Things Every Early Intervention Team Needs to Know (Maura Mooneyham)

Includes AOTA CEUs

Keyword(s) Maura Mooneyham, Early Intervention, Frameworks, Virtual Summit

Maura Mooneyham, MS, OTR/L, CLC, STAR Institute Lead OT, lays out the importance of understanding the dance between sensory processing, regulation and relationship in Early Intervention practice within the Autism community. She provides four practical principles to apply in order to improve quality of life, communication and engagement for the 0-3 population with a relationship and connection focus.

Credit AOTA CEU:0.1

Tag(s) Autism

Description

The views expressed in the following presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect those of STAR Institute.

Level: Introductory

Learning Objectives:

Identify sensory processing and autism
Identify 4 important frameworks for early intervention and working with families
Recognize the necessity of a sensory lifestyle

Presenter:

Maura Mooneyham, MS, OTR/L STAR Institute: Maura graduated with a Bachelor of Science in psychology from North Carolina State University and a Master’s of Science in Occupational Therapy from Winston-Salem State University. Prior to her work with the STAR Institute, Maura worked one-on-one with children, adolescents, and young adults with a wide range of disabilities and/or delays, including rare genetic disorders, Down Syndrome, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. In 2009 and 2010, Maura completed research internships with the Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) Foundation co-located with the STAR Institute. She was instrumental in administering and assisting to refine the Sensory Processing Scales Assessment and Inventory (Research Edition being developed by Dr. Lucy Jane Miller and Dr. Sarah A. Schoen). She was responsible for administering and scoring the scale as well as training other clinicians and therapists to use the SP scales. Of particular importance, was completing the content validity analysis for scoring the scale. Maura has completed the STAR Institute Intensive Mentorship Program Level 1 and Level 2, is trained in the SOS Approach to Feeding, and is a Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC). She has also completed the Professional Certificate in the DIR-FCD Model and the Neuroscience course with Dr. Shelly Lane and Dr. Lucy Jane Miller. Maura’s favorite aspect of being in the STAR Institute family of service providers is joining a team that places such a value on collaboration between families and therapists, on empowering families through education, and on providing state of the art services which is based on current research.

Continuing Education Credits:

STAR Institute 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.

AOTA continuing education credit awarded: 1 hour (.1 AOTA CEUs)

The views expressed in the following presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect those of STAR Institute.

Courses in package:

	Title	Credits
1	Video: Things Every Early Intervention Team Needs to Know View Details
2	Handouts: Things Every Early Intervention Team Needs to Know View Details
3	Quiz: Things Every Early Intervention Team Needs to Know View Details