Sensory Processing
School-Based OT Role
Everyday People in NYCPS
Inclusive Education
New Arrivals
100

This play-based therapy helps children improve their ability to process and respond to input from their environment. 

What is Sensory Integration Therapy?

100

School-based Occupational Therapy focuses on this primary area of a student's life. 

What is academics (or school participation)?

100

The Manager of Occupational Therapy for SI

Who is Heba Henein?  
100

Under this law, school-based OTs collaborate to ensure that students with disabilities have access to appropriate educational services, including accommodations and related services.

What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?

100

This is one of three people who began their career with NYCPS in the 24-25 SY

Who is Rachel Haber, Gia Tilatitsky, or Aileen Cruz

200

A sensory system that helps students understand their body position in space. 

What is proprioception?

200

This action comes before initiating an Occupational Therapy evaluation.

What is an OT observation and pre-referral strategies?

200

Director of Occupational Therapy

Who is Darnell Young

200

This collaborative approach involves school-based OTs working directly in the classroom alongside teachers to support all students, rather than pulling out students for individual services.

What is integrated or push-in therapy?

200

This person inherited both Megan and Katie's caseloads when they transitioned to OT Supervisor

Who is Gabrielle Perk

300

An example of this would be difficulty filtering out background noise or visual stimuli

What is sensory sensitivity or over-responsiveness?

300

Fosters clinical thinking to facilitate a student's progress and movement toward a more inclusive academic environment. Due prior to each annual IEP. 

What is a Clinical Guide?

300

Other than a SIT, this is the other role for essential programs that Katie Magras held prior to becoming a Supervisor.

What is Fieldwork Coordinator? 

300

Peer modeling and socialization skills are two benefits to this service delivery model.

What are group OT sessions?

300

This person was redeployed to more than two schools last year

Who is Ryan Doherty?
400

This system can be addressed using inversion of the head, rotation activities or a swivel chair. 

What is the vestibular system?

400

This is a comprehensive document detailing the processes and procedures for managing special education in NYCPS

What is the Standard Operating Procedures Manual (SOPM)

400

SIT is an acronym for this

Senior Instructional Therapist

400

A multi-tiered problem-solving data driven framework for (remediation and/or acceleration) that addresses academic, behavioral, and social emotional learning in a fully integrated system of support.

What is the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)?

400

This is one of three people who work for D75 MS/HS

Who is Nicole Acosta, Nicole Stone or Victoria Van Tassell

500

A collection of senses providing information to a person about the state of your internal organs, such as hunger and digestion. 

What is interoception? 

500

The age when a student must be invited to attend their annual IEP meeting and OT begins to support with the secondary transition process. 

What is 14 years old?

500

What is Suzanne Sanchez's new title 

What is the Chief of Special Education

500

DIAL stands for

What is the Division of Inclusive and Accessible Learning?

500

This is the school that New Hires, Marissa Morello and Alyssa Esposito both work in. 

What is PS 31?