NEW COURSE!
Therapies in the School On-Demand Program B (Day 2) features six (6) sessions (14.5 contact hours - 1.45 CEUs) recorded from the live webinar Therapies in the School 26th Annual Conference 2025. Take a deep dive into the most pressing topics in school-based therapy—designed to empower you with practical tools, evidence-based strategies and renewed inspiration.
The Program B on-demand series offers 14.5 contact hours (1.45 CEUs) and features 6 sessions recorded on Day 2 of the Therapies in the School 26th Annual Conference 2025 on November 21, 2025. Download the brochure here.
Unable to join us for the live Therapies in the School Conference? No problem, we have you covered with the on-demand version. This is your opportunity to gain new skills, insights and strategies that will empower you to meet the challenges and needs of your students. Rewind, pause, reflect and go at your own pace.
These sessions and expert faculty give OTs, PTs and SLPs the knowledge they need, paired with practical interventions that can be implemented right away. Bring that momentum back to your classroom and keep it moving forward all year long!
Audience:
This intermediate level conference is for PTs, PTAs, OTs, OTAs, SLPs and special educators working with children in schools.
*Please contact our office in order to register your on-demand group. Email info@educationresourcesinc.com or call 800-487-6530 to speak with one of our team members. Please share this offer with your colleagues and staff!
Moving Beyond “Sensory vs. Behavior”: Why This Question is Popular but Doesn’t Lead Us to Answers
Amy Lewis, OTR/L
Motor Needs, Educational Relevance, and Evidence-Based Practice: Incorporating All Three for Evaluations and Interventions that Promote Participation
Nia Mensah, PT, DPT, PhD
Expanding Regulatory Capacity: A Better Approach Than “Sensory vs. Behavior”
Amy Lewis, OTR/L
Making Writing Meaningful: Play-Based Therapy for Kids Who “Hate Writing”
Kelsie Olds, MOT, OTR
Demystifying Pediatric Orthotic Recommendations for the School-Based Therapist
Amanda Hall, PT
Practical Tools for Participation: Planning, Delivering and Adjusting Interventions for Students with Motor Needs
Nia Mensah, PT, DPT, PhD
AMY LEWIS OTR/L pediatric OT in Charleston, SC. Amy has a particular interest in psychology, sensory integration, auditory interventions, relational neuroscience, and light touch body work. She recently completed a 2-year mentorship in Tensegrity Medicine, an approach that treats the whole person from an integrated mind and body perspective, focused on the fascial system. Her OT career began in the birth to three population, affording the opportunity to hone her focus on foundational skills like postural control and regulation. Certifications include SIPT, Therapeutic Listening, Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention, iLs, and Safe and Sound Protocol. When transitioning to work with older children and adults, Amy maintained a focus on foundational skills and how they support regulatory capacity, while also bringing in her studies of mindfulness, and the practice of self-compassion. Amy currently works at Powerfully You, teaching and supporting therapists, and lectures as Affiliate Faculty at The Medical University of South Carolina. Powerfully You is a culmination of 20 years working as an OT, combined with life experiences and learnings and a passion for being with others on their journey in a way that comes alongside and offers information and tools.
Dr. Nia Mensah is a pediatric physical therapist, researcher, and educator with over 15 years of experience serving children with complex developmental disabilities. She earned her PhD in Motor Learning from Teachers College, Columbia University, where her research focused on physical activity and participation in non-ambulatory youth with cerebral palsy. Currently, Dr. Mensah is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Southern California and serves as pediatric physical therapy hybrid faculty at the University of Colorado DPT Program.
Her clinical and academic work bridges school-based practice, early intervention, and translational motor learning research. She is widely recognized for advancing culturally responsive and evidence-informed care in school settings and has presented nationally on the intersection of equity, family advocacy, and school-based service delivery.
Nia Mensah receives an honorarium from Education Resources.
Nia Mensah has nonfinancial relationships to disclose. Nia is Vice President and
Founder/ Kusudi International Inc. Non-Profit organization and is Coordinator of Community Relations Committee. This is a volunteer role.
Kelsie Olds, "The Occuplaytional Therapist", shares passionately every day online with thousands of parents, teachers, professionals--and adults simply seeking to heal childhood wounds in their own selves--about the healing and power in play as the core meaningful occupation that underlies childhood. Kelsie has worked on an Air Force base in England; in rural Oklahoma, USA; and currently in Geelong, Australia. This gives them a unique perspective on various Western systems of healthcare and education, and the ways those intersect and affect the children they work with every day.
Kelsie Olds receives an honorarium from Education Resources.
Kelsie Olds has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Amanda Hall, PT, MPT, PCS, began teaching clinical education with serial therapeutic casting courses, and has since developed additional coursework based on an integrative approach to treatment for patients with pediatric and neurological health conditions. Her clinical practice is at the Rehabilitation and Specialized Care of Children’s National Hospital (formerly the HSC Pediatric Center) in Washington, DC, where she specializes in treating “outliers” and patients with complex presentations. Her framework is grounded in PNF principles, therapeutic alliance, neuroplasticity, manual therapy, therapeutic gait, and developmental kinesioplasticity. Her framework has a strong focus in patient-centered treatment and adaptive design. As a result, she has received international media attention as the “Madcaster.” Notable presentations include the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, the APTA Pediatrics Annual Conference, and at the National Institutes of Health. She graduated with her Master of Physical Therapy from the University of Washington in 2001 and received her Board-Certification as a Pediatric Clinical Specialist in 2010.
Financial Disclosure: Amanda Hall receives an honorarium from Education Resources, Inc.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Amanda Hall has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Once you purchase an online course you will have access to the course materials. If you have purchased this course, please ensure you have logged in to your account in order to take the exam.
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.
This course meets the criteria for 14.5 contact hours (1.45 CEUs) Intermediate Level.
To receive a certificate of completion all registered attendees are required to attend and participate fully in all applicable course activities (i.e., labs, discussions, group work, polls, post-tests with passing grade of 80% or greater etc.) and complete the evaluation form.
Education Resources Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 13946. This Distance Learning-Independent course is offered at 14.5 contact hours 1.45 CEUs. (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery & Foundational Knowledge & Professional Issues). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
This course can be used toward your NBCOT renewal requirements for 14.5 units.
Approved provider of the FL Board of Occupational Therapy-CE Broker – 14.5 hrs. This course meets the approval of the TX Board of OT Examiners.
Application has been made to the MD Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
Application has been made to the MN Board of Physical Therapy.
Application has been made to the NJ Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.
Approved sponsor by the State of IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Physical Therapy for 17 contact hours. Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 17 contact hours (1.7 CEUs).
Education Resources, Inc. is an approved provider for Physical Therapy CEUs in the following states: CA, NM, OK, TX and the assignment does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures for these.
The following state boards of physical therapy accept other states’ approval: AK, AR, AZ, DC, DE, GA, HI, ID, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, OR, PA, RI, SC, UT, VA, VT, WI, WY. The following state boards of physical therapy either do not require course pre-approval or do not require CEUs for re-licensure: AL, CO, CT, IA, ME, MT, NE, ND, NH, SD, WA.
12 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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