Digital Diets and the Impact of Screen Time will provide OTs with an understanding of the negative impact that excessive screen time can have on key areas of development. Current research, as well as strategies, will be shared.

This course discusses concepts, strategies and supportive materials from the Size Matters Handwriting Program with a specific focus on variables impacting legibility. Because writing happens in all content areas, teacher and kid-friendly strategies are identified to ensure legibility and best practices are embedded all day.

New research and a fresh outlook by the American Academy of Pediatrics confirm that screen-time for young children is rapidly increasing at younger ages. This workshop will provide strategies for staying current on this rapidly evolving topic and attendees with tools for supporting caregivers of today’s youngest and most vulnerable media users.

This course discusses how to use the Size Matters Handwriting Program in a multi-tiered intervention (e.g. RtI, MTSS, I&RS, etc.), schoolwide, within classrooms, with small groups and individually. The 8 Key Concepts and Strategies for adapting SMHP for all learners will be covered as will measurement, supportive materials, and published efficacy studies.

This webinar will educate occupational therapy practitioners on how to promote OT’s role in the critical care unit. It will also equip clinicians from all clinical backgrounds with evidence-based interventions to prevent hospital-acquired deficits and promote quality of life for patients and their families during the most tenuous days of recovery.

This course focuses on a case study for a 9-year-old male with ADHD experiencing occupational challenges in education, ADL, IADL, and social participation.

This course will examine an occupational therapist's role with high school students on the autism spectrum (high functioning) including research. It will also look at current research in the field of autism.

An introductory course to identifying stress in infant oral feeding with strategies to address common feeding delays.

This course focuses on a case study for a 7-year-old male child experiencing difficulties with reading, homework, and following instructions during second-grade class. Utilizing developmental approaches and the Skeffington model, participants will learn both remediative and adaptive strategies to promote occupational performance.

We will discuss the developmental characteristics of children with visual impairments and specifically how these children develop trust in the feeding relationship. Strategies for breast and bottle feeding and transitions to solids and utensils will be presented in support of parent success.