Ohana OT Update April 29, 2020

Hey everyone, Mary Koska here, owner and founder of Ohana ot. And I just thought I'd give you a quick update with everything that's new because a lot has changed in the last six weeks, as I'm sure it has for everybody else. Within just 48 hours, we completely transitioned our care to telehealth and we did it very successfully. We have had just great visits and the parents have been really, really appreciative and in some even getting better results than in the clinic because we're able to really help the parents in their home environment. And we're also able to actually do evaluations through telehealth. So we're pretty happy with how that's going. Of course we're excited for the day when we can be back in the clinic. But for now we're doing everything telehealth and it's working out just fine. I have just recently launched. It's actually a project I worked on for well over a year. I've been filming a lot of parent instruction videos of things that I'm teaching all the time in the clinic. And it's called Sensory. The whole program that I have is called Sensory Savvy Families. And within that I have these pep talks which are parent empowerment program. So there's over 30 videos. None of the videos are very long, so they're very quick to get the information that you need. But there's a lot of good information and it is a membership site. So they have a 15 day free access and then it's $29 a month and it can be canceled at any time. So that is another way that we're helping with a lot of good information. Another thing is that we have the safe and sound protocol that we've been using since last year with just tremendous results. And it's an auditory, it's an auditory program. So it's a headset with. They listen to five hours of music an hour each day over the period of a week. And it stimulates the vagus nerve to tell the body that everything is safe and sound, everything is okay. It's very calming. We've had very dramatic results in a positive way. And it is something, we're calling it our takeout therapy because it is something that we can send home for the week and they can do at home during this time. And, and it's good for adults and for kids. There's music that's geared for kids. A lot of it's Disney type music and then there's easy listening for the adults. But what it is is that the sound frequencies are geared towards what the vagus nerve responds to as being very calming. And it also exercises the middle ear muscles and has a dramatic effect on reducing auditory sensitivity. And so we've been really excited about that. Another thing is that we have openings for private insurance and cash. We can see those folks right now. Our Medicaid wait list is much smaller than it was. We were not able to see them right away. But it is worthwhile to go ahead and do the intake, get all the pieces in place so that they can be in line to be seen, because we are moving through our wait list. So the. I can't say exactly how long it is, but it's a reasonable amount of time. It's not. It was, like, crazy long before. So I think that gets you up to speed. I will include some links here so that you can see, so that you can go get more information on the things that I was talking about. Okay. Aloha. Hope everybody's doing well, hanging in there through this crazy time.