NC School-Based Occupational Therapy /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot Department of Health Sciences Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:22:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Statewide Meeting for Related Service Providers /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/statewide-meeting-for-related-service-providers/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:22:23 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=4461 is now open for the Statewide Meeting for Related Service Providers.

April 12, 2024 | 10:00am – 3:00pm | Edgecombe County Community College, Tarboro, NC

April 18, 2024 | 10:00am – 3:00pm | Burke County Conference Center, Morganton, NC

 

 

 

 

]]> Overview of School-Based Practice for Related Service Providers Updated Course Now Available! /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/overview-of-school-based-practice-for-related-service-providers-updated-course-now-available/ Mon, 22 May 2023 18:30:01 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=4302 Read more]]> This self-paced course provides an overview of school practice from an interprofessional perspective. This content can be helpful to orient practitioners to school practice.
Current related service providers, new graduates, contracted providers, experienced therapists transitioning to work in public schools for the first time, and students considering employment in school-based practice (e.g., Psychologists, OTs/OTAs, PTs/PTAs, SLPs) are invited to participate.
Course content will cover a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to: school-based evaluation, intervention, policy, ethics, scheduling/workload, and documentation.

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]]> OT Spotlight – Bonnie Engellau, Susan Matznick and Haley Ross /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/ot-spotlight-bonnie-engellau-susan-matznick-and-haley-ross/ Mon, 22 May 2023 15:52:50 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=4299 Read more]]> Three Occupational Therapists ( Bonnie Engellau, Susan Matznick and Haley Ross) from Guilford County Schools Assistive Technology Team contributed to presenting at ATIA (Assistive Technology Industry Association), a national conference for sellers and providers of technology-based assistive devices/services for people with disabilities. Their presentation, “How Do You Eat An Elephant?” The Development of an AT Team in the School Setting, focused on how they have been making connections, building relationships, and creating meaningful procedures for lasting change in Guilford County.

]]> OT Spotlight – Guilford County Schools OTs /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/ot-spotlight-guilford-county-schools-ots/ Tue, 09 May 2023 15:23:44 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=4292 Read more]]> Guilford County Schools OTs volunte

A group of Guilford County Schools’ OTs celebrated OT Month by volunteering at Backpack Beginnings, a local non-profit that provides weekend meal packages & other daily living resources for students, as a way to celebrate OT Month and give back to the community. The GCS OTs put together more than 200 weekend meal supplies for distribution to GCS students in need! We are grateful for organizations like Backpack Beginnings that help ensure students return to school each Monday ready to learn! Happy OT Month to everyone!

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]]> Recorded Session of the 2023 Ethics Course is now live! /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/recorded-session-of-the-2023-ethics-course-is-now-live/ Wed, 03 May 2023 19:25:50 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=4286 If you registered you should have already received a link to the course or you can !

]]> OT Spotlight – Emily Stone, State Schools for the Deaf and Blind /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/ot-spotlight-emily-stone-state-schools-for-the-deaf-and-blind/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 20:18:12 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=4210 Read more]]> Emily has created a website designed to provide OTPs with information about the expanded core curriculum (ECC). This resource can be used to facilitate guidance with assessment and treatment planning for students with visual impairment or blindness. It provides information about a
variety of areas that OTPs can support within the school setting that many general practitioners and teachers may not be aware. The website can be found at .

]]> OT Spotlight – Nancy Byrd, Guilford County Schools! /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/ot-spotlight-nancy-byrd-guilford-county-schools/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:25:28 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=4191 Read more]]> Nancy Byrd

Nancy Byrd will be retiring from the Guilford County Schools (GCS) Occupational Therapy department onSeptember 30th. She has been with GCS for 15 years – and has had an OT career spanning 41 years! Nancy has worked in adult and pediatric in-patient acute and rehabilitation settings as well as out-patient, home care, and hand therapy, in addition to school-based practice. After gaining extensive medical and trauma experience in large city hospitals in Texas, she contracted with two counties in Texas to provide school-based services where there was no other OT or PT serving in those counties. Upon moving to North Carolina, Nancy continued to provide adult and pediatric clinical and home care services as well as hand therapy and school-based services. Within her time with GCS, Nancy’s primary caseload has been in serving students on the Autism Spectrum with intense behavioral needs.

Nancy’s OT philosophy has always been to have a holistic view of the patient, client, or student. She feels that it is imperative that the OT look at all factors affecting the student’s functional outcome and potential for progress on their IEP goals. This includes gaining knowledge from other disciplines and their assessments of the student as well as collaboration with all members of the IEP Team in order to provide integrated OT services that support classroom goals. She is adamant that OTs cannot focus on just one issue, such as sensory issues, but must consider cognitive, developmental, medical, and mental/emotional issues as well! Nancy is an intense advocate of the NCDPI Guidelines for OT in the Public Schools/school-based integrated OT model as it is evidence-based and provides the best opportunity for interaction in the classroom and optimum student success.

Nancy, we will miss you here in Guilford County but know you will thoroughly enjoy your well-earned retirement!

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]]> Change to the Statewide Meeting due to inclement weather /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/change-to-the-statewide-meeting-due-to-inclement-weather/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:53:33 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=4187 Read more]]> Due to the inclement weather forecasted across areas of NC in the coming days, the plans for this meeting have been adjusted as follows:

  • The agenda/topics (sent in previous email) for the morning session (9am-12pm) will be delivered virtually.
    • Registered participants should have already received the login information.
    • If you had cancelled previously and now plan to attend, please to receive the meeting link.
  • Your state level, discipline specific contact will reach out to you in a separate email to provide meeting changes for the discipline specific sessions (previously scheduled for 1-4 pm)
    • NOTE: this may include a change in date to allow for in-person participation

Although we were looking forward to convening in-person, everyone’s safety next week is our priority.

(one representative per PSU/District)

]]> Leveraging Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy within MTSS for Student and Staff Success /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/leveraging-occupational-therapy-and-physical-therapy-within-mtss-for-student-and-staff-success/ Sat, 20 Aug 2022 12:02:34 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=4061 Read more]]> We are pleased to share a new resource: , located in the . We hope these resources will encourage occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT) practitioners to expand their involvement in MTSS and demonstrate their unique value to support school improvement. Practitioners, administrators, and school teams can employ these resources to advocate and promote the success of all
students and staff. Our thanks to the individuals who shared their expertise and provided thoughtful input to improve these resources (see acknowledgements). Contact Bridgette LeCompte, bridgette.lecompte@dpi.nc.gov, and/or Laurie Ray, laurie.ray@dpi.nc.gov with any questions/comments.

]]> Medicaid in Education On-Demand Course Now Available! /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/medicaid-in-education-on-demand-course-now-available/ Thu, 19 May 2022 16:59:14 +0000 /healthsciences/ocsci/nc-school-based-ot/?p=3986 These on-demand modules provide background on why public schools recover costs for health services from Medicaid, the three programs available for Public School Unit (PSU) participation, how each program works, helpful practices and considerations for all who participate (and much more…). This course includes 4 modules; and will provide .3 CEUs (3 hours).

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