Overview

Are you juggling behavioral outbursts during your sessions? By shifting your perspective and considering all behavior as communication, you can approach your sessions with confidence. Regulation, sensory coding, interoception, reflex integration, top-down or bottom-up processing, and decreased communication all affect a child’s behavior. In this self-paced and online course informed by the most recent and exciting research, you will learn to help increase students’ flexibility. Implement the techniques in this fun course and you’ll immediately improve your effectiveness, children’s participation, and therapeutic outcomes.

  • Assessment

    Assess the influence of brain-body connections, regulation, and interoception. Learn how to determine your student's learning styles.

  • Treatment Planning

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  • For ALL Settings

    Children learn through play-based approaches taught in this course. These approaches can be implimented in home, school, clinic and/or community settings.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Course!

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    2. Let's GO!

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    1. OT Occupational Profile Interview Template (AOTA)

    2. DOWNLOAD - OTPF from AOTA

    3. Course Handouts (4 per page)

    4. Reference List for Strengths-Based Approaches to Behavior Course

    5. Course Workbook

    6. AOTA Increasing Access to Behavioral Health

    7. Module 1 - Video 1 (Intro, Objectives, and A New Mindset!)

    8. Is This You? (Seen within module 1 video)

    9. Racial Discrepancy in Children with ADHD Article

    10. Module 1 Video 2 (Why Behavior & Exciting New Concepts)

    11. Toddler Video (Discussed within module 1 video)

    12. Through Your Child's Eyes - Vision Simulator

    13. Still-Face Experiemnt

    1. Module 2 Video - Research Review & Discussion

    2. Two Minute Video on Fantastic Report from AAP, CDC Regarding Affects of COVID

    1. Module 3 Video - Learning Styles & Societal Rules

    2. Complete the VARK Learning Style Questionnaire

    3. Melting Exercise for De-stressing. Guided Meditation from GoNoodle

    4. Therapeutic Use of SELF - Your Superpower!

    5. Research by Cambridge's Autism Research Centre (ARC) Simon Baron-Cohen

    6. Temple Grandin's View of Rules

    1. Sensory Nosology Chart - Organizes Sensory Disorders

    2. Module 4 - Video 1 (States Vs. Traits and Regulation)

    3. Amygdala Video - Good Activity for Older Children

    4. Module 4 - Video 2 (Neuroscience of Behavior)

    5. Dr. Daniel Siegel's Hand Model of the Brain

    6. Dr. Bruce Perry's NMT Link

    1. Module 5 Video - Trauma, Survival, and Somatic Experiencing

    2. How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime - Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

    3. ACE-Questionnaire-for-Adults-Identified-English

    4. PCCA Infographic - Great Resource to Post in Your Clinic or Office

    5. Fantastic Video About Somatic Experiencing - Dr. Peter Levine, PhD

    6. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

About this course

  • $197.00
  • 55 lessons
  • 7 hours of video content

The Details

  • Who is this course for?

    PRIMARY AUDIENCE: Pediatric Occupational Therapists, OT Assistants, OT Students. SECONDARY AUDIENCE: Speech-Language Pathologists, SLP Assistants, SLP graduate students, Physical Therapists, PT Assistants.

  • What's the cost?

    $197 for 4.5 contact hours

  • How is the course delivered?

    Online, on-demand! Access the course when it best fits your schedule!

  • Can I earn continuing education (CE) credit?

    The course is available for: .45 AOTA CEUs

  • Are there prerequisites?

    This is an introductory/beginner-level course. No prerequisites are required for this course.

  • What are the requirements for course access?

    The Therapeutic Edge uses a course platform that records the dates and times of each completed module you take. This on-demand course is given via several video modules, a course workbook, downloadable slide handouts, and a final online post-test. Access to a computer with reliable audio and internet connection is required.

  • What are the requirements for course completion?

    Learners must watch all the video content and pass an online exam (multiple choice) with an 80% or higher. Learners will also have to complete a course evaluation/survey at the end to earn continuing education credit.

  • Do you allow partial credit?

    Participants must complete the entire course; partial credit is not allowed. The original purchaser must sign an attestation statement that they are the one who took the course as well as the post-test to receive CE credit.

  • What accommodations are available?

    Please contact [email protected] to request additional accommodations according to the Americans with Disabilities Act before purchase.

  • What is your cancellation/refund policy?

    Refunds will be issued within 14 days of purchase or if no more than 3 modules have been completed. There will be no refunds after this time due to the self-paced nature of the course. You may request a full-refund or transfer your registration to another course of equal value. To request a refund please email [email protected]. Please see the complete policy by clicking the link in the footer of this page titled "Policies."

  • Where can I find all of your policies?

    A full description of our cancellation/refund policies, complaint policies, accommodation request, privacy policies, and terms & conditions can be found linked in the footer of this page or at: https://thetherapeuticedge.thinkific.com/pages/policies.

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Learner Outcomes

Upon course completion, participants will:

  • Explain that behavior is communication when a child is dysregulated.

  • Describe recent research connecting movement, sensory, and executive function to behavior and emotion in children.

  • Discuss the importance of movement to higher-level brain function and occupational performance.

  • Identify the difference between proactive and reactive responses to tantrums/meltdowns.

  • Discuss the impact of trauma on a child’s performance.

  • Identify how the ability to regulate during occupation is affected by retained reflexes and decreased complex movement patterns.

  • Describe interoception and its relation to emotion and theory of mind.

  • Describe at least three fun and engaging activities that can be used immediately to improve the regulation of children.

About the Instructor

Cara Koscinski, OTD, MOT, OTR/L

Dr. Cara Koscinski is many things!  She is the mother to two sons with autism, an occupational therapist, the original founder of The Pocket Occupational Therapist (now The Therapeutic Edge Collective), an author, educator, presenter, mentor, and more!

Dr. Koscinski has over 26 years of experience in the field of occupational therapy.  She has written 8 books related to the field and created countless resources such as continuing education courses, therapy materials, handouts, and more.

Disclosures:

Cara Koscinski is the founder of The Pocket Occupational Therapist (now The Therapeutic Edge Collective, owned by Brittni Winslow).  She is also the author of several books shown in this presentation.

Cara is the parent of two sons with autism.

This course does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

There is no external sponsor for this course.

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