Occupational therapy services are provided through Loess Hills Area
Education Agency 13 to enable all children to participate in and
benefit from a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive
environment. Services encompass a broad continuum of delivery options
based on a problem solving approach. Therapists work with parents,
teachers, educational providers, and caretakers in the home, school,
or community to meet the educational needs of children, birth through
21 years old.
Therapists are part of a multi-disciplinary educational team.
Occupational Therapy
Services include activities that address:
- Activities of Daily
Living
- Feeding and eating
skills
- Dressing skills
- Hygiene skills
- Domestic living
skills
- Educational and Work
Activities
- Fine motor/visual
motor
- Functional communication;
handwriting, computer use
- Positioning
- Pre-vocational
tasks
- Socialization
skills
- Play and Leisure
Activities
Occupational therapy and/or physical therapy services are considered
if there is a concern that:
- Significantly interferes
with the student's ability to benefit from his/her educational
program.
- Appears to be primarily
motor or sensorimotor based.
- Documented, previous
attempts to alleviate problems have not been successful.
- Potential for change
in the student's performance through intervention appears likely
(change unrelated to maturity).
- Expertise of a therapist
is required.
Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy: A Guide to Educationally
Related Services was developed by: Carolyn Gibson, PT, OT &
PT Supervisor; Gloria Frolek Clark, MS, OTR/L; Amy Garrett, MEd.;
Lisa Smith, MPT; Amy Twetten, PT, MS
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