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Program Outline Sensory integration and processing is a theory, assessment, and intervention approach that is grounded in neuroscience. Recently, the sensory domain has been identified as a diagnostic criteria or condition characteristic for several neurodivergent conditions (e.g. Autism, ADHD, SPD, Schizophrenia). There is a wealth of resources available on neuroscience, yet few of them link specifically back to the constructs for the clinical applications of this approach. This course offers participants that learning opportunity. Moving from the basics of CNS structure and function, we will spend time developing an understanding of the neuroscience foundations supporting sensory integrative functions. This includes exploration of sensory and motor systems and structure/function relationships with behavior. We will examine neuroplasticity and the relationship of this process to the therapeutic process. Within each of these domains, we will address the impact on childhood occupational engagement and functional performance.
Course Structure and Instructional Methods: - weekly 3-hour live-streamed sessions with group discussion
- 3-4 short screencasts prior to each live-streamed session (5-10 minutes each)
- up to 60 minutes pre-reading prior to each session
- 45-minute learning assignment, available one week prior to each live-streamed session
Download a copy of the full course agenda here
Cost The full cost of tuition is $675 per person. This includes all course readings, resources, and weekly live-streamed sessions. Learning Objectives - Differentiate among deep and superficial neural structures and associated functions
- Interpret neuroplasticity as it applies to typical and atypical development
- Assess
potential links between CNS structure/function and observed sensory
and/or behavioral concerns interfering with functional performance
- Describe and apply knowledge about basic structure and function relationships as they relate to occupational therapy
- Investigate
the neuroscience underpinnings related to sensory integration and
processing clinical behavior(s) and appraise linkages between this
topic, occupational performance, and therapeutic practice
Presenter
Shelly J. Lane, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Shelly
Lane is Professor and Academic Program Director at Colorado State
University and Professor of Occupational Therapy at University of
Newcastle, Australia. With degrees in both occupational therapy and
neuroscience, she has focused her research on neuroscience applications
in occupational therapy, and neurophysiologic underpinnings of sensory
integration and processing in children. Her current research addresses
playfulness and interaction in father-child pairs; effectiveness of the
Alert Program® for self-regulation in children with autism; effect of
participation in Camp Jabiru on self-regulation, playfulness, and
sensory integration/processing, and understanding the physiologic
correlates of sensory modulation disorders and occupational therapy
interventions. Her clinical work includes that with children who have
experienced early childhood trauma, and children with sensory concerns
linked to ADHD and ASD.
Who Should Attend Clinicians
interested in understanding the link between neuroscience and sensory
integration and processing and its impact on occupation. Level: Intermediate
Attendance Requirements
Participants
are required to attend the live-streamed sessions in real time to
receive a Certificate of Completion for the program. Participants
may miss 1 session during the livestreamed course to be eligible for a
certificate of completion and CEUs. A brief CEU quiz must also be
completed and passed with at least 80% accuracy for each section to
verify competency. The course instructor(s) must be informed of any
absences ahead of time. Emergencies or unplanned absences will be
handled at discretion of the course instructor(s) and Director of
Education. Video recordings are
typically available to all participants for up to 1 week after the
recorded sessions, however this is not guaranteed due to potential
technical issues. If video recordings are available, this may be
reviewed in the case of a planned or unplanned absence.
Continuing Education
Cancellation Policy
All
registrations must be finalized or cancelled for a full refund by June 16, 2022. Registrations cancelled after June 16, 2022 will be deferred to
a future STAR Institute course or courses of similar value. In the
event this program must be cancelled due to illness, fire, strikes, war,
acts of God, terrorism or other causes that would prevent the event
from taking place, STAR Institute will attempt to reschedule the event.
If the event is unable to be rescheduled, STAR Institute will refund all
tuition fees paid.
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