Occupational Therapy in the School Setting
Occupational therapy is a related secondary service that focuses on helping children function in the school setting. Occupational therapists in the school setting work with students to ensure that they have the necessary academic skills to succeed in adult life through attending to school, interacting with others appropriately, and being independent with their work. The focus of school-based occupational therapists is often on fine motor skills, visual perceptual skills, gross motor skills, social skills, and self-care skills.
Occupational therapists are part of a collaborative team including adaptive physical education, speech therapists, physical therapists, parents, teachers, psychologists, and other related specialists. Occupational therapists can work directly with a student or on a consultative basis to address the students goals and progress. Occupational therapists may work with students in the classroom, in small groups, or pull students from class and work with them individually.
The overall goal of school-based occupational therapists is to work as a team with other professionals to help students gain the skills they need to function successfully in the school setting. This is done by helping them successfully access the curriculum as it pertains to fine and visual motor skills as well as sensory processing needs. Focus is also emphasized on helping them retain these skills in daily life activities.
Occupational therapists are part of a collaborative team including adaptive physical education, speech therapists, physical therapists, parents, teachers, psychologists, and other related specialists. Occupational therapists can work directly with a student or on a consultative basis to address the students goals and progress. Occupational therapists may work with students in the classroom, in small groups, or pull students from class and work with them individually.
The overall goal of school-based occupational therapists is to work as a team with other professionals to help students gain the skills they need to function successfully in the school setting. This is done by helping them successfully access the curriculum as it pertains to fine and visual motor skills as well as sensory processing needs. Focus is also emphasized on helping them retain these skills in daily life activities.
Physical Therapy in the School Setting
Physical Therapists (PT’s) in the school setting are a related service and are part of the educational team within Canyons School District. We collaborate with the IEP team to help students achieve their full learning potential. Physical Therapy practitioners work with students who have a wide range of disabilities in Canyons School District. Physical Therapists provide essential and unique services to students with disabilities and their families by providing a continuum of services that help students participate and learn in our schools. This may include indirect services (providing programs and resources to parents and teachers), providing equipment and training to teachers and staff, direct therapy in which the therapist provides hands on interventions and any combination of these. PTs collaborate with IEP team members to help students acquire functional skills necessary to access educational materials and move about the school. Student areas of need that a PT may work on include sitting, standing, moving about the school or posture and positioning, mobility and transfers. PTs provide services from ages 3-22 in Canyons School District.
Disclaimer:
This is a personal website written and maintained by professionally licensed Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists and is for informational purposes only. The opinions expressed here are individual viewpoints and not those of Canyons School District. Although we try to make sure that information is up-to-date and correct, we make no guarantees about the content of this blog. The information provided on this blog is meant to be a resource for those looking for supplemental activities and information to further the motor development of those already receiving traditional occupational therapy/physical therapy (i.e., Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, caregivers, parents). It is not intended to replace assessment/treatment of motor development disorders. We cannot guarantee that using the activities provided on this blog will improve an individual's daily or school functioning.
If you or someone you know is concerned about the motor development of a child, you are encouraged to go to the American Occupational Therapy Association or the American Physical Therapy Association to find someone in your area that is a licensed Occupational Therapist or Physical Therapist.
We provide direct links to other blogs, websites, apps, books, etc. but keep in mind that we have no control over the content provided on those sites. By including a link, it does not mean that we agree with all views expressed there.
Basically, all information received from this blog should be used at the discretion of the reader.
Text that facilitated in completing this disclosure statement came from Lets Talk SLP, The Speech Ladies, Speech Room News, and Miss Melissa's Speech Blog.
© Motor Development Team
This is a personal website written and maintained by professionally licensed Occupational Therapists and Physical Therapists and is for informational purposes only. The opinions expressed here are individual viewpoints and not those of Canyons School District. Although we try to make sure that information is up-to-date and correct, we make no guarantees about the content of this blog. The information provided on this blog is meant to be a resource for those looking for supplemental activities and information to further the motor development of those already receiving traditional occupational therapy/physical therapy (i.e., Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, caregivers, parents). It is not intended to replace assessment/treatment of motor development disorders. We cannot guarantee that using the activities provided on this blog will improve an individual's daily or school functioning.
If you or someone you know is concerned about the motor development of a child, you are encouraged to go to the American Occupational Therapy Association or the American Physical Therapy Association to find someone in your area that is a licensed Occupational Therapist or Physical Therapist.
We provide direct links to other blogs, websites, apps, books, etc. but keep in mind that we have no control over the content provided on those sites. By including a link, it does not mean that we agree with all views expressed there.
Basically, all information received from this blog should be used at the discretion of the reader.
Text that facilitated in completing this disclosure statement came from Lets Talk SLP, The Speech Ladies, Speech Room News, and Miss Melissa's Speech Blog.
© Motor Development Team