Clinical Reasoning for Addressing Play Skills in Sensory Integration

Featuring: Teresa May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
originally recorded August 6, 2018

LiveTalks are hour long audio-only podcasts. This LiveTalk is part of the Clinical Reasoning in Sensory Integration bundle.

Description: Children with problems processing and integrating sensations frequently have difficulties with age appropriate play skills. These difficulties may be due to lack of development of appropriate play skills or poor play may be related to decreased sensory processing and praxis skills. This LiveTalk will discuss the clinical reasoning behind assessment and intervention of play skills in children with sensory processing problems. It will discuss aspects of play which may be impacted by sensory processing problems and how decreased play may impact development of sensory and motor skills. Case studies will be used to illustrate key points and activities in this process.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this LiveTalk listeners will be able to:

1. Identify at least three aspects of play which may be delayed in children with sensory processing and motor problems.
2. Describe how decreased play skills may interfere with the development of sensory processing skills.
3. Describe at least 4 intervention strategies for improving play within the context of sensory integration intervention.

Course Level: Introductory. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Suitable For: Occupational Therapists, OT Assistants, Physical Therapists, PT Assistants, Psychologists, Parents, Teachers.

AOTA
Domain: Performance Skills
Process: Intervention

Contact Hours: This course is worth 1.0 contact hours or 0.1 AOTA CEUs.

Completion Requirements: To receive contact hours for this course you must listen to the recorded LiveTalk in its entirety, and complete the accompanying assessment.

About the Speaker: Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA is the Executive Director of the Spiral Foundation as well as a practicing occupational therapist at OTA The Koomar Center. She is active in conducting research related to sensory integration through the Spiral Foundation’s Sensory Processing Research Center and Laboratory. She is a well-known lecturer and researcher on sensory integration theory and intervention, has authored book chapters and articles on praxis and sensory integration, and completed her doctoral dissertation on ideational praxis. Dr. May-Benson received her bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University and her master’s degree from Boston University with a concentration in sensory integration and school system therapy. She was a Maternal and Child Health Fellow in the Doctoral Program in Therapeutic Studies at Boston University. She has received the Virginia Scardinia Award of Excellence from AOTA for her work in ideational praxis.

ADA/Section 504: If you require special accommodations, please contact the Spiral Foundation at admin@thespiralfoundation.org or (617) 969-4410 ext. 231.

Continuing Education:

Occupational Therapy Practitioners/ Occupational Therapy Assistants:  The Spiral Foundation is an Approved Provider of Continuing Education for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants by the American Occupational Therapy Association.  The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.