Staying in Step with Sensory Integration Intervention: An Update on Ayres Sensory Integration® as an Evidence-Based Practice

$65.00

This webinar will introduce participants to recent literature on evidence-based practice of Ayres Sensory Integration® Intervention.

Description

Presented by: Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
originally recorded December 12, 2016

Webinars are video presentations and include the recorded PowerPoint and lecture and a .pdf copy of the PowerPoint notes.

Description: This webinar will introduce participants to recent literature on evidence-based practice. The current status of research on Ayres Sensory Integration® Intervention as an evidence-based intervention will be discussed. Necessary steps to support ASI intervention as an evidence-based practice will be presented. This webinar will also provide foundational information to prepare participants for our 2017 LiveTalk series “Sensory Integration and Evidence-Based Practice”.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar viewers will be able to:

  1. Define evidence-based practice (EBP) and identify types of evidence used to support EBP.
  2. Describe the steps necessary to support ASI intervention as an evidence-based practice.
  3. State the current status of ASI intervention as an evidence-based practice and the research that supports this status.

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

Suitable For: Occupational therapists, OT assistants, physical therapists, PT assistants and students, speech and language therapists.

AOTA
Domain: Contexts
Process: Intervention

Contact Hours: This course is worth 1.5 contact hours or .15 AOTA CEUs.

Completion Requirements: To receive contact hours for this course you must listen to the recorded webinar 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.

 

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