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Tackle body awareness difficulties that interfere with gross motor, fine motor, learning, and social emotional participation in childhood through adolescence. Using a developmental framework, learn to prioritize your intervention plans for efficiency and function. Add practical activities, adaptations and other tools to your repertoire for supporting kids with body awareness challenges.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Are you treating any students who appear clumsy and unaware of their surroundings? Students who can’t sit still in their chair and complete classroom tasks. Do they stand too close to other students, resulting in social and emotional issues? Do they have a generalized diagnosis that does not match their performance? Have you considered apraxia, dyspraxia, sensory processing, kinesthesia, coordination or neurological conditions? This course will address awareness of self in space from early childhood to adolescence. In addition, it will provide practical activities and tools to use with your students and how to organize your treatment plan from an OT/PT perspective.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
AUDIENCE
This course is relevant for OTs, COTAs, PTs, PTAs working with Pediatric, Birth-3, Early Intervention and School-Age (3-21) populations in home care, outpatient, rehab or school settings.
ON-DEMAND SCHEDULE
1.5 hours:
Starting with the right terminology
30 mins:
Breakout Activity Instructions
Go through each of the 4 cases (dressing, backpacks, cafeteria, recess) and answer the following questions:
10 minutes:
What Does a Student with Diminished Awareness of Self in Space Look Like
25 minutes:
Implications of common diagnoses on body awareness
1 hour and 45 minutes:
Impact of sensory dysregulation on body awareness: How do we assess and address it?
45 minutes:
Components of Typical Body Awareness for Motor Tasks
Cognition Related to Body Awareness
30 minutes:
Assessing Body Awareness
1 hour and 45 minutes:
Treatment: What Do We Prioritize and Where Do We Start?
15 minutes:
Pulling it all together
30 minutes:
Post-test
Dr. Melissa K. Gerber, OTD, OTR/L is a seasoned and respected clinician with extensive experience in pediatrics. She began her career in adults in inpatient/outpatient rehabilitation and acute care. Currently, she has been working for the Great Neck Public Schools for the past 24 years.
She is president of 4MYKIDSOT, a private practice where she provides therapy and evaluations. Dr. Gerber has presented at Education Resources, Therapies in the Schools on Visual Processing: Treat, Remediate, Refer. She also teaches Developmental Coordination disorder course for ERI. In 2023, she co-published The School Based chapter in The Quintessential OT.
She is enthusiastic to share her experiences and provide strategies that can be incorporated immediately. She completed her master’s and doctorate degrees from Quinnipiac University while working full time in the schools.
Financial Disclosures: Melissa Gerber receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc.
Non-Financial Disclosures: Melissa Gerber has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Josephine Bardabelias, PT is a graduate of Hunter College's Physical Therapy program. She has over 30 years of experience working in a variety of settings, with a focus in pediatrics. Throughout her career she has treated children in acute care, N.I.C.U., early intervention, and school-based facilities.
Financial Disclosure: Josephine Bardabelias receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Josephine Bardabelias has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
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Once you purchase an online course, you will have the opportunity to take an exam to test your retention of the material. If you have purchased this course, please ensure you have logged in to your account in order to take the exam. The exam must be completed with a pass rate of 80% or more in order to receive your certificate of attendance.
Continuing Education Hours for disciplines not listed below: 8 contact hours (0.8 CEUs). Intermediate level. License #______________.
Education Resources Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 11655. This Distant Learning-Independent course is offered at 8 contact hours 0.8 CEUs, (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products or clinical procedures. This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 8 units. Provider for the FL Occupational Therapy Association CE Broker for 9.5 CE Hours - approval #___. This course has been approved by the MD State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for __ Continuing Education Hours. Approved by the MN Board of Physical Therapy for __ CE Hours, #___. Approval #___ by the NJ State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for __ CEC's. Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 9.5 contact hours. The Illinois Early Intervention Training Program has approved this event for __ hours of EI credential credit in the area of Intervention. Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 9.5 contact hours (0.95 CEUs). Education Resources is an approved agency by the PT Board of CA for 8 contact hours. This activity is provided by the TX Board of PT Examiners accredited provider #2810017TX for 8 CCUs and meets continuing competence requirements for PTs and PTAs licensure renewal in TX. Approved Provider for OK State Board of Medical Licensure & Supervision #BAP202310003. Approved Provider by the NM Board of Physical Therapy for 8 CE Hours. 8 hours of this course qualify towards the discipline-specific hours for the 20-hour requirement for NDTA re-certification. They do NOT qualify towards the 8-hour NDTA Instructor requirement for re-certification.
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