Sharing this ASHA Survey to Help Promote Interprofessional Collaboration – Please complete by December 15

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA’s) School Services team will be working with the ASHA Leader team to write an article on the benefits of collaborating with other special education providers, e.g., occupational therapists, nurses, physical therapists, special education teachers, school counselors, school psychologists. The ASHA Leader is ASHA’s newsmagazine.

They would like to include quotes from you and other special education providers on what is appreciated about working with school-based speech-language pathologists. The article will include perspectives from school-based speech-language pathologists on what they value about working with other special education providers.

Please help ASHA gather this information and complete this survey ASHA will select from the responses to have representative feedback from different special education providers throughout the article. Someone from the  ASHA Leader team may contact you with additional questions.

It would be helpful if they receive responses by Friday, December 15.

Thank you 

Thankful for a Successful Therapies in the School Conference 2019

Our annual Therapies in the Schools conference took place last week, bringing together more than 250 school-based therapists, inspiring speakers, and resourceful vendors.  We left with a greater understanding of how to identify and treat children experiencing numerous conditions, as well as how to support one another both inside and outside the classroom.

The two-day conference featured speakers including Athena Oden, PT of “Ready Bodies Learning Minds,” and Emily Zeman, OTD, MS, OTR/L who spoke about trauma-informed care.

ERI Co-founder Barabra Offringa (L) with speaker Athena Oden (R), who presented “Ready Bodies Learning Minds”.

Vendors including showcased items of interest and lunchtime break out sessions were a great opportunity to share experiences and interact with colleagues. We thought the conference was one of the best, but don’t take our word for it. Here’s what attendees are saying:

“Conference material was so on point and easily applicable to school-based therapy. I felt like crying tears of joy.  Finally, material I can use on Monday!”

 – S. Gouk, PT

“Excellent content, meaningful and insightful. Practical strategies I can’t wait to implement.”

 – Conference Attendee

 

ERI also recognized several outstanding therapists at the conference – Katelyn Cyr, DPT, received the Emerging Leader New to School-Based Practice award, and Tammy Dale, OT, OTR/L received the Excellence in Creative School-Based Therapy award. 

Tammy Dale, OT, OTR/L was awarded the Excellence in Creative School-Based Therapy Award at the 2019 Therapies in the Schools Conference.

Katelyn Cyr, DPT, was recognized as this year’s Emerging Leader New to School-based Practice and awarded a scholarship to Therapies in the Schools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are grateful for everyone who attended the conference, and confident the techniques and strategies shared by our speakers will help bring practices to the next level.  

And it’s not too early to start thinking about next year’s conference. Tell us what topics you’d like to explore at Therapies in the School 2020!

The Annual Therapies in the School Conference 2019.

 

Raise Your Hands if You’re Excited for this Year’s Therapies in the School Conference!

It’s “Therapies Eve” at ERI and we couldn’t be more excited!

Tomorrow we will welcome more than 200 OTs, PTs, and SLPs to Therapies in the School 2019, our annual school-based conference just outside of Boston. Renowned speakers including Athena Oden creator of “Ready Bodies, Learning Minds,” and self-regulation expert Susan Roberts will take the stage and share their knowledge and personal experiences. We will teach the most up to date treatments and address numerous challenges that our community of school-based therapists face every day and provide support and ideas for improving your practice and outcomes for students and young children.

If you’re attending the conference, the ERI Team will be on hand should any attendees have and special needs or requests.  And be sure to follow us on Facebook, watch for Facebook Live events, check-in, share photos, and tag #therapiesintheschool #eri #schooltherapists #Therapies2019.

See you at the registration table!

Welcome the Season with ERI’s Holiday Coupon

We’re spreading good cheer this holiday season by inviting you to enjoy $50 off your next ERI continuing education course! Now through December 27, 2019, register for an ERI multi-day continuing education course, enter code HOLIDAY2019 at checkout and receive $50 off*!  Choose from numerous courses taking place across the country now through 2020. Registration is open online or by calling 800-487-6530. 

Happy Holidays!
The Team at ERI

 

*Promotion code valid 11/18/2019 through 12/27/2019. Promotion code must be entered at the time of registration and is valid for one-time use only. Offer is not valid on previous purchases, online courses, conferences, or one-day courses and can not be combined with other offers. Additional restrictions may apply.

ERI and Kelly Mahler Bring “Interoception, the Eighth Sense” to the East Coast

Kelly Mahler, MS, OTR/L, who presented the keynote speech to a packed room at the 2019 Therapies in the School Conference, is teaming up with ERI to offer her engaging course “Interoception, the Eighth Sense: Practical Solutions for Promoting Self-Regulation, Positive Behavior, Language Development and Social Participation.” Kelly’s course received high-praise from therapists and we’re pleased to offer her course in New Jersey on December 3-4, and in Baltimore, MD in February 2020.

The course will teach participants how to increase the effectiveness of their treatments and help improve clients’ functioning in self-regulation, language development, positive behavior, and social participation. Kelly will also highlight key strategies from her book “The Interoception Curriculum,” a step-by-step framework for improving interoception. She will teach participants how to adapt strategies to effectively meet a variety of client needs and improve client outcomes. All the strategies presented in this course will be effective for use in many different settings including home, schools, community and clinic.

Don’t miss this engaging and informative course that will help you treat your patients and improve outcomes. Therapists can register for Kelly’s course on December 3-4, 2019 in Livingston, New Jersey, or  February 6-7, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. Space is limited so don’t delay!