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Creating Sensory-motor Smart Environments in OT School Settings:
An OT Practitioner's Perspective

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Creating Sensory-motor Smart Environments in OT School Settings: An OT Practitioner's Perspective

Self-paced
$40 | 2.0 Contact Hour, 0.20 CEUs,
 2.5 PDUs

Educational level: Intermediate

Category 1: Occupational Therapy Service Delivery

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Engagement in meaningful occupations occurs at the interplay of the student, the context, and the occupation for school-aged children.  OT practitioners can support meaningful engagement by assessing and addressing occupational performance including sensory-motor aspects as it relates to the school environment and then creating a sensory-motor smart environment that best meets student needs for positive outcomes.

In this self-paced course, Vera Gallagher will present her perspective on how OT practitioners may asses and create Sensory-motor smart environments for students, classrooms, and buildings in the school setting. 

This course is an intermediate level course that will focus on applying foundational knowledge to a case study from the presenter's perspective.

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), live discussion, 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:
Vera Gallagher, OTD, OTR/L, BCP
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Benefits of this course
  • Analyze and assess activities and tools to create a SMSE with a case study for positive student outcomes. 

  • Integrate knowledge of sensory function and motor skill development to create a SMSE in the educational setting. 
  • Apply the distinct value of occupational therapy with the historical perspective to create a sensory-motor smart environment (SMSE). 
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Aspire OT is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development.
Course approval ID# 07410
This Blended-hybrid course is offered at 0.2 CEUs (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery)
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

What OTs and OTAs are saying about our school-based courses

"I enjoyed hearing the ways to address each sense in the classroom (visual, auditory, tactile...)."

OT Course Participant 

"This course was well formatted, easy to access, and relevant to school-based practice."

OTA Course Participant

"After this course I plan to listen more carefully to the teachers to determine what their learning style is in order to incorporate them more in my recommendations.""

OT Course Participant
Instructor bioS
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Vera Gallagher, OTD, OTR/L, BCP
Aspire OT Instructor

Vera is a pediatric board-certified practitioner with over thirty years of experience in school-based practice. She obtained a post-professional doctorate degree researching the practice patterns and perceptions of occupational therapists collaborating with teachers. She is passionate about leadership and advocacy roles as central themes for occupational therapy providers. Positive reviews from local, state and national presentations ensure attendees will enjoy an interactive learning experience. 

DISCLOSURES

Financial: Vera is compensated as an Aspire OT instructor. 

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

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
  • 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.  
cancellation policy
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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