Are your assessment tools for handwriting helping you determine the true needs of the child? Do your handwriting interventions work?

Apply EBP Experts Series is here to help! Peggy will start the day by discussing a 4-Step Top-down process for assessing handwriting. You will learn the utility of various tools, including which tests are helpful for your decision-making and which ones you should avoid using. In the 2nd seminar, she will discuss a systems approach for developing handwriting skills with the school as the client as the first-choice intervention.

The afternoon is for students who require additional OT intervention beyond a handwriting curriculum. First, Patti will present you with 5 evidence-informed strategies that you can easily incorporate into your current therapeutic session. She will utilize case studies and videos to help you identify barriers to writing legibly, focus on what matters the most and use active learning strategies that empower your client. Finally, Lara will provide you with the 4 Steps to Decision-Making and Implementing AT for written expression. You will learn about considerations for assessing AT needs, instructing the student on AT use, embedding AT into the classroom, and monitoring its successful use.

Leave the course with a deeper understanding of supporting written expression and with various tools and strategies that you can use the next day! For a full description of each seminar, please download the Brochure.

Unable to attend all sessions? Don’t worry! All registrants will also have 60-day access to the on-demand versions of each session.*

*You will receive access instructions for the on-demand versions on the day of the course. These on-demand versions are pre-recorded to ensure superior quality for a smooth learning experience. Pre-recordings deliver clear content free from distractions or technical issues common in live sessions. Please note that as a result, the pre-recorded and live versions may differ slightly. For those attending the live course, your privacy is a priority. Feel confident in participating, knowing that no recordings will be made.

Peggy Morris, OTD, OTR/L, BCP has 30+ years of experience in pediatric practice. She worked in early intervention, private practice and out-patient rehab services, but most of her experience and passion is in school-based practice. She is a Lecturer and OTD Program Coordinator for Tufts University. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics through the AOTA, and a regular SeekFreaks contributor.

Patti Sharp, OTD, OTR/L, BCP is a certified CO-OP Instructor, and OT at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). She co-leads the Developmental Coordination Disorder Community of Practice at CCHMC. She is an adjunct instructor at the University of Cincinnati. She works with children and youth with DCD, ASD, CP, SCI, TBI, orthopedic and neurologic injuries, and developmental delay. She also previously worked in neurorehabilitation and burn units. Patti is excited to share her passion for evidence-based practices with her therapy colleagues.

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.

Disclosures: Peggy, Patti and Lara receive speaking fees from Apply EBP, LLC. They have no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

At the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

1. 1. 1. 1. Identify 3 variables influencing handwriting.
         2. Select 2 assessment tools to investigate variables influencing the handwriting of a student in a given case study.
         3. Determine the appropriateness of OT services to support handwriting based on the assessment results of a given case study.
         4. Determine the efficacy of a general education handwriting curriculum
         5. Select 2 assessment tools for handwriting
         6. Identify at least 3 evidence-based practices for a systems approach for handwriting instruction
         7. Identify 2 diagnoses that are frequently associated with functional handwriting problems for children
         8. Determine 3 features of effective handwriting intervention that are supported by evidence
         9. Apply 3 strategies to remediate handwriting difficulties in the school, home, or community environment on a given case study
         10. Identify 3 available options for assistive technology (AT) for written expression
         11. Determine 3 considerations for assessing a student’s need for assistive technology (AT) for written expression
         12. Select 3 strategies for effective student instruction and implementation of AT for written expression

This course is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm Eastern Time. (Note that you may be in a different time zone. Contact Carlo at carlo@applyebp.com if you have any questions or need assistance. For a full description of each seminar, please download the Brochure.

• • • • 8:30 am – 10:00 am: Seminar 1: Assessing Handwriting: Testing Tools and Clinical Reasoning to Determine Need for OT Services | Peggy Morris, OTD, OTR/L, BCP
      • 10:00 am – 10:15 am: Break
      • 10:15 am – 11:45 am: Seminar 2: Systems Approach to Handwriting Interventions: An Evidence-Rich Practice| Peggy Morris, OTD, OTR/L, BCP
      • 11:45 am – 12:30 pm: Lunch (on your own)
      • 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Seminar 3: Remediating Handwriting: Strategies that Work!| Patti Sharp, OTD, OTR/L, BCP
      • 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm: Break
      • 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm: Seminar 4: Assistive Technology for Written Expression: 4 Steps to Decision-making and Implementation | Lara Collins Barros, OTD, OTR/L

To help you apply what you learned the very next day you return to work, you will leave the course with your Practical Toolkit from each of the 4 seminars, which includes:

• • • • Resource: Link to Assessment Tools
      • Letters Workbook
      • Infographic: What We Think Tracing Does
      • Carpe DIEM: The 4 Steps to Decision-Making and Implement AT for Written Expression

Attendees who complete this course will receive a certificate for 6 hours of continuing education training

For OTs and OTAs

• • • Apply EBP, LLC is an AOTA-approved provider of CEUs. Each seminar counts for 0.15 AOTA CEUs for each, for a total of 0.6 AOTA CEUs.

Ticket Prices and Discounts

• • • Early Bird – Group: $199/person – save $50/person if 3 or more from the same organization, community group/network or study group register by February 14, 2025. Register together or separately, indicating at least 2 of your co-therapists who are also registering.
    • Early Bird – Individual: $229/person – save $30/person by registering by February 14, 2025.
    • Full Price – Group: $229/person – save $30/person if 3 or more from the same organization, community group/network or study group register starting February 15, 2025. Register together or separately, indicating at least 2 of your co-therapists who are also registering.
    • Full Price: $259/person – available starting February 15, 2025.

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Cancellation Policy

Registrants may cancel up to 14 days prior to the course for a refund minus a $75 administration fee. There is no cancellation less than 14 days prior to the course; you can find a substitute or use your registration to attend a future Apply EBP course. There is no cancellation or substitution after you have received any course material; you can use your registration to attend a future presentation of the same course. Email applyebp@gmail.com to request to cancel.  Apply EBP reserves the right to cancel a course up to 14 days prior to the course due to insufficient registration, with a full refund to registrants. Please do not arrange non-refundable travel arrangements until 13 days prior to the course, as Apply EBP is not responsible for such expenses.

Accommodation Request

Email or call 2 weeks prior to the course with requests for accommodations. We will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodation.

Email carlo@applyebp.com if you have any questions.

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This course is brought to you in partnership with Columbus Public Schools

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*You will receive access instructions for the on-demand versions on the day of the course. These on-demand versions are pre-recorded to ensure superior quality for a smooth learning experience. Pre-recordings deliver clear content free from distractions or technical issues common in live sessions. Please note that as a result, the pre-recorded and live versions may differ slightly. For those attending the live course, your privacy is a priority. Feel confident in participating, knowing that no recordings will be made.