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#14
05/02/2026

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 addition to your CPD portfolio.

This topic for this week is executive functions

The link for this episode is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-14-executive-functions/Ā 

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

The EBPOT podcast is produced and released by occupational th...


Parent Centred Interventions
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#13
04/18/2026

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 addition to your CPD portfolio.

This topic for this week is parent centred interventions.

The link for this episode is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-13-parent-centred/

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

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Children's Voices
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#12
04/04/2026

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 addition to your CPD portfolio.

The topic this week is children's voices, the main article is considering the experiences of children with sensory processing difficulties.

The link for this episode is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-12-childs-voice/

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


Episode 11: Sensory-Based Interventions
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#11
03/21/2026

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.

This topic for this week is sensory based interventions, I'm exploring a recent systematic review.

The link for this episode is here: https://ebpot.com/paeds-11-sensory-based-interventions/

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

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Self-Regulation
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#10
03/07/2026

The topic this week is self-regulation. I'm very excited to be presenting my own work, my first academic publication - Streategies teachers use to support self-regulation. It's the scoping review from the first stage of my PhD and I'm excited to share it with you. Next episode I'll be looking at a systematic review on the sensory-based interventions.

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

The link to the show notes is here: https://eb...


Episode 9: Child Goal Setting
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#9
02/21/2026

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...


Episode 8: Developmental Coordination Disorder DCD
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#8
02/07/2026

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.Ā 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...


Episode 7: Supporting Children's Handwriting
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#7
01/24/2026

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.<...


EBPOT Inclusion in Schools
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#6
01/10/2026

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...


Episode 5: Sensory Strategies in Schools
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#5
12/27/2025


Episode 4: Autism - Coaching and Sensory Accommodations
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#4
12/13/2025

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...


Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC)
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#3
11/29/2025

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...


Episode 2: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure
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#2
11/15/2025

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...


Systematic Reviews Autism and ASI
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#1
10/31/2025

Welcome 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.Ā  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.Ā 

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Episode 0: Introduction to the EBPOT podcast with Kim Griffin
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10/14/2025

Welcome 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...