A Scoping Review of Interventions Delivered by Occupational Therapists in School Settings
This review describes available research on interventions delivered by Occupational Therapists (OTs) in schools to identify the outcomes addressed and in which tiers of support (universal, focalized or intense) the interventions are situated.
Authors: Javiera Salazar Rivera, Nouf Alsaadi, Eliana Parra-Esquivel, Christopher Morris, and
Christopher Boyle
Publication Date: 2023
Publisher: Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, and Early Intervention
Artificial Intelligence & School-based OT
In this video, clinical assistant professors of occupational therapy at Baylor University discuss how OT practitioners are using AI to support clients. They provide a background into AI, ethical considerations around AI in OT, and insights into how therapists are using AI to save time and support students in the education setting.
Authors: Jayson Davies and Teresa Fair-Field
Publication Date: March 2024
Publisher: PT School House
Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy: Processes and Procedures for Best Practices in Arizona’s Schools
This AZ-TAS document is designed to promote understanding of federal and state requirements for special education, state rules pertaining to licensure of therapists, and best practices put forth by the therapy professional associations.
Publication Date: Revised December 2018
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Occupational Therapy Services at School
This flyer helps a parent to ask yourself if your child needs help with school activities and ask your child’s school about occupational therapy services. Occupational therapy services are provided
wherever students need support, such as classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, bathrooms, gymnasiums, playgrounds, and buses.
Publisher: Occupational Therapy Services at School
Related Services: Common Supports for Students with Disabilities
An occupational therapist (OT) identifies the student’s strengths and challenges during all educational activities, whether they take place in the lunchroom, classroom, or playground. This module covers OT roles and responsibilities with videos of a school-based practitioner working with a student and collaborating with a teacher.
Publisher: IRIS Center, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
School-Based Occupational Therapy
In this video, a school-based occupational therapist works with a variety of ages from preschool-aged to 14 years old throughout various schools in the district. She discusses her intervention tools, evaluation process, and daily schedule working in the schools.
Publisher: Ask OT Settings
School Mental Health Toolkit School Mental Health Interventions
This toolkit is a resource for occupational therapy practitioners working with children and youth in school and community settings to obtain specific knowledge about mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention and to guide service provision. Each topic in the toolkit provides an overview of the topic, implications for occupational therapy, and strategies for mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention in a variety of settings.
Publisher: American Occupational Therapy Association