Audience

This online course is intended for physical therapists who provide or intend to provide related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

To register for additional individual sessions in this series - or to register for the full Innovations in School-based Therapy course – visit the On-Demand Courses page.

Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will:

1. Understand foundational federal laws and regulations for ensuring a free and appropriate public education (FAPE), including provision of required related services for students with disabilities under IDEA and Section 504.
2. Apply evidence and data to individualize and make appropriate decisions regarding evaluation, outcome measures, models of service delivery, individualization, advocacy, and evidence-informed interventions.
3. Apply knowledge gained to influence and advocate for appropriate services, staffing, physical activity and fitness, collaboration across practice settings, adequate supports and self-determination for students with disabilities.
4. Incorporate evidenced-informed evaluation and intervention for students with complex disability.
5. Describe the role of school-based physical therapy in provision of assistive technology, individualized transportation services, and to prepare students and their families for adulthood through post-school transition.

On-demand session

• Participation-based Student Goals - Kim Wynarczuk

Session Descriptions & Speakers

Participation-based Student Goals

Supporting students’ meaningful participation in school activities and routines is the pinnacle aim of school-based practice; however, collaborative student goals that focus on student participation are not universally developed in school-based practice. This presentation will discuss findings and recommendations from original research regarding development and use of participation-based student goals. Strategies to promote school cultures that support a participation-focused approach to school-based physical therapy practice will also be described. Participants will receive a GOALS for Student Participation tool and other resources to support the development and use of participation-based student goals.

Kimberly D. Wynarczuk, PT, DPT, PhD, MPH, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy, is an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA. Dr. Wynarczuk started her physical therapy career as a school-based physical therapist for 11 years and currently serves as the School SIG representative to the APTA Pediatrics Research Committee. She has been a full-time faculty member in graduate-level physical therapy programs since 2011. Dr. Wynarczuk has conducted, published, and presented research on a variety of school-based physical therapy topics, including goal development and the participation of students with disabilities in school trips.