Using Motivational Operations to Maximize Student Learning

Mark Strait

Description: This webinar will help you understand how to set up each learner’s environment so that they are maximizing their learning time. We’ll review how to identify reinforcers and preferences through varying assessments, understand motivating operations, and recognize student satiation and deprivation and how that influences behavior Credits: ASHA: This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level)NASP: This course is … Read More

Smooth [IEP] Operators!

Mark Strait

Description: This course is designed to educate participants on the basics of an IEP Team and how that team can function for the best student outcomes. We will review essential vs potential team members; roles and expectations of a case manager vs team members; dos and don’ts of IEP Team professionalism; accommodations for virtual meetings; and how a holistic view … Read More

Professional Ethics for the School-Based Service Provider (Jackson Public School, 2024)

Mark Strait

AOTA: This course is offered for 0.1 AOTA CEUs (#6241, Introductory Level, Professional Issues) This course presented an overview of the ASHA Code of Ethics followed by a discussion of examples of ethical misconduct, with specific focus on those confronting school-based practitioners. Participants discussed common types of ethical complaints, the process of solving ethical dilemmas, learned to identify supportive resources when … Read More

Professional Ethics and Jurisprudence: School-Based OT Practice Settings (Jackson Public Schools, 2024)

Mark Strait

AOTA: This course is offered for 0.1 AOTA CEUs (#7071, Introductory Level, OT Service Delivery) AOTA has established standards that guide our responsibilities and interactions with clients, other professionals, our employers, and society. As school-based occupational therapists, we are each responsible to act ethically in our professional interactions, decisions, and the scope of tasks we perform. This webinar will provide information … Read More

Creating a Legally Defensible IEP

Mark Strait

Description: The course is designed to provide information to a wide range of school staff who are responsible for creating IEPs.  It covers legal mandates to be included in an IEP, as well as how the IEP is to be developed. Emphasis is placed on the practical aspect of being able to apply this knowledge to real life situations. Credits: … Read More

Therapy Service Delivery Within the School-Based Setting (Newark Public Schools – 2024)

Mark Strait

Course Description School-based IEP providers have a variety of options for servicing students. We will explore various types of service delivery in a school-based setting, as well as how clinical reasoning and best practice guides decision-making. Participants will gain knowledge, skills, and practical strategies to implement therapy services effectively during school, promoting optimal outcomes for students Credits ASHA CEUs: This course … Read More

Change is an Option: How to stay in the Solution (Cabarrus County Schools – 2024)

Mark Strait

ASHA CEUs: This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate level.AOTA CEU’s: This course is offered for 0.1 AOTA CEU’s (Intermediate Level, OT Professional Issues)NASP CPD’s: This course is offered for 1 hour of NASP approved CPD’s  How to Unpack Implicit Bias. Participants will learn how biases can appear in everyday situations and in the classroom. The purpose and … Read More

Disrupting Cultural Norms and Biases for Special Education Providers (Memphis-Shelby, 2024)

Mark Strait

ASHA CEUs: This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate level. This webinar is designed to bring awareness to our cultures and how cultures inform our practices and decisions. Participants will learn about cultures and biases in our IEP teams and how to disrupt them for positive change. Instructor Information Bridgette M. Collins-George is currently the Director of Community Corrections … Read More

Change is an Option: How to stay in the Solution (Memphis-Shelby, 2024)

Mark Strait

ASHA: 0.1 ASHA CEU (1 hour of content) How to Unpack Implicit Bias. Participants will learn how biases can appear in everyday situations and in the classroom. The purpose and focus of this webinar is to identify short term and long term building blocks to create equity in the world we live in, put our student’s needs at the forefront, … Read More

What’s in Your Bag? How to Identify and Unpack Your Implicit Bias (Memphis-Shelby, 2024)

Mark Strait

Description: The human brain is wired to make shortcuts that allow us to make connections necessary for decision making and survival,  based on our life experiences,  family dynamics, educational environment and the region of the world in which we live.   This introductory level course was designed to aid the related service provider’s ability to acknowledge their own biases through … Read More

Language and Learning Interventions for the Classroom (Memphis-Shelby, 2024)

Mark Strait

Course Credits: 0.2 ASHA CEUs (2 hours)  Speech-Language Pathologists are often consulted by classroom teachers on how to support students with language and learning difficulties. This course will explore ways to develop a collaborative approach with teachers and provide specific instruction on evidence-based accommodations, modifications and interventions that can be effectively utilized in the general education classroom.  Instructor Information Dawn M. … Read More

Social Emotional Learning: Practical Interventions for Clinicians

Mark Strait

Description: This webinar will offer an exploration into several social-emotional learning interventions. These interventions can be used for clinicians in the school setting who offer support to students with various self-regulatory challenges. Clinicians will learn to differentiate what interventions are applicable to student needs, thereby tailoring a plan for student improvement Credits: ASHA CEUs: This course is offered for 0.1 … Read More

Incorporating Resiliency in Therapy (Jackson, 2024)

Mark Strait

Description: This session will address what it is to be resilient and why school-based professionals need to incorporate resiliency into treatment planning. We will discuss how to foster resilience when working with all students who have challenges in their life. These can include homelessness, an incarcerated parent, a history of trauma, and food insecurities, which impact school participation and performance. … Read More

A 3D Journey into Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyspraxia 2.0

Mark Strait

Description: This presentation is an expansion of information presented in the original, introductory level, 3D Journey into Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyspraxia webinar (2017).The content presented will be more intermediate in scope. Deeper exploration into how each of these 3 conditions impact school based OT and PT intervention and related student outcomes will be the focus of the webinar. This presentation will be … Read More

A 3D Journey Into Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyspraxia 1.0

Mark Strait

Description: This course is designed to provide school-based therapy practitioners with evidence-based information to understand the neurological and clinical differences between Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyspraxia in relationship to student learning in the educational environment. This course is appropriate for any school-based related service provider working with primary, middle, or secondary-level students. Credits: AOTA: This course is offered for 0.1 AOTA CEUs … Read More

Therapy Service Delivery Within the School-Based Setting (Jackson Public Schools, 2024)

Mark Strait

Course Description School-based IEP providers have a variety of options for servicing students. We will explore various types of service delivery in a school-based setting, as well as how clinical reasoning and best practice guides decision-making. Participants will gain knowledge, skills, and practical strategies to implement therapy services effectively during school, promoting optimal outcomes for students Credits ASHA CEUs: This course … Read More