by Chriselle Geñorga | MTSS, OT Advocacy
There’s a shift happening in school-based therapy right now, and if you’ve been in any room where MTSS came up lately, you’ve probably felt it too. I got a front-row seat to just how big that shift is when I presented on MTSS at AOTA INSPIRE 2026 in...
by Kim Dean-Davis | OT Advocacy
With CSEA President, Charles McNutly, who championed my case. CSEA Unit 7551 is the Levittown Unit of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), operating under the Nassau Education Local 865 in New York. This union unit represents non-instructional school...
by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, OT Advocacy
If you’ve been in the school-based therapy world for more than a minute, you know the feeling of looking at the teachers’ salary schedule, looking at your master’s or doctoral degree, looking at your mountains of specialized continuing...
by Miss Jaime | OT Advocacy, School Services: OT, Special Educ
Here’s something that should make every school-based PT and OT practitioner sit up and pay attention: we completed groundbreaking research showing that 94.9% of New York school physical therapy providers believe they should have the opportunity to pursue educational...
by Miss Jaime | OT Advocacy
Last Tuesday, after school, I did something that honestly scared me a little. I loaded my 5-year-old into the car, threw on my “School-Based OTs Looking for Change” t-shirt, and headed to the library for my local senator’s (Senator Steven Rhoads) public meeting hours....
by Miss Jaime | OT Advocacy
Schools are increasingly turning to Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to ensure every student receives the appropriate level of assistance to thrive. Within this framework, Occupational Therapy Assistants (OTAs) have emerged as invaluable team members whose...
