Bureau of Education & Research | AOTA Timed Agenda | Practical Interventions for Increasing the Success of Your School-Based OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Outcomes (Grades PK-12)

Practical Interventions for Increasing the Success of Your School-Based OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Outcomes (Grades PK-12)

Time-Ordered Agenda
9:00-10:00	Discuss Occupational Therapy as a Related Service and the Role of the Occupational Therapist in the Educational Setting Therapist's Challenges – Workload vs. Caseload, Time Management Obstacles Review Hand Anatomy – Intrinsic Muscles, Hand Grasps, Motor Separation, In-Hand Manipulation Skills, Hand Arch Development and Thumb OppositionÂ
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15-12:00	Effective Strategies for Hand Development – Lab Time Hand Preference & Development of Handwriting Skills Identify Efficient and Inefficient Grasps and Its Impact on Motor Separation Effective Strategies for Scissor Use & Scissor Skill Development
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:10	Effective Strategies for Writing Tool Use Identify Gross Motor Activities that Impact Fine Motor Skills and Development & Hand Skills with Classroom Tools and Handwriting Discuss the Use of OT Apps in School Therapy Setting Typing vs. Handwriting – What the Research Reveals and Benefits of Handwriting Related to Learning
2:10-2:20	Break
2:20-3:30	Identify Effective RTI/MTSS Strategies and Collaboration Strategies with Parents, Teachers, and Administrators Data Collection & Its Importance in Making Decisions as a School-Based Therapist Select Sensory Strategies that address Sensory Needs and Work Behaviors Environmental Classroom Strategies to Create a Sensory Space to Meet Student's Sensory Needs Q & A