B. Documenting Sensory Performance In an Academic Environment
Presented by Renée Okoye, OTR
Thursday, February 25, 2016
6 contact hours
Intermediate Level
Audience: Occupational and Physical Therapists, Educators, interested others
Vestibular Influences on Learning
Thursday, February 25, 2016
6 contact hours
Intermediate Level
Audience: Occupational and Physical Therapists, Educators, interested others
Vestibular Influences on Learning
Documenting Sensory Performance in an Academic Environment is designed to be a resource for the school based therapist. Workshop content reviews how the various sensory systems impact specific academic competencies, and presents clinical methods by which the therapist can evaluate performance of these sensory systems. The workshop includes several active learning experiences to show how sensory systems impact academics in variable, yet predictable ways. A diverse group of tests, screening tools and clinical observation methods will be presented for review. Video tape analysis and templates to assist participants in translating observations into meaningful curricular related goals will be provided.
Objectives: Participants will be able to:
Schedule* 6 Contact Hours
8:30 – 8:45 Introduction and rationale for developing a structured clinical tool
8:45 – 9:45 Presentation of the sensory systems and their correspondence with the portions of grade school curricula they support
9:45 – 10:00 Video tape analysis and Group Learning lab
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:15– 11:00 Introduction to sensory processing profiles/subtypes and their preferential response to intervention
11:00 – 11:30 Group learning lab : the vestibular system and classroom performance; Measuring vestibular performance
11:30 – 12:00 Disorders of self-regulation and their impact upon academic performance; Video tape analysis
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Generating goals reflective of sensory processing deficits impacting academic performance: tools for the process tests, templates, and formats
1:30 – 2:00 Disorders of praxis and their impact upon academic performance
2:00 – 2:45 Video tape analysis: translating observations and test outcomes into curricular goals
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Group tasks – given sensory processing disorders, relating long term goals and short term objectives to a variety of content areas of academic competencies
3:45 – 4:15 Presenting an integrated plan of action: combining treatment strategies with objectives and academic content areas. Making use of on-line curricular resources
4:15 – 4:30 Q & A
4:30 Adjourn
*Topic times may vary; contact hours do not.
Objectives: Participants will be able to:
- Appreciate a wide array of curricular activities impacted by SPD
- Describe common sequences of sensory processing dysfunction and their deleterious effects upon developmental progressions needed for academic success
- Identify subtypes of sensory processing disorders and match them with their corresponding impact upon key features of primary grade school academic syllabi
- Discuss key features of each sensory processing subtype
- Describe standard tests and clinical procedures by which to measure performance of the various sensory processing systems
- Develop short and long term objectives for remediation of sensory processing components that are compatible within an academic environment
Schedule* 6 Contact Hours
8:30 – 8:45 Introduction and rationale for developing a structured clinical tool
8:45 – 9:45 Presentation of the sensory systems and their correspondence with the portions of grade school curricula they support
9:45 – 10:00 Video tape analysis and Group Learning lab
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:15– 11:00 Introduction to sensory processing profiles/subtypes and their preferential response to intervention
11:00 – 11:30 Group learning lab : the vestibular system and classroom performance; Measuring vestibular performance
11:30 – 12:00 Disorders of self-regulation and their impact upon academic performance; Video tape analysis
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Generating goals reflective of sensory processing deficits impacting academic performance: tools for the process tests, templates, and formats
1:30 – 2:00 Disorders of praxis and their impact upon academic performance
2:00 – 2:45 Video tape analysis: translating observations and test outcomes into curricular goals
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Group tasks – given sensory processing disorders, relating long term goals and short term objectives to a variety of content areas of academic competencies
3:45 – 4:15 Presenting an integrated plan of action: combining treatment strategies with objectives and academic content areas. Making use of on-line curricular resources
4:15 – 4:30 Q & A
4:30 Adjourn
*Topic times may vary; contact hours do not.
Renée Okoye received her initial Certification in Occupational Therapy from NYU and M.S in Health Science from SUNY Stony Brook. Renée taught Advanced Clinical Neurology for 5 years at New York University and for 3 years at Touro College on Long Island prior to developing her own practice, Renée has been Board Certified in Pediatrics since the inception of the program with AOTA. She is SIPT certified and also certified in various listening protocols. Renée has lectured extensively throughout the United States for various agencies and schools and has also lectured abroad. Renée has owned her own private practice and has contracted with local school districts for the past 20 years. You can learn more about Renee here.
