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Nurturing Little Minds: Occupational Therapy Executive Function in Young Children

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Live Webinar

Nurturing Little Minds: Occupational Therapy Executive Function in Young Children

Monday, February 17, 2025
7 pm (CT) | 8 pm (EDT)
1 Contact Hour, 0.10 CEUs, 1.25 PDUs

Educational level: Introductory

Category 1: Occupational Therapy Service Delivery, 3. Foundational Knowledge

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This webinar is now available for individual purchase!



This webinar will be held on Zoom.

Join us for an engaging live webinar that delves into the critical role of occupational therapy in supporting executive function development in young children. In this course, we will define executive functioning and explore its impact on early childhood development. Through detailed case studies, participants will gain insights into common executive functioning challenges faced by young children and learn practical interventions that can be implemented in therapy sessions.

Additionally, we will discuss the unique role of occupational therapy practitioners in addressing these challenges and how they can collaborate effectively with other service providers and professionals to support the holistic development of children. This webinar is essential for occupational therapy practitioners looking to deepen their understanding and enhance their practice in the area of executive functioning.

Target Audience: Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy students

This occupational therapy continuing education course uses the following instructional methods: visual aides (ie slides), discussion board, guided note taking, and learning, and practice opportunities.
Content disclosure: This course does not exclusively focus on any specific product or service.

Presented by:
Marina Scott, MS, OTR/L
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Benefits of this course
  • Describe OTs role in supporting young children with executive functioning difficulties.    
  • Identify the main areas of executive function and how they may present in young children.
  • Identify strategies that can help support  young children with executive functioning difficulties.

What OTs and OTAs are saying about this course

A great course to nurture little minds using practical strategies in the areas of executive functioning and emotional regulation.

Diane, OT Course Participant 

After this course, I feel that I will be better able to breakdown for teachers and parents the developmental progression and appropriate expectations for children that struggle with executive function difficulties.

OT Course Participant 

As always, Marina is very easy to listen to and gives great treatment ideas.

OT Course Participant 

Instructor bioS
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Marina Scott, MS, OTR/L,
Aspire OT Instructor

Marina Scott MS, OTR/L is an accomplished pediatric occupational therapist with over 21 years of experience. She is a clinician, writer, and public speaker.  She has extensive experience in pediatrics, spanning from early intervention through college. She has spent her professional career in schools, early intervention, private clinics, and teletherapy.  
Her hobbies include knitting, reading, and spending time with family and friends


DISCLOSURES

Financial: Marina is compensated as an Aspire OT instructor. 
Non Financial:  Marina does not have any non-financial disclosures.
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Purchase a subscription for only $69  to attend this webinar as well as have 12 months access to our self-paced courses, live webinars, discussion panels and forums!

Course Outline

 0 - 5 minutes

 6-15 minutes 

16-30 minutes

31-40 minutes


41-50 minutes

51-55 minutes

56-60minutes

Welcome / Introduction / Objectives 

Overview of Executive Function 

OT's Role in Executive Function for Young Children

Occupational Therapy Executive Function Interventions for Young Children

Case Study

Questions

Wrap Up   

Completion Requirements
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In order to receive the certificate of completion, participants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • Payment of the course in full
  • Attend webinar in its entirety
  • Complete Attestation of Attendance
  • Pass the course exam with a score of 70% or greater
  • Complete the Post Course Evaluation
Please note that no credit or certificate will be issued unless all criteria is met.  Partial credit will not be issued.  
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Live Courses and Webinars
Learner cancellations: In the event that the learner requests to cancel or is unable to attend a course, a refund for the total paid for the course will be granted if Aspire OT is notified via email at info@aspireot.us within 10 business days prior to date of the scheduled course, minus a non-refundable registration fee of 25% of registration price.  If the learner provides notification of cancellation less then 10 business days prior to the scheduled course, the learner will be offered the opportunity to attend the same webinar on an alternate date or enrollment in the recorded on-demand version of that webinar, instead of a refund.  

No refunds will be issued after a course has been attended for more than 30 minutes.  Partial credit will not be issued.  

Provider cancellations: 
In the event of inclement weather or other event resulting in the inability for a live course to be provided within the scheduled time, learners will be offered an alternate date or a full refund for registration paid.
On-Demand web Courses 
Web courses will remain available to learners for 1 year. No refunds will be available for web courses that have been attended or viewed for greater than 30 minutes. In the event of a refund, the learner will be unenrolled in the course immediately upon issuance of a refund. No refunds will be issued for any course in which a certificate has been issued.  
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Aspire OT is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development.
Course approval ID# 10496 
This Distance Learning-Interactive course is offered at 0.1CEUs (Introductory level, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge)
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
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