Priya's Wednesday, two ways

Priya, a pediatric occupational therapist at a community clinic.

Priya starts Wednesday with a 7-year-old named Leo, who is learning to put on socks and shoes before school. She opens ChatGPT and types: 'Give me six simple steps for a child learning to put on socks with a sock aid. Use one picture cue for each step.' She prints the steps and tapes them near the clinic's dressing bench.

At lunch, she uses Claude to think about Leo's home entryway. She asks: 'List three low-cost changes in a small apartment hallway so a child can put on shoes independently.' The ideas include a small stool, a shoe mat, and a hook at Leo's height. She adds them to the caregiver handout.

After her last session, Priya opens Gemini and pastes rough notes: 'Leo, 45 min, sock aid, 4 of 6 steps with verbal cue, parent watched, next practice at home.' Gemini drafts a session note. Priya edits the wording and sends a short caregiver message through the clinic's secure portal.

By 4:30, her notes are done. She walks to the park by the river, calls her sister, and cooks dinner without opening her laptop again. The prompts did not do her job, but they cleared the paperwork that used to follow her home.