This session is part of two comprehensive series:
Therapies in the School 25th Annual Conference PROGRAM A – ON-DEMAND 11
and
Therapies in the School 25th Annual Conference 2024 – ON-DEMAND 11
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Dive deeper into the evaluation process by dissecting evaluation reports for the information all stakeholders want and need in a comprehensive report. Utilize a participation-focused framework as you create SMART student goals that are discipline free. Design intervention plans that meet the student’s needs while determining appropriate dosage. Be the effective IEP team member professionals, families and students all want on their team!
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Determine the necessary components for a comprehensive report that is accurate, informative, professional and parent-friendly and reflects assessment findings.
- Differentiate between “intervention” and “treatment” strategies.
- Select SMART goals with an emphasis on participation in school activities.
- Utilize an intervention plan that addresses school participation needs using case scenarios.
AUDIENCE
School-Based Therapists
COURSE OUTLINE
- 60 min Writing a Report that Matters
- Are you writing an Evaluation or Assessment Report?
- Dissecting the components of a comprehensive report.
- Background,
- Subjective and objective data
- Analysis of the information
- Making it school relevant and participation-based.
- Case Scenarios: Meeting participation needs
- 60 min Writing Student Centric Goals
- Writing participation based, discipline-free, SMART goals based on the student’s learning environment.
- Breakout groups: analyze data to write one goal for a student in each type of setting (preschool to high school)
- 60 min Determining a Plan of Care and Dosage
- IEP recommendations that meet the student’s needs and the team agrees upon.
- Options for service delivery
- Case examples: From start to finish
Denise Swensen, DPT, has over 30 years of experience working in Maryland public schools, in Early Intervention and with school-aged children. As a clinical leader, she has been a Part C to Part B Transition Specialist at the county level, an APTA CCI, and chairperson of APTA Pediatric Section work groups that developed the Part C to Part B Discipline-Free Guidelines for Providers & Families and the Part C to Part B transition form for PT providers. Denise serves as the Maryland State Pediatric Advocate Liaison and is a member of both the EI and School-Based SIGS of the Academy of Pediatrics of the APTA. She has presented on various pediatric topics at the local and national levels. Denise graduated first from New York University and next with her DPT from University of Texas Medical Branch, where she earned a certificate in Specialized Training for Occupational and Physical Therapists in Early Intervention and Related Services (STAIRS). Outside of her professional role, Denise enjoys fly fishing, camping, hiking and sailing and has traveled all over in pursuit of beautiful trout which are lovingly admired and then released back to their home.
Denise Swensen receives a honorarium from Education Resources.
Denise Swensen has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
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