Part of the 2017 'Sensory Integration and Evidence-Based Practice'
LiveTalk Series:

Sensory Integration and Play in Evidence-Based Practice

 
Featuring:
Teresa May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Monday, July 24, 2017
7:00pm - 8:00pm EST

This year’s 2017 LiveTalk Series will take on a new look as we offer a new evening lecture format. For this year, instead of our usual discussion format, we will offer an hour lecture on review of the literature on a given topic related to sensory integration and evidence-based practice. Our goal this year is to update you on the latest research in specific areas of practice related to sensory integration and to facilitate translation of this research to evidence-based clinical practice. EBP involves assessment and integration of many types of research evidence and this series will present research from all areas of EBP practice. We hope that you will join us for this exciting new series.

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Play is an essential occupation of childhood. Unfortunately a child’s ability to play is often disrupted when the child has sensory integration and processing problems. In addition, therapists often use play as a modality to promote functioning on other areas but rarely address play as an occupation in treatment. This live talk will present the evidence for the relationship between play and sensory integration functioning, discuss the evidence on play skills of children with SPD and autism and address the evidence for improving and addressing play within a sensory integration framework. 

Learning Objectives
By the end of this LiveTalk the participant will be able to:

1. Describe the literature which examines the relationship of sensory integration and processing functions and play.
2. Describe findings from the literature which examines play skills in children with SPD and ASD.
3. Describe the evidence for improving and addressing play within a sensory integration framework.About the Speaker: Teresa May-Benson is the Executive Director of the Spiral Foundation as well as a practicing occupational therapist at OTA The Koomar Center. She is active in conducting research related to sensory integration through the Spiral Foundation’s Sensory Processing Research Center and Laboratory. She is a well-known lecturer and researcher on sensory integration theory and intervention, has authored book chapters and articles on praxis and sensory integration, and completed her doctoral dissertation on ideational praxis. Dr. May-Benson received her bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University and her master’s degree from Boston University with a concentration in sensory integration and school system therapy. She was a Maternal and Child Health Fellow in the Doctoral Program in Therapeutic Studies at Boston University. She has received the Virginia Scardinia Award of Excellence from AOTA for her work in ideational praxis.

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