Screening/ Assessment Tools
Can school districts use their own screening tool?
Who does the referral to OT come from?
What are parents, school staff, or other individuals.
What is :
Parental consent
What is an area that OT would assess in the area of education?
What is:
Participation in the classroom curriculum
Organization skills
Attending to teacher
FMS/Grasp
Written communication & handwriting
Who is responsible for carrying out specific responsibilities outlined in the IEP?
What are teachers?
What items could you find on the list for a screen??
What is:
Difficulty with follwoing classroom directions and routines
difficulty with written communication, social participation, school-related self-care, and self-regulation.
The referral comes out of
What is IEP process
When would you conduct an occupational profile?
What is:
At the beginning of the evaluation process to explore the student's educational history, interests needs, and values
What is an area that OT would assess in the area of social participation?
Interaction with peers, teachers, and other school personnel
Adaptation to environmental demands
When OT does services or treatment sessions within the classroom of the student.
What is push in school-based model?
Assess overall motor proficiency along with gross and fine motor skills with 8 subsets.
What is BOT2?
Examples of student referrals
What has difficulty in learning new motor tasks, shows poor organization and sequencing tasks, demonstrates poor hand use and fine motor abilities
What is:
Observation
What is an area that OT would assess in the area of play and leisure?
What is:
Plays with peers during recess
Participates in class games and activities.
Develops leisure interests (sports, arts, dance, etc)
This is when the child may not be ready for services within a more "chaotic" and "natural" environment.
What is a pull out model of school based therapy?
The teacher can use this assessment in a classroom setting to assess sensory processing.
What is sensory profile?
What are reasons for referral?
What areas would the OT evaluation focus on?
What is:
ADLs
Play
Leisure/Play
Work
Education
What is an area that OT would assess in the area of ADLs?
Dressing (taking on and off their coat)
Eating lunch and snacks
Toileting
Basic Hygiene and grooming
The transition planning begins when the child______.
What is 16 years old?
Transition is the process of beginning to plan for the student's completion of education and postgraduation life. This plan is based on age-appropriate transition assessments related to training, education, employment, and independent living skills.
The most commonly reported standardized assessment tools used by the occupational therapists ________
What is the PeaBody Developmental Motor Scales, Bruininks Osteretsky Test of Motor Performance, and the Test of Visual Motor Integration?
_______ is conducted in order for the state to identify, locate, and evaluate children for special education and additional services?
What are child find activities?
Define the areas of the school environment that an OT would assess.
What is:
Classroom, cafeteria, playground restroom, gym, and any other spaces the child uses.
Part of the evaluation could also be looking into the accessibility of the areas for children who use assistive devices.
What is an example of an intervention that could be used with a kiddo that has deficits in social participation?
Fostering appropriate interaction with peers by implementing a group activity that the kiddo particularly enjoys
How often is the IEP reviewed? Who is the IEP reviewed by?
What is at least once a year unless the parents or school requests a review. Every three years the child is reevaluated.
What is the IEP team to determine if the child continues to be a child with disabilities?