Lara Collins Barros, OTD, OTR/L

Lara Collins Barros, OTD, OTR/L has been a school-based OT for over 25 years. She discovered the CO-OP Approach while completing her OTD at NYU and has never looked back. She had the privilege to develop “A Guide for Implementation: Using the Principles of CO-OP to Frame a Top-Down Approach with School-Aged Children” with the mentorship of Dr. Helene Polatajko of ICAN CO-OP.

• School-based Practice
• Assistive Technology
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• CO-OP Approach

• Peer Coaching/Mentoring, Niles Township District for Education, Fall 2021 & 2022
• Using Ruler and the Mood Meter for Self-Regulation in the Classroom, Fall 2021
• Using iPad Accessibility Features to Support Classroom Participation, Fall 2021

• • • OTD Competence Project, (CO-OP) Principles for Participation A Guide for Implementation: Using the Principles of CO-OP to Frame a Top-Down Approach with School-Aged Children, linked to ICANCOOP.org website, Facebook, and Twitter accounts as a resource.
    • AOTA’s Everyday Evidence podcast and OT Schoolhouse podcast featuring the use of CO-OP in the schools, May 2022.
    • Christine A. Helfrich PhD OTR/L, Mary Jean Lafata MS OTR/L, Shannon LaEace Macdonald OTR/L, Ann Aviles OTR/L & Lara Collins OTR/L (2001) Domestic Abuse Across the Lifespan, Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 16:3-4, 5-34,DOI: 10.1300/J004v16n03_02

       

    • Townsend, S., Carey, P.D., Hollins, N.L., Helfrich, C., Blondis, M., Hoffman, A., Collins, L., Knudson, J., & Blackwell, A. (1999). Occupational Therapy Psychosocial Assessment of Learning (OT PAL), Chicago, IL; MOHO Clearinghouse

• • • CO-OP Principles for Participation