Jefferson East Falls Occupational Therapy Program

Class of 2022 learning about structured teaching and creating task boxes for a fictitious child to strengthen their learning.

"Love on The Spectrum" Discussion is being presented by the Autism Advocacy Group! The Autism Advocacy Group invites you to join us on September 22, 2020 at 7PM for a discussion panel on Netflix's Love on the Spectrum, and on dating & sexuality with ASD. This panel will include members of Philadelphia’s Community Autism Peer Specialist program and other individuals involved with the ASD community. We also ask that all attendees watch Episode 1 of the series prior to the disc...ussion. Here is the RSVP link: https://forms.gle/D1V5yKhxMeUSh9Am9 Zoom link: https://Jefferson.zoom.us/j/92592596868 Hope to see you there & please feel free to share this with any other members of the Jefferson community! Sincerely, Autism Advocacy Group

Kendra Scott supports American Occupational Therapy Association - AOTA and Backpack Awareness Day? Yes! Thanks to two local OT practitioners (one is a Thomas Jefferson alum), a portion of purchases on September 16th and 17th will go to AOTA. Start your holiday shopping early or share this link with your friends so they can shop for you! https://kendrascottsupportsnationalbac.splashthat.com/

Are you involved in school-based practice? Here is a learning opportunity... School-Based Practice Innovations Lab: Wednesdays 9/16, 9/23, and 9/30 from 7-8 PM Virtually collaborate to co-create actionable ideas to support service delivery in these challenging times. Experience includes pre-session reading, discussion board, and resources to enhance your experience.... Fee: $50.00* for the 3 session Innovation Lab *Discount available for Jefferson groups, students, alumni and fieldwork educators. For more information, Email [email protected] Registration Instructions: - Click on https://heartlandpaymentservices.net//JeffersonColle/bills - Click Add Bill on the bottom right. - Choose Occupational Therapy in the drop-down for bill type. - Complete the fields with the amount ($50 unless discounted) and hit save. - You will then hit the "pay" button with the $50 and be brought to a secure site to complete your payment. - Once your payment is completed, you will receive an e-mail confirming your registration in the seminar. Prior to the Seminar Series, you will receive a link to enter the School-Based Innovations Lab Virtual Classroom See more

This course provides an interactive and engaging format to introduce a data-driven decision making (DDDM) framework and learn how it can be used to guide occupational therapists clinical reasoning throughout the therapy process. At the end of the course, learners will be able to create evidence-based practice and measure outcomes! CEU credits available. Register for this course now at Jefferson’s Autism Center of Excellence https://www.jefferson.edu//autism-center-of/education.html

Interested in evidence-based practice? Take a look at the Practice Brief written by the EF MSOT students (Class of 2021) just published on the Jefferson Digital Common, and those from the previous classes (Class of 2019 and 2020). Class of 2021 Topics: -Efficacy of Work-Related Training for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder - A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) on Quality of Life in Persons with Dementia... - Efficacy of Cognitive and Metacognitive Interventions on Executive Functioning Post Traumatic Brain Injury to Enhance Occupational Performance - Efficacy of Social Cognitive Interventions on Improving Social Participation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Entire list: https://jdc.jefferson.edu/student_papers/

Congratulations to Dr. Lyn Kaiser (PPOTD Class of 2017) and Caitlin Beach (EF MSOT Class of 2020) for the publication of their article titled "Sensory-Based Interventions in the School Setting: Perspectives of Paraeducators". https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ojot/vol8/iss3/7/

The Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association (POTA) is seeking your feedback.. you DO NOT need to be a member to complete it! Let your voice be heard TODAY! https://pota.site-ym.com/surveys/default.asp

This is a great international networking opportunity for OT students tomorrow, 5/31 from 8:30-10:00 am. Registration links in the post below. We thank our continued relationship with the Occupational Therapy Association of Morocco for the invitation!

Our most sincere congratulations to the East Falls MSOT Class of 2020! We are celebrating in spirit will all of you, until we can do it in person. Congrats from the EF OT faculty and staff!