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Assessing Functional Behaviors of Visual Dysfunction in the Classroom
Unfortunately, children's difficulty with vision is often attributed to something else: misbehaving, reading disabilities, or even ADHD. Many symptoms of these problems are also symptoms of ocularmotor difficulties. Here are some of the most common visual assessment...
Expanding Diversity for School Admins
It's Time to Grant Equity & Parity for School Occupational Therapists Right now, there is a huge push for equity in education. In NY, the state education department wants to strengthen and diversify the educator pipeline. This initiative is meant to diversify the...
The DEM™ (Developmental Eye Movement™) Test
It's really common for school OTs to use visual-motor integration and visual perceptual assessments. But today, let's talk about the assessment that correlates to reading fluency.Here are some of the most common visual assessment tools that I use when looking at a...
The Visual Skills Appraisal (VSA-2)
It's really common for school OTs to use visual-motor integration and visual perceptual assessments. BUT: if we haven't looked at their visual efficiency first, we may be missing a huge part of the picture.Here are some of the most common visual assessment tools that...
How to Get Hired for a School-based OT (SBOT) Job
"How do I get directly hired by a district, Jaime?" I hear this question ALOT. Especially in Long Island, where I live. Many districts have been using contract agencies for years. Luckily, times are changing. More districts are looking for direct employees, to be...
Recap of Advocacy for OT in 2021
2021 recap: Advocacy for OT Wins Our research on school OT & PT in NY is complete, and our article for AJOT is in the works. We've got some meaty information to help OTps & PTs advocate for equality in the schools- and I cannot wait for it to get published!...