Contact
Rachael Benson, Administrative Assistant
The Spiral Foundation
74 Bridge St.
Newton, MA 02458
courses@thespiralfoundation.org
(617) 969 - 4410 ext. 231
When
Sunday, January 17 - Thursday, January 21, 2016
Hours: Varies by day but generally 8:00AM EST start and 4:30-5:00 PM EST end. Half day on last day. Please do not plan to depart before 2:30pm on the last day.
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Continuing Education
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants
AOTA:
Domain: Performance Skills
Process: Assessment and Intervention
Level: Advanced
Prerequisites: This course is open to occupational and physical therapists with an introductory to intermediate level of clinical experience with sensory integration and children with autism. It is recommended, but not required, that participants have taken a course on sensory integration theory and read Sensory Integration: Theory and Practice and Understanding the Nature of Sensory Integration in Diverse Populations.
Therapists must have their own professional liability insurance!
Contact hours: 30 hours (3.0 CEUs)
Please note: CEUs will be calculated depending on the hours of attendance and the completion of the course evaluation.
Completion Requirements: To receive contact hours for this course you must attend and participate in the course and in-course lab activities.
Occupational Therapy Practitioners/ Occupational Therapy Assistants: The Spiral Foundation is an Approved Provider of continuing education for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants by the American Occupational Therapy Association. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
ADA/Section 504: If you require special accommodations, please contact us at the address above.
Hotel Information
There are few hotels in the immediate vicinity of the course site. None are within walking distance so plan on driving or taking taxis. The following hotels are all within a 5 mile radius of the course site.
Crowne Plaza Boston - Newton
320 Washington Street
Newton, MA
877 270 1393
www.crowneplaza.com
Super 8 Watertown/Cambridge/Boston Area
100 North Beacon St
Watertown, MA
(617) 926-2200
Close, relatively inexpensive but definitely budget hotel.
Best Western Terrace Inn
1650 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02135
(617) 566-6260
www.bestwestern.com
Boston Marriott Newton
2345 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA
(617) 969-1000
www.marriott.com
Within 4 miles
Hotel Indigo Riverside
399 Grove Street
Newton, MA
(617) 969-5300
www.newtonboutiquehotel.com
About the Instructor
Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA - Dr. May-Benson is the Executive Director the Spiral Foundation at OTA-Koomar Center as well as a practicing occupational therapist. She is a well-known lecturer and researcher on sensory integration theory and intervention. She has authored a number of book chapters and articles on praxis and sensory integration, and completed her doctoral dissertation on ideational praxis.
Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Intensive Sensory Integration Treatment Mentoring
Presented by Teresa May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Sunday, January 17 - Thursday, January 21, 2016
This unique five-day mentorship program is designed to help therapists further develop expertise in sensory integration assessment and intervention with children with autism. This course focuses on hands-on experience working with children using specialized therapy equipment. Therapists work in pairs, assessing and treating one child, for three days throughout the week. Each session includes ample time for in-depth discussion, clinical reasoning, analysis of interventions, self-reflection on performance, and feedback from our experienced clinician mentors.
As part of this program, participants will learn to apply sensory integration theory and treatment principles to practice. Participants will receive a comprehensive notebook of lecture handouts, evaluation tools, and intervention materials. This course will build your clinical skills by fostering self-reflection in clinical practice and promoting critical thinking in the application of sensory integration theory to intervention.
Daily lecture / discussion sessions and video presentations are geared towards participants' individual needs, and include topics such as developing the therapeutic relationship, facilitation of adaptive responses, clinical assessment of sensory modulation and discrimination, dyspraxia, development of a fidelity measure and goal attainment scaling for sensory integration research, and sensory integration for children with autism
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Use suspended equipment for sensory integration intervention safely and appropriately to maximize children’s adaptive responses.
- Administer clinical observations of sensory integration and complete a clinical assessment of sensory modulation and discrimination to assess children with autism for sensory integration problems.
- Develop a therapeutic relationship with children with autism to maximize the child’s sensory integration intervention.
- Provide sensory integration intervention under the mentorship of an experienced therapist.
Tentative Course Schedule: Days One and Two
Subject to change depending on the availability of clinic space and the needs of participants.
Sunday: January 17
8:00 - 8:30 Registration
8:30 - 9:30 Introductions; Course and clinic set-up and safety
9:30 - 10:30 Lab - Set up and analysis of SI equipment
10:30 - 12:00 Lecture - Overview of SI concepts related to intervention
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (provided)
1:00 - 2:00 Lecture - Clinical observations and assessment of modulation and discrimination
2:00 - 3:00 Lab - Clinical assessment: Observation and assessment
3:00 - 4:00 Process and document assessment information
4:00 - 5:00 Lab - Ayers clinical observations
5:00 - 5:30 Chart review; plan for Child #1, complete treatment forms; clinical exploration
Monday: January 18
8:30 - 9:00 Plan and set-up for Child #1
9:00 - 10:00 Therapy Session - Child #1
10:00 - 11:00 Process therapy session; complete treatment forms; write therapy note
11:00 - 11:30 Lunch (not provided)
11:30 - 12:00 Plan and set-up for Child #2
12:00 - 1:00 Therapy Session - Child #2
1:00 - 2:00 Process therapy session; complete treatment forms; write therapy note
2:00 - 3:00 Lecture - Art of therapy and fidelity to SI intervention
3:00 - 4:00 Lecture - Clinical reasoning: the art and science of activity analysis
4:00 - 5:00 Lecture - Facilitating postural control and respiration
5:00 - 6:00 Optional - Observe treatment; clinic exploration
Tuition: $1500
($750 initial application fee is due on registration, along with a resume and acceptance to course to hold your space; final payment of $750 is due two weeks prior to course)
NOTE: Cancellation Fees - The $750 initial fee will be refunded if you are not accepted into the course. Cancellations happening 2 weeks prior to the start day will incur a $75 processing fee. Cancellations occuring within 2 weeks of the course start day will incur a $150 cancellation fee.