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Occupational Therapy & Physical Therapy
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Occupational and physical therapy address a student’s ability to participate in school, work, leisure, self-care activities, and to access their environment in a safe and functional manner. In the educational
setting, therapy is provided to students with disabilities when this service is necessary for the student to benefit from their educational program and the school’s curriculum.
Occupational therapists bring expertise in five therapeutic domains to the educational setting:
- Sensory awareness/processing
- Neuromuscular functions
- Motor (gross, fine and oral) skills
- Perceptual skills
- Adaptive behaviors
Physical therapists bring expertise in six therapeutic domains to the educational setting including:
- Functional positioning
- Mobility
- Safe accessibility of school environment
- Activities of daily living (such as transfer training and body mechanics)
- Endurance, respiratory, muscle strength, cardiac, alertness and orientation
- Adaptive equipment needed to facilitate the previously listed skills
Written Reports are generated and forwarded to the district and/or supervisor of special education, to assist the multi-disciplinary team in determining the need for services. Reports include:
- Identification of how specific therapeutic domains contribute to and/or challenge a student’s performance in school.
- Assessment and description of student’s performance in specific areas of school, such as the classroom, lunchroom and playground, rather than solely on the basis of formal test results.
- Discussion of how intervention will improve the student’s performance in school and activities.
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The Primary Goal is to: Provide educationally relevant services that assist each student in compensating for sensory awareness/processing, neuromuscular, motor and perceptual deficits, functional
positioning, mobility, accessibility, endurance, strength, activities of daily living, & orientation deficits which prevent access to an appropriate education program and the curriculum.
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Related Services are included in the basic program.
PROGRAM FEATURES:
- Program Supervision and Management
- Individual Student Evaluations
- Program Recommendations for Educationally-Relevant Activities
- Program Recommendations for Adaptive Physical Education
- Recommendations for the Adaptation of Classroom Equipment
- Consultation to Teachers and Staff
- Inservice Training for Staff
- Parent Communication
- Team Planning and Participation in IEP Development Staff Training
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Program Supervisor:
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Lois Gretzinger
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Secretary:
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Norma Spector
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Telephone Number:
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800 770-4822 ext. 1221
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E-mail:
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lgretzin@bucksiu.org
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