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Collaboration In Kindergarten Enhancing The First School Experience
October 15, 2025
No matter where you live, every child deserves a strong start to their school journey. Kindergarten screening is a crucial first step, helping educators understand each child’s needs and strengths.... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
Fine Motor Skill Development: A Neuroscience Perspective
September 22, 2025
Skilled motor actions are planned, refined, and initiated in the brain, making understanding its role essential for achieving functional gains. This pediatric-focused course explores the neuroscience... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
Play And Playfulness: Intentional Integration In Everyday Practice
September 4, 2025
This course reconnects pediatric therapists with the primary occupation of childhood: play. We will discuss the role of play as an end and a means for therapy. Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
The Growing Mental Health Needs Of School-Aged Children
August 4, 2025
This course will investigate updated statistics regarding the rates of depression and anxiety in school-aged children. Additionally, this course will delve into other areas of mental health that conti... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pediatrics
From Overwhelm To Ease: OT Strategies For Anxiety Management
July 15, 2025
The neuroscience and biological mechanisms of anxiety will be examined through an occupational therapy lens, providing a deeper understanding of how dysregulation impacts function will be explored wit... Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Gerontology and Aging Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pediatrics
Lab Values And Vital Signs As Clinical Monitoring Tools For Patient Safety
July 10, 2025
Lab values and vital signs, such as hemoglobin, potassium, glucose, blood pressure, heart rate, and others, are essential clinical tools to determine the appropriateness of rehab interventions for acu... Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Gerontology and Aging Neurological and Physical Disabilities Pediatrics
It's Never Too Late To Collaborate, School Based Therapists And Educators Getting Together
June 24, 2025
The 21st century brings many challenges toward integrating the therapist’s role in the educational environment. Is there an overall philosophy of support, collaboration, and a sense of community? Is... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
Updated ADL Milestones In Children Ages 0-6 With Cultural Considerations
June 16, 2025
As holistic healthcare providers, it is critical that we can assess and identify delays in young children’s ADL milestones while accounting for cultural factors that might deviate from what our refe... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
Early Intervention and School Assessment
May 27, 2025
This course is intended for recent graduates and experienced occupational therapy practitioners new to providing OT services for children and youth under EI, CPSE, and/or CSE. The course will focus on... Read More
Assessment Series Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
When Autism And Other Mental Disorders Converge: Recognizing And Responding
May 21, 2025
People who have autism spectrum disorder can also have co-occurring mental disorders that cause functional difficulties and distress when left unaddressed. Healthcare providers are positioned to scree... Read More
Gerontology and Aging Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pediatrics
Mental Health In Aging Individuals With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: Insights And Strategies
May 19, 2025
Many adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) have an increased propensity to experience mental health conditions, such as anxiety, depression, and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder.... Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Cognition and Executive Function Gerontology and Aging Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pediatrics
Psychosocial Approaches For Pediatric TBI: Addressing The Impact On Children And Maternal Well-Being
May 15, 2025
Psychosocial approaches to addressing the impact of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) on children and maternal well-being will be reviewed in this course. It covers evidence-based strategies for... Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Cognition and Executive Function Early Intervention and School-Based Neurological and Physical Disabilities Pediatrics
Executive Functions And Motor Control: Opportunities And Limitations For Occupational Performance
May 6, 2025
The dynamic interplay between motor control and executive functioning will be explored in this course, providing participants with a foundation in evidence-based strategies to integrate motor-based in... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Neurological and Physical Disabilities Pediatrics
Navigating Assessment In Pediatric Acute Care, Infants Through Adolescence
May 5, 2025
Are you interested in transitioning to pediatric acute care? This course aims to provide an introductory overview of pediatric occupational therapy services in acute care and key components of the occ... Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Assessment Series Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
Polyvagal Theory Utility In Pediatric OT
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April 28, 2025
This workshop will cover Polyvagal Theory (PVT) to form a backdrop before digging deeper into how this theory could be applicable to everyday practice in pediatric OT. The content will be thoughtful,... Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
School Based Occupational Therapy For Post Concussed Youth An Occupation Based Framework
March 20, 2025
This course is designed for school-based occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) who service post-concussed youth within the educational setting. The course describes a holistic and strengths-based... Read More
Acute Care, Community and Home Health Cognition and Executive Function Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
Enhancing Occupational Performance Through Motor Learning
March 6, 2025
Motor learning principles through the lens of occupational therapy, emphasizing their application in diverse contexts, will be explored in this course. Participants will compare and contrast motor lea... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics
Let’s Not Overlook Mood Disorders In Our Youth Population
March 3, 2025
The diagnoses of mood disorders, especially bipolar disorder, can be overlooked. Many students end up with the diagnosis of Oppositional Defiant Disorder attached to a comorbid diagnosis such as Autis... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Mental Health, Health and Wellness Pediatrics
OT And Dyslexia
February 25, 2025
Identifying the common childhood disorder of dyslexia and the role of occupational therapy practitioners will be explored in this course. Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Neurological and Physical Disabilities Pediatrics
Motor Supports For Handwriting Development
February 20, 2025
Underlying motor issues that impact fine motor development are needed for the acquisition of efficient and effective handwriting skills will be examined in this course. Treatment strategies will be pr... Read More
Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics