Let’s Make Pickles! OT/SLP collaborative planning to provide integrated therapy for students with complex bodies (on-demand registration)

Presenter: Melissa Petersen, MA, CCC-SLP, NBCT | Mackenzie Hess, MS, OTR/L | Mackenzie Light, MS, OTR/L

Relevant Financial Relationship: Melissa, Mackenzie, and Mackenzie are all employed by the Edmonds School District.

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Melissa, Mackenzie, and Mackenzie have no non-financial relationships to disclose.

Presenter Biography: Melissa Petersen, MA, CCC-SLP, NBCT (she/her) is an educational speech language pathologist, AAC Specialist, and National Board Certified educator with 15+ years experience working in K-12 public schools in Washington State. Her interests include Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT).

Mackenzie Hess, MS, OTR/L (she/her), is a school-based occupational therapist with 4 years of experience working in Washington State. She has become passionate about finding fun and meaningful switch-accessible activities to increase functional communication, autonomy and engagement for students with complex bodies.

Mackenzie Light, MS, OTR/L (she/her) has 6 years of experience in school-based practice in Washington and North Carolina. She values collaborating with teachers and therapists and creating unique and motivating activities to increase participation and engagement in the classroom, especially with her students who are switch-users.

Learner Outcomes

• Learners will identify the benefits of collaboration between occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists in planning therapy themes, goals, and lesson plans for students with complex bodies who use switches to communicate and access their learning
• Learners will identify steps needed to formulate a plan for a collaborative therapy theme, including therapy targets, activities, and materials, using free or low-cost resources, or materials they already own to provide OT and speech/language therapy for students with complex bodies who use alternate access and/or AAC to communicate and access their learning
• Learners will identify necessary components to design a switch activity to use as part of a collaborative therapy theme, using common tools they may already possess

Agenda

• Introduction (5 minutes)
• Background assumptions (10 minutes)
• Share lesson plans and examples of activities (40 minutes)
• Q&A (5 minutes)

Cost: Free

Audience: Assistants, Early Career Professionals (under 5 years), Related Professionals

Topic Area: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Language and Learning in School-Age Individuals, Literacy Assessment and Intervention

ASHA CEU Requirements: Must complete the post webinar assessment with 80% accuracy. Unlimited attempts are allowed. Partial credit is not available.