You still have time to register for Transforming the Role of OT in the School Setting Using the Response to Intervention (RTI) Approach, taking place at Therapeutic Resources (36-36 33rd Street, Suite 500, Long Island City, NY) next Thursday, August 4, from 5:00-8:00PM.
As public schools embrace Response to Intervention (RTI) as the model for identifying and meeting the needs of struggling learners in general education, the role of the school-based OTR is changing. RTI is a problem solving multi-tiered approach to education that proactively addresses the learning needs of children before their failure is sufficient for a referral to special education. Educational assessment in RTI moves beyond identifying deficits and a child’s current functional level to dynamic assessment through which professionals work to identify how to shift teaching/learning practices, tasks and environments to support children’s learning. While RTI offers occupational therapists vast opportunities to impact the readiness of all children to learn, it presents a number of challenges. To thrive in school-based practice, OTRs must re-conceptualize their role including how they use their time, how they assess and intervene with children, as well as their relationships with administrators, teachers and other related service personnel. Participants will learn the basics of RTI, as well as explore how to design and articulate a role for OT within RTI, shift from a caseload to workload model, and rework everyday practice patterns including developing strategies for embedding OT services within the curricular based model of RTI.
Visit therapeuticresource.com for more details and to register online!
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