Occupational Therapy Central Unified School District

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Occupational TherapyCentral Unified School
District

• Presented by
• Allegra Osborne, OTR/L

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What is Occupational Therapy?

• Occupational therapy is skilled treatment that
  helps individuals achieve independence in all
  facets of their lives. Occupational therapy
  assists people in developing the "skills for the
  job of living" necessary for independent and
  satisfying lives. Services typically include- AOTA

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WHAT IS SCHOOL-BASED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY?

• School-based occupational therapy may include
  individual or small group treatment,
  consultation, monitoring or environmental
  adaptations.
• School-based occupational therapy is a support
  service to a student's educational program.
  School occupational therapists use therapeutic
  activities that may improve a student's ability
  to function within the school environment in the
  areas of self-help. work and play. School
  occupational therapists assess the following
  areas
• Postural stability
• Self-help skills
• Fine motor skills
• Visual perception and integration
• Sensory motor skills hyper/hypo

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School based Occupational Therapy

• Occupational Therapy provides services for
  students who have fine motor, visual-perceptual
  motor difficulties secondary to musculo-skeletal
  or nervous system impairments.
• Students must have the ability to actively
  participate in Occupational Therapy Treatment.
• Students whose primary limitation is attention
  span or cognitive delays may appear to have fine
  motor and/or visual perceptual motor delays.
• Remediation attention span or cognition is not
  within the scope of school-based occupational
  therapy.
• Prime Age Therapy is more effective for children
  from birth through age of eight to ten years.
• Acute Trauma Therapy may be advisable for older
  children following an acute trauma which leads to
  a long-term disability.
• Previous Therapy Alternative programs should be
  considered for children who have received
  previous therapy.

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Location ofCentral Unified OT gym

• Occupational Therapy (OT) Gym--District OT
  students are bused to this well equipped facility
  located at River Bluff Elementary.       

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Students who should not be referred to
Occupational Therapy are

• Students whose primary limitation is attention
  span.
• Students who are functioning at their cognitive
  level
• with fine motor tasks.
• Students without IEPs need the consent of a
• program specialist

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Who Should referfor an OT assessment

• The IEP team
• Program Specialist

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How Should you referfor an OT assessment

• The nurse Fills out assessment referral form
• Fill out IEP checklist (symptoms)

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Other things that the IEP would like the
Occupational therapist to asses
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After The Referral

• Therapist will screen child consult with staff
• If appropriate for an assessment plan
• Confirm with parents that they are interested
  in Therapy evaluation sign assessment plan.
• If Not appropriate for an assessment
• Respond in writing to staff and parents to why
  an assessment is not appropriate, and consult
  with parents.

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How to contact me

• River Bluff Elementary School
• 6150 W. Palo Alto Avenue
• Fresno, California  93722Telephone (559)
  276-6001 
•   Fax [phone]
• Allegra Osborne OTR/L Lic. 1157
• aosborne_at_centralusd.k12.ca.us