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Pediatric PT, OT, & ST Clinicians — How are you balancing Ensai AI with play-based treatment sessions?

  • August 6, 2026
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Hi Ensora Community! Our multi-disciplinary pediatric practice (ST, OT, PT) is evaluating how to best integrate the AI Session Assistant into our daily workflow.

Because so much of pediatric therapy is hands-on, play-based, and unpredictable, we’d love to hear from clinicians in similar settings:

  1. Capture Method: Do you use ambient recording during the session, or do you prefer doing a 1-minute dictation recap immediately after the child leaves?

  2. Parent / Caregiver Reaction: How do parents respond when asking for ambient recording consent during sessions?

  3. Capturing Skilled Cues: How well does it capture specific pediatric metrics—like cueing levels (visual/tactile), sensory regulation strategies, or speech trial accuracy—without requiring heavy editing?

  4. Multi-Disciplinary Days: For kids who receive PT, OT, and ST on the same day, has AI helped streamline cross-discipline consistency in documentation?

Any tips, daily routines, or lessons learned would be hugely appreciated

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We record the entire session using the AI Session Assistant and have had a really positive experience with it! We also type in comments during the session when there are specific details, cues, behaviors, or other information we want to make sure is captured in the final note. We have customized the note templates for each clinician making the work flow easier. 

So far, we have had all of our parents consent to recording. We explain how it is being used to support documentation, and we also have a notice posted in our waiting room letting families know that AI-assisted recording may be used during sessions.

For us, recording the full session has been the most helpful because pediatric sessions can be so play-based and unpredictable. It allows the therapist to stay engaged with the child rather than worrying about remembering every detail for documentation afterward. We can then review and edit the generated note as needed before signing it. We do have to track trials but add it in the comment sections and just make a note in the comments if it is a cotreat etc. 

Overall, it has been a great addition to our workflow and has helped us stay more present during treatment while still capturing the skilled components of the session.

 

Casey Openshaw 

Owner of The Openshaw Spot