Sue Cecere, PT, MHS

Sue Cecere, PT, MHS is the owner of Sequoia School Based Therapy Solutions, LLC, a consulting company that provides personalized mentoring and professional development to therapists, districts, and agencies in the practice of school-based therapy. Sue’s career has spanned more than 25 years in the school based and early intervention practice settings both as a service provider and program administrator. She is a former physical therapy chair of the Maryland State Department of Education Steering Committee for Occupational and Physical Therapy School-Based Programs, and coauthor of the Maryland State Guide to Early Intervention and School-based Practices. She is an active member of APTA’s Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy and served as its vice president for 8 years. She has co-authored several fact sheets on school practice issues including a joint document with AOTA and ASHA on workload and has presented on a variety of school based topics including dosing. In 2012, she received the Susan K. Effgen Award for her advocacy efforts at the state and federal levels in pediatrics.

• Legislative and administrative issues which impact physical therapy services in schools
• School-based dosing
• Strengths-based assessment
• Embedded interventions that address impairments as well as activities and participation
• Using the ICF in school based PT practice
• Supplementary Aids and Supports

• Therapy in the Schools Conference, Education Resources, Framingham MA. November 2018
• Examination, Evaluation and Ecological Assessment”, APTA Section on Pediatrics Innovations in School based Physical Therapy, July 2018   Seattle WA
• Practice Fair, Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Annual Conference November 2017, “Accessibility Data-Base to Support LRE”
• Examination, Evaluation and Ecological Assessment”, APTA Section on Pediatrics Innovations in School based Physical Therapy, 2017 Washington DC.
• Advanced Workshop on Cerebral Palsy New York Department of Education May 2017
• Complex School Based Challenges: Frequency and Intensity Decision-Making January 2017
• Complex School Based Challenges: Frequency and Duration  Decision Making Ohio School Institute August 2016
• Platform presentation: The Determination of Relevant Therapy Tool. APTA Section on Pediatrics Innovations in School based Physical Therapy, 2016   Milwaukee WS.
• Examination, Evaluation and Ecological Assessment”, APTA Section on Pediatrics Innovations in School based Physical Therapy, 2016 Milwaukee WS.
• Complex School based Challenges: Collaborative Goals, Embedded Interventions, Data Collection and Frequency and Intensity Decisions (1.5 hours) Assessment, Evaluation, and Embedded Interventions to overcome Barriers (3.0 hours) Therapy in the Schools Conference, Education Resources, Framingham MA. November 2015

• Torrey, M., Leginus, M., & Cecere, S. (2011)  Resource-Based Intervention:  Success with Community Based Practices.  Physical and Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics. 115-119.

• Workload Approach:  A Paradigm Shift for Positive Impact on  Student Outcomes https://pediatricapta.org/special-interest-groups/SB/pdfs/APTA-ASHA-AOTA-Joint-Doc-Workload-Approach-.pdf