Core Course Details & Order Information
Occupational Therapy in School-Based Practice: Contemporary Issues and Trends
Core Course
Service Delivery in School-Based Practice: Occupational Therapy Domain and Process
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Earn 1 AOTA CEU (10 NBCOT PDUs/10 contact hours)
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Learning Objectives
By the conclusion of the Core course and the multiple-choice exams, you will be able to:
- Identify and link specific, relevant provisions of the Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA) to occupational therapy school-based practice for children and youths 0-21 years of age.
- Identify the role of occupational therapy related to the No Child Left Behind Act, state and local education reform activities, and the development of state learning standards.
- Identify how to apply the domain and process of occupational therapy as described in the Framework to school-based practice.
- Identify strategies for effective decision making using clinical reasoning, problem solving, and collaboration when working with school-based teams to determine the educational needs of students with disabilities.
- Identify appropriate strategies for increasing your effectiveness and efficiency in performing evaluations, developing individualized education programs (IEPs), and delivering occupational therapy services under the IDEA.
- Differentiate the effectiveness of different occupational therapy interventions in school-based practice for children and youths 0-21 years of age.
- Identify student outcomes and evidence that supports the role of occupational therapy in school-based practice.
- Recognize the unique skills and expertise of occupational therapists and ways to maintain these competencies in school-based practice.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Policies and Educational Philosophies Affecting School-Based Practice
Authors: Yvonne Swinth, PhD, OTR/L, and Jean E. Polichino, MS, OTR
An overview of the policies, procedures, and philosophies that provide a foundation and structure for occupational therapy decision-making and service delivery in the schools.
Lesson 2: Overview of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process in School-Based Practice and Other Considerations
Authors: Gloria Frolek Clark, MS,OTR/L, FAOTA and Yvonne Swinth, PhD, OTR/
Introduces the Framework and discusses its application to school-based practice, including decision-making and service delivery.
Lesson 3: Clinical Reasoning in School-Based Practice
Author: Winifred Schultz-Krohn, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA
Applies the clinical reasoning of an occupational therapist to school-based practice.
Lesson 4: Evaluation of Occupational Performance in School-Based Practice
Authors: Yvonne Swinth, PhD, OTR/L, and Mary Muhlenhaupt, OTR/L, FAOTA
Discusses an occupation approach to evaluation that includes a client profile and standardized as well as nonstandardized assessment tools; also describes how to directly link the occupational therapy evaluation to the IEP and intervention.
Lesson 5: Education and Occupational Therapy Intervention Plans: What Is the Difference?
Authors: Yvonne Swinth, PhD, OTR/L, and Gloria Frolek Clark, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Describes the different education plans (IFSPs, IEPs, ITPs) and their requirements, as well as the occupational therapy intervention plan.
Lesson 6: Intervention Implementation: Considerations for Effectiveness and Efficiency
Authors: Yvonne Swinth, PhD, OTR/L, and Brenda M. George Brodbeck, MS, OTR/L
Discusses issues related to service delivery in the schools, including how to write time on the IEP, intervention approaches, and collaboration with other educational team members; also discusses other activities performed in schools that support good intervention.
Lesson 7: Intervention Review: How Do You Show That What You Do Makes a Difference?
Authors: Mary Muhlenhaupt, OTR/L, FAOTA, and Yvonne Swinth, PhD, OTR/L
Explains data-based decision-making and how to use data to support the occupational therapy intervention plan, discuss student performance, and support accountability.
Lesson 8: Evidence-Based Practice: What Does It Look Like in School-Based Practice?
Author: Mary Muhlenhaupt, OTR/L, FAOTA
Addresses how to apply evidence-based practice to the school setting when making decisions about or discussing different intervention approaches in the schools.
Lesson 9: Developing Competence and Maintaining Competencies in School-Based Practice
Author: Dorothy "Dottie" Handley-More, MS, OTR/L
Provides specific strategies to develop and maintain competence in the schools.
Lesson 10: Pulling It Together
Author: Yvonne Swinth, PhD, OTR/L
Uses case studies to help learners integrate all the information from previous lessons.
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