Introduction to the Adult/Adolescent Sensory History© (ASH)

  • Presenters: Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
  • Level: Introductory.
  • Contact Hours: 2.0 contact hours, or 0.2 AOTA CEUs,
  • AOTA Areas: Occupational Therapy Service Delivery
  • Audience: OTs, OTAs, SLPs, Psychologists
  • Completion Requirements: To earn contact hours or AOTA CEUs for this course participants must view this course in its entirety, and successfully complete the accompanying course quiz
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Course overview

Challenges processing and integrating sensations exist throughout the lifespan and continue to impact emotional and physical well-being, engagement in daily life activities and participation in desired occupations into adulthood.

Assessment of adolescents and adults with suspected sensory and motor challenges is therefore necessary and important. However, most therapists working in the area of sensory integration are unfamiliar or uncomfortable assessing and ultimately treating adult clients.

This webinar will discuss assessment processes and tools for use with adults. In addition, it will specifically train therapists in administration and interpretation of the ADULT-SI interview as a key assessment tool.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course the participant will be able to:
Identify three measures for assessment of sensory processing and integration challenges in adults and adolescents.
Identify two measures for assessment of motor performance and praxis challenges in adults and adolescents.

Describe the purpose, administration and interpretation of the ADULT-SI interview.

Teresa A. May-Benson,
ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Teresa is an expert occupational therapist renowned for her clinical research, mentoring and education related to related to sensory integration theory and intervention, praxis, and social competency. She is currently the owner/CEO of TMB Education, LLC and serves as President and practicing occupational therapist at OTR, Inc, a private occupational therapy practice specializing in sensory integration and social competency for children and adults across the lifespan, located near Philadelphia, PA. Dr. May-Benson has a diverse background as a clinical practitioner, having worked in private and public-school settings as well as private practice. She has authored numerous book chapters and articles on praxis and sensory integration and completed her doctoral dissertation on ideational praxis. Teresa is an education and research faculty member at the SPIRAL Foundation. In her role of educator, she currently serves as adjunct faculty at Widener University and is past faculty at Tufts University and the University of Indianapolis. She has received the Virginia Scardinia Award of Excellence from AOTA for her work in ideational praxis and is the 2023 recipient of the AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award.

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