This is an introductory course focused on the impact of the pandemic on school participation and well-being through a trauma-informed lens. The course offers an overview of trauma, trauma-informed care, and opportunities for practitioners to utilize trauma-informed approaches to support student engagement in the classroom. This is Day 3 of the virtual conference, OT's Mental Health Response to the COVID Pandemic.
Course created on November 23, 2020
On Demand
Course Type: Video, Text
CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Intermediate, OT Service Delivery, 001363; CE Broker/1.0 Home Study, General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct Client/patient Services In Occupational Therapy (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Directly Related To OT (TN), CE Broker #20-760899; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Intermediate, Mental Health
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize how the student experience of the pandemic may be regarded as a traumatic.
- After this course, participants will be able to list three or greater nervous system responses to trauma.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify three or greater trauma-informed intervention approaches to promote student participation in the classroom.
Agenda
0-5 Minutes | Introduction – Self, Course Objectives, & Overview |
5-10 Minutes | Background on Pandemic and Education |
10-15 Minutes | Defining Terminology: Stress and Trauma |
15-25 Minutes | Science of The Stress Response: ANS |
25-30 Minutes | Define TIC |
30-45 Minutes | TIC Interventions to Support Participation |
45-55 Minutes | Application |
55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
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Amanda M. Rodriguez
OTD, MOT OTR/L
Amanda M. Rodriguez is a practicing occupational therapist with an identified passion for mental health care across the lifespan. Amanda has worked as a mental health professional since 2007 working with adults with severe and pervasive mental health diagnoses in a community-based setting. For the last six years, she has worked as an occupational therapist providing care to adolescents in group home care as well as working with children and families in the continuum model. Amanda recently transitioned into school-based practice work in late 2018 at a small, intensive therapeutic school in Massachusetts. In all areas of practice, Amanda deeply values the therapeutic use of self, sensory-based interventions, and trauma-informed care in supporting the individual’s capacity to achieve. Since 2014, Amanda has also served as an adjunct professor at Bay Path University in the occupational therapy department. Presently, she also provides consultative services as an occupational therapist to Medically Involved Mental Illness (MIMI) adults living in residential care.
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American Occupational Therapy Association
OccupationalTherapy.com is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development, #7659. Course approval ID# 001363. This distance learning - independent course is offered at 0.1 CEUs (Intermediate level, OT Service Delivery Area). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

CE Broker
OccupationalTherapy.com is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-14558. This course is offered for 1.0 hours, General (FL), Patient Related (AL), General Continuing Education (GA), Direct client/patient services in occupational therapy (SC), Related to OT (AZ), Related to OT (LA), Directly Related to OT (MS), Directly Related to OT (TN) category/categories. If you are an OT/OTA in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina or Tennessee, CE Broker may be of interest to you.

International Association for Continuing Education and Training
continued, LLC, DBA OccupationalTherapy.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
OccupationalTherapy.com is a NBCOT® Professional Development Provider. This course is offered for 1.25 NBCOT PDUs (Intermediate level, Mental Health Area). NBCOT® is a registered trademark of The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.