Marga Grey is a legend in the Occupational Therapy world in Australia. Marga has over 40 years experience as an OT and has pioneered online support for kids seeking therapy.
Within this CoordiKids Game-Changers interview with Theratrak founder Laura Simmons, Marga acknowledges that both CoordiKids and Theratrak are on the same mission - to help as many kids and therapists as possible.
Giving the Theratrak backstory, Laura explains how she started on the mission to reduce time on notetaking for therapists back in 2018. Laura started by wanting to solve the problem of handing out worksheets to busy parents where the homework would get forgotten or lost. Surely there had to be a better way to support kids to do their home programming outside of therapy sessions.
Laura explains how Theratrak now is a full platform that helps therapists to reduce their notetaking time from around 40minutes to just 2-5minutes.
Listen to the interview to learn more about Laura’s progress with Theratrak and how she got started with the idea.
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Quotes from Laura during the interview:
“OTs are problem solvers. We’re really good at breaking down big problems.”
“When I started Theratrak I thought I was creating a paediatric OT exercise perspective platform. Because I wanted to solve handing out pieces of paper to people. I realised it’s not just the exercises - it’s the strategy and everyone involved. That came from talking to all the stakeholders involved.”
“We need innovation in paediatrics and therapy.”
Quotes from Marga during the interview:
“I think you start with a wish or a dream. And you identify a problem there. And you gradually build on it while making use of mentors and other people around you to get fresh ideas.”
Theratrak interviewed Marga about her experience as an OT.
Read the interview with Marga here.
Want to hear more from Laura? See all Laura’s podcast interviews here.
