This course is designed for school-based occupational therapy (OT) practitioners who service post-concussed youth within the educational setting. The course describes a holistic and strengths-based approach to OT service provision for students experiencing occupational imbalance due to lingering post-concussion symptoms. It describes an occupation-based framework that promotes post-concussed youth recovery.
Live Webinar
Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 3:00 pm ESTUnder Review: AOTA/0.1 - Application has been made to the American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA's) Approved Provider Program.
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to identify a holistic, client-centered, occupation-based framework that school-based OTPs can apply to service provision for post-concussed youth within the educational setting.
- After this course, participants will be able to recognize 5 physical, cognitive, and emotional attributes of lingering post-concussion syndrome that often leads to occupational withdrawal and occupational imbalance with educational activities.
- After this course, participants will be able to list two occupation-based assessments and two occupation-based interventions that school-based OTPs can apply to service provision.
Agenda
| 0-10 Minutes | Introduction: Concussion Symptoms & Overview of Updated Concussion Protocols |
| 10-20 Minutes | Post-Concussion Syndrome: A Concussed Student’s Personal Experience |
| 20-25 Minutes | Review of Evidence: School-based OT Service Provision for Post-concussed Youth |
| 25-30 Minutes | Service Delivery Framework: Using a Multi-tiered Systems Model of Support |
| 30-35 Minutes | Assessment: Using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) and Dove Hawk Model of Allostatic Load for Youth With Persistent Concussion Symptoms |
| 35-40 Minutes | Intervention: Using the Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) Approach |
| 40-45 Minutes | Outcome Measures: Using the COPM and Goal Attainment Scaling |
| 45-55 Minutes | Application to School-Based Practice |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary; Q&A |
Presented By
Jennifer Morgan
OTD-PP, OTR/L
Dr. Jennifer Morgan graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Penn State Month Alto, a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Misericordia University, and a Post-Professional Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Shenandoah University. She has practiced as a pediatric therapist for 19 years, functioning primarily within the school and early intervention settings. During her Doctoral Studies, Dr. Morgan developed an interest in concussion management. Her research helped her to gain an awareness of holistic and occupation-based approaches that can hasten post-concussed youth recovery and the development of a framework that can be applied to school-based OT practice. She presented this framework at AOTA Inspire 2024 and the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania’s Annual Conference 2024. She holds a micro-credential in pediatric post-concussion care and is a
member of the BrainSTEPS Brain Injury School Consulting Program in South Central Pennsylvania. She is an adjunct professor at Shenandoah University and continues to work in the school setting as a pediatric OT.
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