School-based Occupational Therapy
“School-based occupational therapy practitioners are occupational therapists (OTs) and occupational therapy assistants (OTAs) who use meaningful activities (occupations) to help children and youth participate in what they need and/or want to do in order to promote physical and mental health and well-being. Occupational therapy addresses the physical, cognitive, psychosocial and sensory components of performance. In schools, occupational therapy practitioners focus on academics, play and leisure, social participation, self-care skills (ADLs or Activities of Daily Living), and transition/work skills. Occupational therapy’s expertise includes activity and environmental analysis and modification with a goal of reducing the barriers to participation.” (AOTA, 2017)
OT Staff
- Nolachuckey, Camp Creek, SGMS, SGHS
- Baileyton, NGMS, NGHS, Doak, ELP (evals)/Glenwood, WGHS, Towering Oaks
- Chuckey, CDMS, CDHS, Mosheim, McDonald, WGMS
- Doak, ELP/Glenwood
- Chuckey, CDMS, CDHS, Mosheim, McDonald, WGMS
Greene Co TN Schools-Therapy Department Twitter Link
Resources
- This is a cute stop-motion animation video by Playmobil English using Playmobil characters to help explain about COVID-19 (5 min. 36 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlOGKpMNs4
- Baby Shark sings "Wash your hands" video! (1 min. 46 seconds) https://youtu.be/L89nN03pBzI
- *resources specific to COVID-19
- "Supporting Individuals with Autism through Uncertain Times" https://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/sites/afirm.fpg.unc.edu/files/covid-resources/Supporting%20Individuals%20with%20Autism%20through%20Uncertian%20Times%20Full%20Packet.pdf
- "Letter School" app
This is my favorite app for practicing how to write individual CAPITAL and lowercase letters and basic numbers!Available for smart phones and tablets via the Apple App store and Google Play store.If you have a stylus available, use it with this app to better simulate practice with a pencil/marker.Consider positioning your phone/tablet on an incline (i.e. leaned against a 3-ring binder) vs. having the device flat on a table surface. This helps with wrist position, grasp, vision, and decreased neck strain.
- "Build" letters out of household items, i.e. lay out pretzels to make a "P", LEGOs or Leaves for "L", markers for "M", dried beans for "B", crayons or cereal pieces for "C", etc.