iPad Apps in Pediatric Therapy

On Demand

iPad Apps in Pediatric Therapy

Discover all the best apps for organization, behavior, sensory, fine motor, visual perception and handwriting!

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About this Course

Course Description

This webinar reviews, explains, and demonstrates apps to enhance your therapy sessions and can be used as practice in the classroom or at home.

Many are FREE!

The apps discussed are related to organizational skills for students and therapists, behaviors and rewards, sensory, fine motor, and visual perception.

Handwriting skills on the iPad are also reviewed, including apps to teach handwriting and how to use the iPad as a modification for students that have difficulty with handwriting.

This webinar is chock full of resources!

$125

  • When: On Demand
  • Time: 2.5 hours
  • Where: On Demand
  • Speaker: Kim Wiggins, OTR/L
  • Course Level: Intermediate
  • Target Audience: OTs, PTs, SLPs, COTAs, PTAs, parents, behavioral therapists, educators, administrators and psychologists working with children

Meet the Presenter

Kim Wiggins

Kim Wiggins, OTR/L

Kim Wiggins, OTR/L is an experienced occupational therapist specializing in pediatrics who has worked extensively in public school settings, outpatient, and home-based services to children of all ages with a variety of diagnoses and special needs.

Kim is currently a full time therapist at the Binghamton City School District in upstate NY and the owner of OTKimWiggins, which primarily focuses on increasing the attention level and motor skills of children and providing educational opportunities for parents and professionals. She is an experienced National program developer who has produced and presented training workshops and seminars on a variety of topics related to handwriting, vision, primitive reflexes, sensory techniques, and technology to therapists, teachers, administrators, and parents, She has presented to audiences nationwide since 2010.

Disclosure: Kim Wiggins receives a speaking fee for her presentation. She has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives

Identify sensory apps for students to self-regulate sensory needs at home or in the classroom.

Identify a variety of apps for students to practice visual perception skills at home or in the classroom.

Recommend strategies for students to practice fine motor skills on the iPad at home or in the classroom.

Identify a variety of apps that track and/or manage behavior in the classroom or at home.

Identify three apps to develop and practice letter formation for handwriting skills.

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Educational Credits

Hands on Approaches, Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

Approved by AOTA for 0.25 CEUs.

Learning Objectives will be assessed via a post-test given at the end of the webinar. A passing grade of 70% is necessary to receive a certificate of completion.

Recognized by NYSED State Board for PT as an approved provider of PT and PTA continuing education. Approved for 0.25 contact hours.

Approved for 2.5 CTLE contact hours.

Learning Objectives will be assessed via a post-test given at the end of the webinar. A passing grade of 70% is necessary to receive a certificate of completion.

Time Ordered Agenda

Research

5 Minutes

Organization Apps

20 Minutes

Behavior and Reward Apps

20 Minutes

Sensory Apps

15 Minutes

Fine Motor Apps

20 Minutes

Visual Perception Apps

20 Minutes

Prewriting Apps

20 Minutes

Handwriting Compensation Apps

20 Minutes

Questions and Case Studies

10 Minutes

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