Summary: An important video for parents! Answers to the most relevant questions and pressing concerns, such as "What is OT vs. PT?" and "How do I select a good therapist?" The relationship between a competent therapist and engaged parents is explored, the elements of a high quality treatment session are revealed, and advice for approaching therapy and special treatment in the school system is provided. Finally, we see an overview of advanced strategies for treatment including the Sensory Matrix, A SECRET, combined treatment, and play therapy.
Level: Introductory
Intended Audience: Parents, caregivers, clinicians, teachers, mental health and medical professionals
Prerequisite: None
For 35 years Dr. Miller has devoted herself to the study and treatment of Sensory Processing Disorder and is spearheading the effort to get SPD recognized as a diagnostic entity separate from other disorders. She is a prolific author, with over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Her book, Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)has become the definitive source of information on SPD; the revised edition just recently published.Dr. Miller’s other recent book, No Longer A SECRET: Unique Common Sense Strategies for Children with Sensory or Motor Challenges, offers on-the-spot problem-solving tips to use for children with sensory issues. She developed the STAR Treatment Model, which has been demonstrated through research to be effective in the treatment of sensory-related challenges.
Dr. Miller also develops norm-referenced standardized assessments that are in use worldwide, including the Miller Assessment for Preschoolers, the Leiter International Performance Scale – Revised and the new Miller Function and Participation Scale (or M-FUN) and her latest and ninth scale, Goal-Oriented Assessment of Lifeskills (GOAL). She talks about learning family-centered care during her three terms, totaling nine years on the Governor’s Interagency Coordinating Council for IDEA in CO. In 2005, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. award from the State of Colorado.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose of intervention and how parents and therapists work together to create priorities for treatment
- Explain the underlying rationale for sensory based pediatric therapy interventions and differentiate treatment based on clinical reasoning from traditional therapy frameworks in a hospital, clinic or private practice
- Identify the key principles of intervention
Continuing Education: STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation is an AOTA Approved Provider of Continuing Education. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Upon full completion of the course video, participants must complete and pass a quiz with at least 80% accuracy to receive a certificate of completion.