Fourth Annual Conference on Meeting the Therapy Needs of Infants, Toddlers and Children with Disabilities in Rural Communities Saturday, March 9, 2013 College of Health Sciences Charles Wethington Building Room 014 University of Kentucky 900 S. Limestone Lexington, KY 6.25 Contact Hours (CEU approval pending)
This conference focuses on serving the needs of rural occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists who desire increased competency in the provision of evidencebased practice service delivery and increased understanding of diversity issues for infants, toddlers and children with disabilities in early intervention or school-based settings. The major focus of this conference is on the intersection of Policy, Advocacy, and the Best Practice of Related Services Personnel. A summary and the specific objectives for each session are provided in the conference schedule. There is no registration fee; however, registration is required and there is a $50 charge ($15 for students, PREPaRE Advisory Board members and PREPaRE mentors) for handouts, lunch, refreshments, and CEUs. For further program information contact: Susan Effgen, PT, PhD, FAPTA at: seffgen@uky.edu Christine Myers, PhD, OTR/L at: Christine.Myers@EKU.EDU Jane Kleinert, PhD, CCC-SLP at: jklei2@uky.edu For registration questions contact Micki Ginter at michelle.ginter@uky.edu or (859) 218-8565 This conference is supported by a U.S. Department of Education Grant to the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences and Eastern Kentucky University under the Combined Personnel Preparation CFDA 84.325K initiative entitled: PREPaRE: Preparing RElated Services Personnel for Rural Employment. Grant # H325K090319.
Faculty reserve the right to modify the schedule and speakers as might be necessary due to unforeseen circumstances.
Schedule 8:30- 9:00
Registration
9:00- 10:30
New Kentucky Related Services Manual Marti Ginter Participants will know the changes, and updates to the KY Related Service Manual. Participants will be introduced to therapists’ role and responsibilities, workloads, need for services, and service delivery of the school based related services of occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology. Participants will be able to: • Explain the committee process for a student with an IEP to receive related services in KY public schools. • Identify models of service delivery for the related services of OT, PT and S/L in KY public schools. • Describe next steps for how you may integrate the KY Related Service Manual into your work.
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45- 12:00 Collaborative Teaming for Students: IEP and Intervention Development Laura Cullens, MS, OTR/L, Melody Prinkleton, PT, DPT, & Mary Salyer, MS, CCC/SLP A team of Kentucky related services providers will discuss collaborative teaming with students as it is done in real life.
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Participants will be able to: • Define characteristics of collaborative teamwork • Discuss strategies for successful team meetings • Understand the process of collaborative IEP development o Analyze integrated assessment results o Identify student priority needs o Develop integrated goals and objectives o Define specially designed instruction (SDI) , supplementary aids and services, and program modifications and support for school personnel Develop strategies to integrate related services within an instructional program including block scheduling, role release, team communication and data collection.
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 -2:00
Select one of the Breakout Sessions
So What Can This iPad Do? Using Every Day Technology with Students Who Have Disabilities and Communication Disorders Jane Kleinert, PhD, CCC-SLP & Christina Espinosa, MRC, CRC This presentation will discuss the many uses for IOS technology (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone) for students with disabilities and communication disorders. We will provide lists of useful apps and websites which provide resources for app selection. Demonstration and video examples of student usage will be included. Participants will be able to: • List at least 3 uses for IOS technology as it relates to students with disabilities or communication disorders. • List at least 3 resources for IOS applications that are useful with students with communication disorders. • Provide at least 3 strategies for use of IOS technology as instruments for universal design in classrooms or the community setting with students with communication disorders. Evidenced-Based Practice in Pediatric Therapy Christine Myers, PhD, OTR/L & Shirley O'Brien, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA This presentation will provide an overview of the most current research available for therapeutic interventions commonly used in early intervention and school settings. Participants will discuss ways to implement evidence-based practice in their work with children and families. Participants will be able to: • Demonstrate an understanding of the research support for common therapeutic interventions used by pediatric therapists. • Identify interventions with limited or no research support available and integrate that knowledge into your intervention planning. • Develop strategies for integration of evidence-based practice (EBP) into your current environment. 2:00 – 2:15
Break
2:15 – 3:00
Panel Discussions on Advocacy to Support Children with Disabilities Susan Effgen, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Professor, University of Kentucky Marti Ginter, Coordinator, Central KY Special Education Cooperative Dr. Peter Perry and Valerie Perry, parents Discussion of effective strategies for therapists to use to with parents, educators, administrators and others to assist children with disabilities in obtaining the supports they require. Institutional change and advocacy will also be addressed. Participants will be able to: • Understand ways to address workload issues and the need for appropriate services. • Understand what advocacy strategies might have the best chance of positive influence.
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3:00 – 4:30
Determine an action plan to assist children and families to obtain the services they require.
Use of Group Intervention in the Educational Setting Colleen Schneck, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA & Alyssa LaForme Fiss, PT, PhD, PCS This session aims to provide the therapist with an overview of the use of group intervention in the educational setting. Literature support for group intervention, application to IDEA, barriers and facilitators of group session will be presented. General ideas for planning sensorimotor activities and collecting outcomes will also be discussed. Participants will be able to: • Discuss the theoretical background and current literature support for the use of group intervention with children. • Describe how group intervention is applied to the provision of related services on IEPs and in following the mandates of the IDEA. • Describe barriers and facilitators to the implementation of group intervention. • Identify potential populations of children to participate in school-based group intervention. • Identify appropriate education team members to participate in the development and implementation of school-based group intervention. • Develop activity plans for group sessions identifying themes, materials and ideas of how to embed education curricula and real world context into group activities. • Describe mechanisms for collecting outcome data from group intervention to assist with IEP/discharge planning, program evaluation.
Speakers Laura Cullens, MS, OTR/L Laura Cullens, MS, OTR/L is a program specialist for occupational therapy and physical therapy services in the Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, KY. She has worked to support the delivery of occupational therapy and physical therapy services in public schools for 29 years. She received her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Kentucky University and a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from Temple University. Laura served on Kentucky’s State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children in the early 1990’s which prompted her committee involvement with the development of Guidelines for Determining the Need for OT/PT Services in 1995, Guidelines for the Delivery of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy Services in Educational Settings in 1997, Resource Manual for Educationally Related Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy in Kentucky Public Schools in 2006, and Guidance for the Related Services of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech/Language Therapy in Kentucky Public Schools, 2012.
Susan Effgen, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Dr. Effgen is a professor in the Division of Physical Therapy at the University of Kentucky. She is an established educator and researcher in pediatric physical therapy. She is a PREPaRE project co-director. She is presently PI on a US Department of Education, Institute on Education Science grant to study the Relationship of Student Outcomes to School-Based Physical Therapy Services. She has served on several editorial boards and has edited the text Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children. She has received the American Physical Therapy Association’s Section on Pediatrics Advocacy Award, which is now given in her name. Christina Espinosa, MRC, CRC Ms. Christina Espinosa is a Rehabilitation Counselor and specialist in Assistive Technology. She specializes in supportive employment, universal design and technology for persons with disabilities. She is employed by the University of Kentucky’s Human Development Institute in Lexington.
Marti Ginter, Coordinator, Central KY Special Education Cooperative Marti Ginter’s career includes experiences as both a middle and high school special education teacher, special education consultant/diagnostician serving ages 3- 21, and development and coordination of district-wide programs as a Director of Special Education. Ms. Ginter has written and given numerous presentations on the special education process for parents and educators. Her areas of expertise include: special education transition, developing and implementing individual education programs (IEP), applying brain research to classroom instruction, increasing student engagement, and implementation of state and federal special education regulations. She has worked directly with children with disabilities from preschool through exiting school and has provided advocacy and support for these youth and their families for over 30 years. Currently, she provides leadership and support to the 23 school districts served by Central KY Special Education Cooperative. Recently she chaired the Kentucky Department of Education appointed Related Services Workgroup which produced the manual, Guidance for the Related Services of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech/Language Therapy in Kentucky Public Schools. Jane Kleinert, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Dr. Jane Kleinert is an Associate Professor in the Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Kentucky. She is a PREPaRE project co-director. Her research, publications and teaching focus on communication services for children with multiple and/or severe disabilities; pediatric feeding and motor-speech disorders. She has over 35 years experience as a Speech/Language Pathologist. . Alyssa La Forme Fiss, PT, PhD, PCS Dr. LaForme Fiss is an Assistant Professor at Mercer University, where she teaches courses in evidence based practice, pediatric physical therapy, and assists with coordinating pediatric service learning projects. She completed her Bachelor and Master degrees in Physical Therapy at The Ohio State University. She completed her PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Kentucky. Her doctoral research focused on frequency and intensity models of early intervention and use of group intervention in pediatric physical therapy. She is a member of the several multi-site research teams examining determinants of change in motor abilities, self-care and play and developmental trajectories of children with cerebral palsy. Dr. Fiss is board certified as a Pediatric Clinical Specialist and continues to provide services for children with disabilities. She currently serves as the Materials Vice Chair of the Practice Committee for the APTA Section on Pediatrics. Christine Myers, PhD, OTR/L
Dr. Myers is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) Program at Eastern Kentucky University. She is a PREPaRE project co-director. She has an established line of research related to transition services for infants and toddlers and previously provided services to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in a variety of hospital-based and community settings. She is coordinator of the Transition to Preschool (ToPS) Program, a collaboration between Richmond Head Start, Madison County Preschools, and the Departments of Occupational Therapy, Psychology and Special Education at EKU. She serves on the American Occupational Therapy Association Transition Task Group. Shirley O'Brien, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Dr. O’Brien is a Professor of Occupational Therapy at Eastern Kentucky University. Her research, teaching and publications at state and national conferences are on topics related to pediatrics, sensory processing and advocacy. She has worked with children and families for over 30 years in various clinic, school, home and community settings. Dr. O’Brien is recognized as a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association and received the Lindy Boggs Award for Advocacy. Peter Perry, PhD, and Valerie Perry Dr. Peter Perry and Valerie Perry are parents of a child identified with Asperger syndrome. They have navigated and negotiated various systems (educational, medical, &community) to attain services for their child. They are active advocates for children and families in Central Kentucky. Dr. Perry is a past member of the IHDI Consumer Advisory Council at UK and has been appointed to the House Bill 144 Commission in Frankfort. Mrs. Perry has been active with First Steps. Melody Prinkleton, PT, DPT Dr. Prinkleton, PT, DPT received her master’s and doctorate degrees in physical therapy from the University of Kentucky. She has been a practicing pediatric therapist for 12 years. She currently serves as a physical therapist in the Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, KY. Dr. Prinkleton also owns and operates Making Waves Pediatric Therapy Services, LLC, a small private practice that has provided physical, occupational, and vision therapy services to Jefferson and surrounding counties for 5 years. She is a member of the PREPaRE advisory board and the Kentucky Department of Education Resource Manual Workgroup. She maintains membership in the APTA and its Section on Pediatrics. She received the “Torch of Excellence” Award from the University of Kentucky Lyman T. Johnson Alumni in 2006. Mary Salyer, MS, CCC/SLP Mary Salyer, MS, CCC/SLP is currently in her twentieth year as a school-based Speech/Language Pathologist, joining Jefferson County Public Schools in 1997. She received her Master’s in Communication Disorders from the University of Louisville in 1993 and her Clinical Competency Certificate from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 1994. She holds a Kentucky Teaching Certificate, a Rank 1 Endorsement, and Kentucky Licensure in Speech-Language Pathology. She is a member of the Kentucky-Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association. Mary has served as both a clinical supervisor and as a Kentucky Teacher Internship supervisor. Colleen Schneck, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA Dr. Schneck received her Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Michigan University, her Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy and her Doctorate in Therapeutic Studies from Boston University. She is currently professor and Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), where she has worked since coming to Kentucky 19 years ago. She is also faculty in the Collaborative Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program with the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Schneck has worked in pediatric occupational therapy for 35 years in a variety of settings including school systems and early intervention. She has presented and published on topics of interest to pediatric occupational therapists and school system personnel including visual perception, handwriting, group intervention and dyspraxia.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Please make $50 check ($15 for students, PREPaRE Advisory Board members and PREPaRE mentors) out to the University of Kentucky and mail with this registration form: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences College of Health Sciences Rm 214D Charles T. Wethington Building 900 S. Limestone Ave Lexington, KY 40536-0200 If you are part of a group with an agency paying and want to reserve a space while the check is processed, you may use a personal check which we will hold until the agency check arrives. Please indicate for us to hold the check and what agency will be paying. For registration questions, please email Micki Ginter at michelle.ginter@uky.edu or leave a message at (859) 218-8565. Name: _______________________________________________________________________ Home Address: ________________________________________________________________ Organization: __________________________________________________________________ Daytime Phone: ______________________________________ Fax: _____________________ E-mail:_____________________________________________________(required for confirmation) I am interested in receiving Continuing Education Credits for attending this conference. CEUs are pending. I am an ___ Occupational Therapist or ____ OTA ___ Physical Therapist or _____PTA ___ Speech-Language Pathologist ___Student, please indicate what discipline:_________________________________ ___ I am not a therapist, but wish to attend. I am a_____________________________. I understand I will not receive CEUs. Refund Policy: If you need to cancel your registration, please send or email your request to Micki Ginter at michelle.ginter@uky.edu or (859) 218-8565, before the conference. Directions: Directions will be emailed with course registration confirmation. NOTE: Attendance for this conference is limited and will be handled on a first-come, first serve basis, based on an equal distribution across disciplines.