Continuing Education Courses

RECORDED WEBINAR – Sensory Integration in a Bag (Spiral Foundation)

FOR THERAPY 2000 / GREEN APPLE THERAPY  THERAPISTS ONLY

CEU/CCU Hours: 1.5 CEUs approved by AOTA, TSHA, TPTA

RECORDED WEBINAR AVAILABLE: April 15 – May 12, 2024

Cost: T2K/GAT Therapists – Free

Registration for T2K/GAT Therapists ONLY: COMING SOON!

Facilitator: Teresa May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA

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.

Description: Many therapists today who use a sensory integration-based intervention approach travel from one work setting to another.  This may include school therapists, those working in early intervention or in private practice. Therapists frequently need to transport equipment from one work setting to another in order to provide the services they would like. What equipment should therapists have available?  What tools are readily transportable yet be useful for sensory integration-based intervention?  This webinar will provide therapists with equipment and activity ideas that are essential materials to be “in the bag” or “in the car” for every traveling therapist who wants to use a sensory-based approach to intervention.

Objectives:

Following this session, participants will be able to: 

1. Identify 5 essential pieces of equipment to treat sensory needs which may be carried “in the bag” by therapists.
2. List at least 5 sensory-based activities which can be implemented using transportable equipment.
3. Describe 3 ways to creatively use existing space and materials to promote sensory integration-based intervention.