What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational Therapy (OT) is a skilled health, rehabilitation, and educational service that helps people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations).

Occupational Therapists (OTs) can work with children and their families to help them succeed in these activities throughout the day.

OTs also help with basic challenges faced by most families, from creating morning routines to choosing appropriate toys, and from addressing physical limitations resulting from health conditions to developing health habits.

What does Maternal Insights do?

Maternal Insights provides a set of unique services to support women as they transition to the role of motherhood.

Maternal Insights provides education and support to guide and empower women and their families during the major life transition to parenthood. Our vision is to help women to feel empowered, informed, and confident in achieving health and balance for themselves and their families.

We offer general education classes for expectant and new mothers; individualized occupational therapy consultation services; and professional education, outreach, and research on  maternal health practices.

What created Maternal Insights?

Lee Ann Kern and Mara Podvey, co-owners of Maternal Insights, are occupational therapists and mothers who have spent their careers helping with children and their families to life to its fullest through developing skills and strategies to deal with life’s challenges.

Lee Ann and Mara's own personal experiences with motherhood, as well as professional experiences working with families, taught them that occupational therapists have unique skills to assist with the transition to parenthood.

Maternal Insights offers expertise to mothers through workshops, consultation, and professional education.

Contact Us

Our unique practice model means we don't have a physical location, just a mailing address. We run our workshops at our partners' sites, and we do our individual consultations in your home. You don't have to go anywhere, or take your baby anywhere, to get the help you need! We believe that you will get more out of a consultation in your every day living space than you would in the best office space.

Questions about Maternal Insights? Want to schedule a class or a private consultation? Contact us at maternalinsights@gmail.com.

Our Community

We are located in the heart of  suburban northern New Jersey in Essex and Morris Counties.  Our services are generally provided in these and the surrounding counties. Contact us for information about workshops or consultations further away as well as Skype consultations.

Here are some of our events  

04/4-6

AOTA Conference in New Orleans

10:00 AM

Teaching our colleagues about their role in helping women and their families during pregnancy and postpartum periods

05/20

Posture and Positioning: Birth to Sitting

10:00 AM

Learn about play, rest, and sleep positions appropriate for newborn and infant development for your new baby.

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