Essentials of Sensory Integration Assessment Part Two: Assessment of Foundational Mechanisms and Praxis

  • Presenter: Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
  • Level: Advanced.
  • Contact Hours: 7.0 contact hours,
  • AOTA Areas: Assessment
  • Audience: Occupational therapists, OT assistants, physical therapists, PT assistants, speech and language therapists
  • 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

This course provides participants with a solid foundation for clinical assessment of foundational mechanisms of postural-ocular skills and respiration as well as praxis functions. Principles and clinical reasoning strategies for assessment of postural-ocular control, respiration and praxis difficulties related to sensory integration problems will be addressed. 

Through a combination of lecture, video analysis, and case studies participants will learn how to administer an observation-based clinical assessment of functional visual skills, oculo-motor functioning, postural control and various aspects of praxis and will become familiar with Ayres’ Sensory Integration Clinical Observations. Participants will also learn how to organize and report assessment findings in the context of a sensory integration assessment. 

This course, in conjunction with Essentials of Sensory Integration Assessment: Part One, will provide participants with a solid foundation for clinical assessment of sensory integration differences in children.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

Identify a framework to organize observations of postural-respiratory, oculo-motor, and praxis problems.

Describe key assessment tools and observations essential for identifying postural-ocular and praxis problems.   

Administer and interpret an observation-based clinical assessments of postural-ocular functions and praxis skills.   

Relate assessment findings to function, report writing and intervention planning.

Agenda

  • Introduction to Assessment of Foundational Mechanisms Related to Sensory Integration; Introduction to Ayres Sensory Integration Observation. (1:15 Hrs)
  • Clinical Assessment of Foundational Mechanisms Related to Sensory Integration –  Postural, Respiratory, and Ocular Functions. (2 Hrs)
  • Clinical Assessment of Praxis (1:15 Hrs)
  • Analysis of Assessment Findings, Reporting Assessment Results, and Setting Goals for Intervention (1:10 Hrs)
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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