Sensory Integration, It’s Not Just for Kids: Working with Adults with SPD

  • Presenter: Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
  • Level: Advanced.
  • Contact Hours: 6.0 contact hours, or 0.6 AOTA CEUs,
  • AOTA Areas: Occupational Therapy Service Delivery Domain: Performance Skills, Context and Environment Process: Evaluation, Intervention
  • Audience: Occupational Therapists, OT assistants
  • Completion Requirements: To earn contact hours or AOTA CEUs for this course participants must view this course in its entirety, and successfully complete the accompanying course quiz
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Course overview

This course presents a framework for the assessment and intervention of adults with sensory integration and sensory processing disorders.

Research related to adults with sensory integration deficits will be presented. The impact of sensory processing problems on functional performance will be highlighted. Practical assessment and intervention strategies will be highlighted through videotapes, case studies, and lecture formats.

Topics to be covered:  

  • Research related to sensory processing in adults
  • Frames of reference for sensory integration assessment and intervention of adults
  • Applying assessment of adults with sensory integration and processing problems
  • Intervention for adults with sensory integration and processing problems.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

Describe a frame of reference for assessment and intervention for adults with sensory integration and sensory processing differences. 

Identify various models for provision of services for adults and describe the clinical reasoning for the use of each model.

Identify the ways various sensory integration and processing difficulties impact on functional performance in adults.

Identify appropriate intervention strategies and treatment plan for adults with sensory processing differences.

Agenda

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Teresa A. May-Benson,
ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Teresa is an expert occupational therapist renowned for her clinical research, mentoring and education related to related to sensory integration theory and intervention, praxis, and social competency. She is currently the owner/CEO of TMB Education, LLC and serves as President and practicing occupational therapist at OTR, Inc, a private occupational therapy practice specializing in sensory integration and social competency for children and adults across the lifespan, located near Philadelphia, PA. Dr. May-Benson has a diverse background as a clinical practitioner, having worked in private and public-school settings as well as private practice. She has authored numerous book chapters and articles on praxis and sensory integration and completed her doctoral dissertation on ideational praxis. Teresa is an education and research faculty member at the SPIRAL Foundation. In her role of educator, she currently serves as adjunct faculty at Widener University and is past faculty at Tufts University and the University of Indianapolis. She has received the Virginia Scardinia Award of Excellence from AOTA for her work in ideational praxis and is the 2023 recipient of the AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award.

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