Rhoda P. Erhardt, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA received her B.S. in occupational therapy from the University of Illinois, and her M.S. in child development and family relations from North Dakota State University. She was trained in pediatric Neuro-Developmental Treatment of cerebral palsy (NDT) in London, England. The former director of the Easter Seal Mobile Therapy Unit in Fargo, North Dakota, she is currently in private practice in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, providing evaluation and consultation services to a variety of health agencies, educational systems, and national corporations, as well as presenting workshops throughout the world. She has served on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, the first licensure board of North Dakota, was enrolled in the AOTA Roster of Fellows in 1983, and has been a member of the Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association since she moved to Minnesota in 1992. Her publications include books, chapters, journal articles, assessments, videotapes, and DVDs on topics such as normal and atypical development of hand function, hand preference, handwriting, vision, visual-perceptual-motor function, eye-hand coordination, and feeding in children with cerebral palsy and learning disabilities.

20 years. Her first career as an addiction counselor was foundational to her view that understanding how people make meaning during health challenges is essential when partnering with them to create effective care plans. As an occupational therapist, she has provided services in independent and assisted living, memory care, home health, hospice, long-term care, and school settings.
From rural to urban, from pediatrics to geriatrics, and in direct and indirect care, Kary has a passion for identifying and meeting unmet needs, often bridging mental and physical health care. She has spent the past 6 years working in health care consulting and as an intrapreneur. She is currently using her OT skills as a homeschooling mom, the creator of the blog, “To a Well Occupied Life,” and is making the leap into entrepreneurship as the founder of Solidago Ventures and Consulting, LLC.