AOTA

Author: S. Maggie Maloney, PhD, OTR/L and Barbara E. Chandler, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, CE Author: Barbara E. Chandler, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Earn .15 AOTA CEUs/1.88 PDUs/ 1.5 contact hours

Course Description:

This course is based on Chapter 47 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 Play and Leisure Skills to Enhance Participation. 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. Identify why the "Philosophy of Occupational Therapy" (Meyer, 1922) included play as one of the rhythms of life.

2. Distinguish between play activities and leisure activities and how these may be represented in the school.

3. Describe the influences of environment and context on play activities in school at various ages (preschool, elementary, middle, high school).

4. Identify three important benefits of recess for students of all ages.

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CE Editors: Gloria Frolek Clark, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA & Barbara E. Chandler, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA