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Life Skills for Elementary Students with Significant Support Needs: An Evidence-
Based and Literacy-Based Approach to Teaching Life Skills

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Life Skills for Elementary Students with Significant Support Needs: An Evidence-
Based and Literacy-Based Approach to Teaching Life Skills

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
7 pm (CT) | 8 pm (ET)
1.5 Contact Hour

Educational level: Introductory Level

Category 1: Occupational Therapy Service Delivery
Category 2: Professional Issues
Category 3: Foundational Knowledge

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This webinar will be held on Zoom.

Are you looking for practical, engaging ways to support elementary students with significant support needs in developing essential life skills?

Rooted in the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and backed by current research, this interactive training will equip school-based occupational therapy practitioners, educators, and support staff with tools to embed life skills instruction into daily routines. You’ll learn how to teach activities of daily living (ADLs) like handwashing, with more engagement and in a multi-sensory way.

Discover how to use Literacy-Based Behavioral Interventions, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and multi-sensory strategies to promote independence, communication, and participation for students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and developmental delays.

Featuring case studies, adaptable visuals, task analyses, and collaborative planning strategies, this course blends theory with practice. Walk away with actionable strategies you can implement immediately—plus interventions to build consistency across school and home environments.

Whether you’re a new practitioner or a seasoned professional, this course will energize your practice and help you make meaningful changes in the lives of your students.

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:
Dr. Jacquelyn Swackhamer, OTD
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UPON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, LEARNERS WILL BE ABLE TO:

  • Identify key components of a literacy-based life skills curricular resource designed for students with significant support needs.
  • Describe strategies to integrate multi-sensory, functional life skills instruction into school-based occupational therapy practice.

What OTs and OTAs are saying about this course

Jackie's friendly disposition and clear explanations made this course easy to follow with great take-aways that I can use tomorrow and continue to build on in our clinic!

OT Course Participant

It was very informative and also gave a new spin on information that we have already been taught

S.M., an OT Participant

Love the resources and easy to understand presentation.

Sheila, an OTA Participant
Instructor bioS
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Dr. Jacquelyn Swackhamer, OTD
Aspire OT Instructor

Jackie Swackhamer is a dedicated occupational therapist with over 17 years of experience empowering children with significant support needs to thrive. She has worked across a variety of settings, including schools, residential centers, hospitals, outpatient clinics, and home health. Her passion lies in helping students build independence and confidence through meaningful life skills that enhance their daily participation and performance. Equally important to her is supporting fellow occupational therapy practitioners—she enjoys sharing practical tools, evidence-based strategies, and inspiration to help others make a lasting impact in their practice. Jackie is committed to creating more opportunities for success for both students and practitioners alike

DISCLOSURES

Financial: Jackie is compensated as an Aspire OT instructor. 

Non Financial:  Jackie does not have any non-financial disclosures.
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Course Outline

 0 - 5 minutes

 6-15 minutes 

16-20 minutes

21-25 minutes

26-35 minutes

36-45 minutes

46-50 minutes

51-65  minutes

66-75  minutes

76-80 minutes

81-85 minutes

86-90 minutes

Introduction and Objectives 

IDEA and IEPs

Benefits of Life Skills Training

Topics of Life Skills in the Schools

Inclusive Instructional Design and UDL

Literacy-Based Approach to Learning

Strategies for Learning 

Implementation of Teaching Handwashing

Case Studies

Collaboration

Final Tips, Takeaways, & 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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Aspire OT is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development.
PD activity approval ID# 13928
This Distance Learning-Interactive course is offered at 0.15 CEUs (Introductory level, OT Service Delivery, Professional Issues, 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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Aspire OT reports directly to CE Broker. Please see below for specific reporting details for this course.

  • CE Broker Tracking Number:  20-1364066
  • Individuals must complete the required steps to set up their Aspire OT account. You can view those steps here. 
  • Course completions are reported within 48 hours.
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This Course Will Be Reported as The Following to CE Broker:

Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Patient Related :
     1.5 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Patient Related :
     1.5 Contact hour
Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
Occupational Therapist
     Related to the Clinical Practice of OT:
      1.5 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Related to the Clinical Practice of OT:
     1.5 Contact hour
Florida Board of Occupational Therapy  
Occupational Therapist
     General :
     1.5 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     General :
     1.5 Contact hour
Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Related to Direct Hands-On Patient Care:
     1.5 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Related to Direct Hands-On Patient Care :
     1.5 Contact hour
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Related to the Clinical Practice of Occupational Therapy
     1.5 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Related to the Clinical Practice of Occupational Therapy
     1.5 Contact hour
Michigan Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     General :
     1.5 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     General :
     1.5 Contact hour
Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     General :
     1.50 Contact hour
Occupational Therapist
     General:
    1.50 Contact hour
South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Direct client/patient services in occupational therapy:
     1.50 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
        Direct client/patient services in occupational therapy: :
     1.50  Contact hour
Tennessee Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Continuing education directly related to the delivery of occupational therapy services :
    1.50 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Continuing education directly related to the delivery of occupational therapy services :
     1.50 Contact hour

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