Contextual Adaptations For The Neurodivergent Client: Pediatric Acute Care Virtual Conference
Course: #6301Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 1073 Reviews
The challenges neurodivergent children face in hospital settings are well documented by medical researchers, healthcare professionals, and autistic and/or ADHD individuals, themselves. Despite this, hospital personnel often fail to consider the unique sensory and communication needs of many neurodivergent children. Occupational therapy practitioners can improve outcomes by utilizing neurodiversity-affirming principles and advocating for more sensory-friendly hospital environments.
On Demand
Course Type: Video, Text
CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge, 09014; CE Broker/1.0 CE Broker #20-1197394; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Intermediate, Pediatrics
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to analyze the term “neurodiversity” and list non-ableist, strengths-based language, as favored by neurodivergent individuals, to include in acute care documentation and client-centered goals.
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize barriers to care faced by neurodivergent clients in hospital settings and identify appropriate contextual adaptations to improve the overall client experience, enhance performance and participation, and produce more favorable outcomes.
- After this course, participants will be able to distinguish and apply neurodiversity-affirming, sensory-friendly practices for evidence-based provision of occupational therapy services in an acute care setting.
Course created on April 9, 2024
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Background, review of learning outcomes, positionality statement on identity-first language |
| 15-25 Minutes | Sensory processing and communication differences in neurodivergent clients |
| 25-35 Minutes | Contextual evaluation and barriers to care |
| 35-45 Minutes | Neurodiversity-affirming practices within an acute care |
| 45-55 Minutes | Application of sensory-friendly strategies |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary; Q&A |
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1073 ReviewsPresented By
Julia Colman
OTD, OTR/L, BCP, CCTS-I
Dr. Julia Colman, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, CCTS-I, is a neurodivergent occupational therapist and the founder of Sensory Life Assessment & Wellness. Drawing on her own lived experience, she built a practice rooted in neurodiversity-affirming care, offering what she wishes she'd had access to as a teenager. After working as a school-based OT in Arizona and witnessing firsthand how systems were failing neurodivergent students, Julia shifted her approach from compliance-based methods toward strengths-based, trauma-informed occupational therapy. She holds a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is Board Certified in Pediatrics, and serves as Arizona's representative to the AOTA Representative Assembly. She also teaches at Northern Arizona University, working to train the next generation of OTs in affirming, evidence-based practice. Her mission is to advocate, educate, and empower neurodivergent individuals and families by serving clients in Arizona and Ohio via telehealth.
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Financial: Julia Colman received an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-financial: Julia Colman has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com, a Continued site.
Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.
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American Occupational Therapy Association
OccupationalTherapy.com is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development, #7659. Course approval ID# 09014. This distance learning - independent course is offered at 0.10 CEUs/contact hours (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge Area). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
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National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
AOTA approved CE can be used to meet NBCOT® continuing education requirements for certification renewal. This course is offered for 1.25 NBCOT PDUs (Intermediate level, Pediatrics Area). NBCOT® is a registered trademark of The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.