School-Based Practice

P45-Reinforcing Students’ Occupational Identity: Supporting Student Engagement Through Occupational Therapy Consultation

Presenter: Anna Shakeshaft

Description: This session explores supports and barriers to student’s academic engagement in a therapeutic day school setting. The session describes outcomes of a mixed methods study that examined academic needs of children with a variety of psychological, socioemotional and behavioral differences and diagnoses, including: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit Disorder, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Anxiety, Depression, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) . Outcomes of occupational therapy consultations with educators aimed at supporting student’s classroom participation through environmental accommodations are discussed. Educator and occupational therapy perspectives on supports and barriers to participation for students are presented.

P1-Promoting self-regulation in an elementary school during a global pandemic

Presenter: Deborah Zeitlin

Description: The poster will present self-regulation strategies to improve students’ learning experiences in an elementary school setting via remote, in-person, or hybrid learning setting. The capstone research took place during the global pandemic within a low socioeconomic school. The topic was selected due to unforeseen school closures during the 2020 and 2021 school years. Specifically, this poster will explore evidence-based self-regulation strategies that teachers and therapists could use within a public school setting asking the following question: “How can we promote self-regulation in an elementary school during a global pandemic?”

P46-Understanding the current role of school-based occupational therapy practitioners in addressing childhood grief and loss and identifying next steps to expand their current practice

Presenter: Jennifer Borio

Description: The purpose of the presentation is to prevent the findings from a recent research study about how school-based occupational therapy practitioners are currently approaching their interventions with students on their caseloads who are grieving. The study also explored what barriers OT practitioners encounter in the schools related to addressing grief, and what supports they feel they need to overcome these barriers and expand their current practice. In addition to sharing findings from the study, resources will be shared with viewers that may expand their knowledge about best-practice as it relates to working with a grieving child on their caseload.

P47-Occupational Therapy and Transition Planning: How Services are Perceived & Used in a Therapeutic Day School Settings

Presenter: Samantha Lee

Description: This presentation explores the role of occupational therapy in transition planning in therapeutic day schools. Research findings are presented on therapist and teacher perspectives on 1) the role of students’ self-determination in transition readiness, and 2) occupational therapy role in transition planning. Opportunities for interprofessional collaboration and future areas for research are discussed.

P48-School-Based Practices: Perceptions of Illinois Occupational Therapy Practitioners

Presenter: Janet Brancato, OTR/L & Steven J. Taylor, OTD, OTR/L

Description: Description: Evidence-based practices for occupational therapy practitioners (OTP) within the school setting are critical for meeting the needs of children. However, numerous barriers limit the translation of evidence into practice. The objectives of this presentation are to quantify barriers as perceived by Illinois school-based OTP and describe resources to overcome these barriers as identified by this population.