“From Stick Forts to Snowmen: Exploring the Benefits of Outdoor Play in Pediatric Occupational Therapy Practice”

“…taking therapy outdoors has the potential to increase children’s internal motivation to engage in therapeutic activities, which can lead to deeper internalized learning for generalization to other settings in daily life. Recent research has found children’s attention to schoolwork improved immediately following outdoor playtime (Kuo et al., 2018). Additionally, being outdoors can inspire occupational therapy practitioners’ and children’s creativity and problem solving, and provide novel opportunities to address treatment goals.”

https://www.aota.org/publications/ot-practice/ot-practice-issues/2021/outdoor-play