Are you struggling to connect with your clients to identify meaningful goals and design interventions that are carried over at home and/or in school? This course gives you the tools you need to shift your practice to include coaching and a routines-based approach to your assessment and intervention planning, whether you are practicing virtually or in-person?

Strengthen your relationships with your current clients! In the morning, Jen will walk you through the use of the 5 easy steps of a “Time of Day” (routines-based) approach  by immersing yourselves in videos of Jen engaged in routines-based conversations with families and teachers to explore critical natural “time of day” activities. Jen will reference tools such as the Routines-Based Interview, the SATIRE, and the School Function Assessment as options to assist with structuring a routines-based approach to assessment for OT, PT and Speech practitioners across practice settings and age ranges. You will learn to conduct targeted observations, create functional goals, and design evidence-informed interventions that promote carryover and achievement of meaningful life outcomes.

In the afternoon, you will reimmerse yourself in a video of Jen coaching her clients (child and parents) to perform self-care. You will see her discuss and demonstrate the different key characteristics, and skills that therapist’s need to hone for each of the 6 steps of the Coaching Cycle. Jen will then show you via another video how coaching can be used in the busy school environment to promote carryover by developing the competence and confidence in educators supporting the child. Jen will end the day with the 6 pitfalls you need to avoid, which may seem like coaching, but are not!

Leave the course with your toolbox packed with Jen’s Time of Day and Coaching Worksheets and Tools so that you can confidently apply what you learned to your every day practice!

For more details, select a scheduled course below.

Jennifer Wissinger, PT, DPT, ABPTS-Certified PCS serves early intervention and preschool in Columbus, Ohio. She is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy with over 15 years of experience practicing in public school districts (preschool through high school), county board of developmental disability programs for adults, home health care, and early intervention. She has served as an instructor in the pediatric curriculum in the physical therapy program at Ohio State University, a mentor in a pediatric residency program, and in leadership roles in the Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy. She enjoys engaging learners of all levels to use evidence and to work collaboratively in teams to serve children and their families.

Disclosures: Jen receives a speaking fee from Apply EBP, LLC. She has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

“This course provided useful information that I will be able to use next week.” – PT with 29 years of experience

“Very informative; the real life example with video was helpful.” – COTA with 11 years of experience

For the 6-Hour Course:

• Worksheet: Time of Day Approach
• Worksheet: The 6 Steps in the Coaching Cycle
• Jen’s Cheat Sheet for Your Coaching Sessions
• Resources: Websites and Must-reads