OT Advocacy: Is It Time to Rewrite Our School Role? (Live Podcast Recording)

Pediatric Pioneers: OT Advocacy: Is It Time to Rewrite Our School Role? (Live Podcast Recording) (Episode 23)

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Join host Nicole Quint, PhD, DrOT, OTR/L, for an urgent and timely conversation with Jacque Sample, DrOT, MEd, OTR/L, FAOTA, an occupational therapist with over 25 years of expertise in school-based practice and public policy. Together, they explore the shifting landscape of the federal Department of Education and what potential restructuring means for the future of special education services. You will discover how to move beyond traditional roles, like handwriting intervention, to become a vital social change agent and leader at the policymaking table. Tune in to learn actionable strategies for building district-wide alliances and leveraging your state association to protect and advocate for your role in public schools.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyze the evidence around the role of occupational therapy practitioners in leadership and advocacy within the school-based practice setting
• Apply evidence-based, practical strategies to actionably address shifting state education policies and funding structures resulting from federal-level departmental changes
• Solve patient case scenarios involving the utilization of the full occupational therapy scope of practice to protect and expand professional services in public schools

This course is a recording of a previously hosted live podcast event. Polling and question submission features are not available for this recording. Format and structure may differ from those of standard Medbridge courses.

This is an audio-only course. Additional materials are available for download within the course. To receive continuing education credit, complete the course and the accompanying quiz.