When
Monday August 11, 2014
-to-
Tuesday September 2,2014
Register NOW and watch this streamed course at your leisure during our 3-week viewing window.
Where
Anywhere! This is an online event.Contact
Rachael Benson, Administrative Assistant
Spiral Foundation
617-969-4410 ext. 231
courses@thespiralfoundation.org
Level:
Introductory - Intermediate
Prerequisites:
None.
Target Audience:
Occupational therapists, OT assistants, physical therapists, PT assistants, speech and language therapists, teachers, physicians, pediatricians, mental health professionals
AOTA:
Domain of OT: Performance Skills
Process: Assessment
Contact Hours:
This course is worth 6.0 contact hours.
Course Completion Requirements:
To earn contact hours for this course participants must: Complete the online course ; submit a course evaluation ; score 80% or more on the post-test.
Cancellation Policy:
No refunds except in the event the course is cancelled by the Spiral Foundation. Please see here, towards the bottom of the page, for the Spiral Foundation's complete policy regarding refunds and cancellations. For questions, contact us at:
courses@thespiralfoundation.org
or
617-969-4410 ext 231.
ADA/Section 504: If you require special accommodations, please contact us at the address above.
Hold the date for these great upcoming courses!
September 20: Advanced
Eyesight to Insight
Presented by:
Mary Kawar, MS, OT/L
September 21: From Primitive Reflexes
to Sensory Integration and
Occupational Performance
Presented by:
Mary Kawar, MS, OT/L
Next Webinar
September 8: A Little M.O.R.E.
Patricia Oetter, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
Next LiveTalks
October 20: Supporting the Social Emotional Needs of Children
December 1: Facilitating Fine
Back-to-School
Online Course
Clinical Assessment of Sensory Integration
in Diverse Environments
Presented by:
Teresa May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Available from August 11 to September 2, 2014
Every therapist will encounter situations where her tried and true standardized assessments are simply inappropriate. These situations are especially common when working with children with sensory integration concerns or those with autism, who may not tolerate the demands of standardized tests, or when working outside a traditional clinic, such as in the case of school-based and early intervention therapists and mental health practitioners. This course is designed to teach therapists and other professionals how to observe and identify modulation and discrimination problems outside of the standardized sensory integration assessment. With the help of lecture, case studies, and video analysis participants will fine tune observations and enhance clinical reasoning skills that can be used in the classroom, the home, and other clinical settings.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Identify ways to supplement standardized test results with observations of daily life activities.
- Recognize limitations of standardized test results when assessing the full range of sensory processing problems.
- Identify a framework to organize observations sensory problems in daily life activities.
Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA 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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