Author: Wendy Dubner Schroeder, Ph.D., OTR/L
Earn .15 AOTA CEUs/1.88 PDUs/ 1.5 contact hours
Course Description:
This course is based on Chapter 5 of AOTA’s best-selling publication, Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Schools. With this continuing education activity, you will read the chapter content provided in the course and consider best practices for Developing State Guidelines for School Occupational Therapy. Twelve multiple choice exam questions are provided to assess your learning.
OT practitioners working in schools will benefit from this course and have appropriate resources and skills to enhance the provision of school-based services.
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the tenets of the major federal laws, state laws, and policies that address the role of occupational therapy in a school setting.
2. Identify the value and limitations of state level guidelines for practice in the school.
3. Articulate primary considerations for drafting or revising state guidelines for occupational therapy practice in the schools.
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CE Editors: Gloria Frolek Clark, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA & Barbara E. Chandler, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
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