Supporting Adults With IDD In The Workplace: How OTPs Can Play An Integral Role

Name: Supporting Adults With IDD In The Workplace: How OTPs Can Play An Integral Role
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (1304 reviews)

Course: #6649Level: Introductory 1 Hour 1304 Reviews

Learn how to best support individuals with IDDs within the workplace through thorough and functional evaluations, adaptive and restorative interventions, staff education, and a guided-discovery approach to learning.

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.1 Introductory, OT Service Delivery, 11257; CE Broker/1.0 CE Broker #20-1279876; IACET/0.1; NBCOT PDUs/1.25 Beginner, Rehabilitation

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to identify three ways the CO-OP approach can foster learning in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
After this course, participants will be able to recognize two evaluation tools that can be used within the vocational setting to best capture client’s current level of function and best plan of care.
After this course, participants will be able to list three interventions or supports that can be utilized within the vocational setting for individuals with IDD.

Course created on January 23, 2025

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-10 Minutes	Definition of IDD with examples and current need to help increase their employment
10-20 Minutes	Identification and discussion on available evaluation tools
20-30 Minutes	Definition of CO-OP approach and examples of evidenced-based practice
30-45 Minutes	Creating plans of care and implementing them using CO-OP
45-55 Minutes	Educating management and advocating for this population, and for OT
55-60 Minutes	Summary; Q&A

Reviews

1304 Reviews

by Member on April 1, 2025

I am a COTA/L that is now and employment specialist. I am always looking for ways to help my students.

by Member on March 31, 2025

Very interesting and helpful information.

by Member on March 30, 2025

I appreciated learning how OTP’s can incorporate their skills into enhancing job opportunities for those with IDD.This was truly interesting and inspiring.

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Presented By

Bridgette Pepmeyer
MOT, OTR/L

Bridgette Pepmeyer has been working as an OT for 12 years in various settings, with a background focusing mainly on neurorehabilitation. For the past three years, Bridgette has been helping to run a Café that employs adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and has found that OTPs can play a major role in helping these individuals engage meaningfully in employment. Through adaptive and restorative lenses and a strategy-training guided discovery approach like CO-OP, Bridgette has worked to help adults with IDD soar past functional plateaus and gain vocational independence and a heightened sense of self-accomplishment.

Presenter Disclosure:

Financial: Bridgette Pepmeyer received an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-financial: Bridgette Pepmeyer has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Occupational Therapy Association

OccupationalTherapy.com is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development, #7659. Course approval ID# 11257. This distance learning - independent course is offered at 0.10 CEUs/contact hours (Introductory level, OT Service Delivery Area). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

CE Broker

OccupationalTherapy.com is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-14558. This course is offered for 1.00 hours. If you are an OT/OTA in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina or Tennessee, CE Broker may be of interest to you.

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