Online Continuing Education Courses

School-Based Occupational Therapy

• Examine and describe how major legislation guides and regulates education for students with and without disabilities
• Analyze 3 ways that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Elementary and Secondary Education Act affects the role of OTs in schools
• Explore which major amendments to IDEA have been implemented over the past 3 decades
• Outline the major provisions of Part B of IDEA— free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment
• Describe how OTs provide services under Part B of IDEA, including referral, evaluation, individual education program, and interventions
• Examine 3 ways that OT services that support students with and without disabilities are integrated into the classroom and across school environments
• Provide 3 examples of indirect and direct OT services
• Discuss how OTs under the IDEA 2004, ESEA, and No Child Left Behind Act provide early intervention services and response to intervention
• Explain how OTs promote school mental health within a multitiered, public health model