AOTA Timed Agenda

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Foundations

Understanding Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) (Knowledge, Remembering)

• Define sensory integration and sensory processing disorder (SPD)
• Identify key terminology and concepts

Sensory Challenges in the Classroom: A Teacher's Perspective (Comprehension, Understanding)

• Analyze the impact of sensory challenges on student learning and behavior
• Recognize common sensory challenges in the classroom

Sensory Integration Principles and the 6 Subtypes of SPD (Analysis, Applying)

• Explain the principles of sensory integration
• Identify and describe the 6 subtypes of SPD

Strategies and Support

Fostering Sensory Friendly Classrooms: What Can OT's Do to Support Teachers (Synthesis, Creating)

• Design strategies for creating sensory-friendly classrooms
• Explore ways OT's can support teachers

Sensory Self-Regulation Tools for Students (Application, Applying)

• Demonstrate sensory self-regulation tools and techniques
• Practice using sensory self-regulation tools

Movement and Heavy Work Activities for Attention, Focus, and Learning (Analysis, Applying)

• Examine the role of movement and heavy work in sensory regulation
• Identify effective movement activities for various age groups

Assessment and Implementation

Assessment Tools and Methods to Evaluate Students with Sensory Challenges (Analysis, Evaluating)

• Evaluation tools and methods for sensory challenges
• Identify effective assessment strategies

Developing Measurable Sensory Goals for IEP's (Synthesis, Creating)

• Create measurable sensory goals for IEP's
• Practice writing sensory goals

Implementing Sensory-Based Intervention Programs into the School Day (Application, Applying)

• Design implementation plans for sensory-based interventions
• Explore strategies for various age groups (Pre-K, Elementary, Middle, High School)

Interoception and Its Role in Sensory Self-Regulation (Comprehension, Understanding)

• Understand the concept of interoception
• Analyze its role in sensory self-regulation

Advanced Topics and Case Studies

Sensory Tools for Teens and Tweens (Application, Applying)

• Explore sensory tools and strategies for older students
• Practice using sensory tools

Executive Functioning Skills and Sensory Processing (Analysis, Applying)

• Examine the relationship between executive functioning and sensory processing
• Identify strategies to support executive functioning

Clinical Application with Student Case Study (Synthesis, Creating)

• Apply sensory integration principles to a case study
• Synthesize a comprehensive intervention plan