A webinar presented by Laurette Olson, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Mercy College
.25 CEUs Sponsored by NYSOTA

During this webinar, participants will learn the basics of RTI, as well as explore how to design and articulate a role for OT within RTI, shift from a caseload to workload model and rework everyday practice patterns including developing strategies for embedding OT services within the curricular-based model of RTI.

Course Description & Learning Objectives
As public schools embrace Response to Intervention (RTI) as the model for identifying and meeting the needs of struggling learners in general education, the role of the school-based OTs is changing. RTI is a problem solving multi-tiered approach to education that proactively addresses the learning needs of children before their failure is sufficient for a referral to special education. Educational assessment in RTI moves beyond identifying deficits and a child’s current functional level to dynamic assessment through which professionals work to identify how to shift teaching/learning practices, tasks and environments to support children’s learning. While RTI offers occupational therapists vast opportunities to impact how all children learn and participate in their academic activities, it presents a number of challenges. To thrive in school-based practice, OTs must re-conceptualize their role including how they use their time, how they assess and intervene with children, as well as their relationships with administrators, teachers and other related service personnel. Participants will learn the basics of RTI, as well as explore how to design and articulate a role for OT within RTI, shift from a caseload to workload model and rework everyday practice patterns including developing strategies for embedding OT services within the curricular-based model of RTI.

• Define the core principles and process of RTI and its relevance to school-based occupational therapy practice
• Articulate the differences in providing OT services through a special education model versus RTI
• Explain the necessary shifts in conceptualizing and practicing school-based OT to thrive within RTI
• Identify ways of embedding OT services within the multiple tiers of RTI
• Identify ways of reworking OT assessment and intervention methods for success in RTI

Registration Information
Cost: $35 (NYSOTA members receive a $10 rebate)!
Course length: 2.5 hours
CEUs: .25

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Instructor
Laurette Olson, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is a tenured Professor in the Graduate Program in OT at Mercy College. Dr. Olson has been a pediatric occupational therapist for 30 years. Her clinical, academic, and scholarly work have centered on occupational therapy’s role in child and adolescent mental health and in school-based settings. She articulated a framework for developing and leading parent-child occupation-based groups as well as for children’s occupation-based groups. Over the past 4 years, she has focused a great deal of her energies on developing, implementing and assessing school-based occupational therapy services within a Response to Intervention Framework. Dr. Olson has shared her expertise through numerous presentations, published chapters and articles. Dr. Olson is an active member of the NYSOTA and served as Westchester District Chair for a number of years. Dr. Olson collaborated with Izel Obermeyer, MS, OTR/L in developing a vision and co-chairing the 2006 NYSOTA conference at the United Nations. At the 2010 AOTA national conference in Orlando, Florida, Dr. Olson co-presented the workshop, Embedding School-based OT in RTI: Implementing A District-wide Fine Motor Curriculum; at the 2011 AOTA national conference in Philadelphia, PA, she co-presented the short course, Embedding Yoga into Special Needs Preschool Curriculum for Increasing Self-Regulation and Postural Control. Dr. Olson serves on the AOTA Work Group on School Mental Health and Work Group on Response to Intervention. Dr. Olson was named a Fellow of the AOTA at the 2011 AOTA conference.

Course Completion Requirements
Upon completion of the webinar, the participant is asked to complete an online survey. You will automatically be re-directed to this survey and submission is electronic. A certificate of completion will be sent via e-mail once your survey information is received and processed.
 

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