A quote from Rachel Thibeault (from Occupational Therapists without Borders)

“I’m an occupational therapist, an obscure profession if there
ever was one. We are few and far between, maybe because
we have chosen to serve people with disabilities. All disabilities.
Not a glamorous endeavour, nor a lucrative one.
And I say serve because we deem that in helping we see
weakness, while in serving we see wholeness. We’ve opted
for wholeness nearly a century ago and have been at odds
with the system ever since. We don’t fix people, you see:
with them, we simply try to find a way to meaning, balance,
and justice. I chose occupational therapy because it
blends science and humanism, intellectual rigour and compassion.”

I have been pleased to serve children and families in Pawling since 2004, through early intervention and preschool as well as in the Pawling Schools , where I began working in 2011. I have worked as a pediatric occupational therapist since 1986 in hospitals, schools, and homes across three continents and consider myself so fortunate to love what I do and be able to do what I love.

Caroline Bennett

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”— Helen Keller

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking down complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”— Mark Twain

-Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

-Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.

- Fred Rogers

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