Presenter Bio
Response to Intervention: A Role for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Gloria Frolek Clark, MS, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA, is AOTA’s representative to the National Association of State Directors of Special Education’s IDEA Partnership, a project funded through the Office of Special Education Programs. The partnership, composed of 55 national organizations, has been collaboratively working on operationalizing and educating partners about RtI.
Ms. Frolek Clark is a 1977 graduate of the University of North Dakota’s Occupational Therapy Program. In 1995, she received a master’s degree in early childhood special education from Iowa State University. She is currently a doctoral student there with a focus on early childhood special education.
During the past 30 years, Ms. Frolek Clark has specialized in occupational therapy services for pediatric clients in home, community, and school settings. From 1993 to 1997, she was cofounder and chair of the AOTA School System Special Interest Section (SSSIS), which was renamed the Early Intervention & School SIS (EISSIS) in 2008. She is a member of the current EISSIS. While on the Commission on Practice, she contributed to the development of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and many other official AOTA documents. Ms. Frolek Clark has presented nationally on early intervention services and school-based practice, has authored several book chapters and articles on school-based practice, and was appointed to the AOTA Specialty Board, Pediatric Panel. Currently, she works for the Heartland Area Education Agency and is a consultant for the Iowa Department of Education in Des Moines.