LIVE: Effective Use of Social Stories in OT

Effective Use of Social Stories in OT

In this 2-hour professional development course, you’ll learn how to use Social Stories effectively within occupational therapy practice to better support students’ participation, self-regulation, and daily routines across school and community settings. This training breaks down what does and doesn’t make a Social Story truly effective, how to individualize stories to a child’s sensory, communication, and cognitive needs, and how to collaborate with caregivers and school teams for consistent carryover.

Learning Outcomes 

1. List the core principles and structure of Social Stories/social narratives, per Gray and successors.
2. Identify the recent evidence on the efficacy of Social Stories, their limitations, and moderators of effect.
3. State the scenarios when Social Stories are likely to be beneficial (e.g., individual characteristics, environment, target behavior) and when they may not be the best tool.
4. Identify the step-by-step process to develop a Social Story tailored to a client’s needs (e.g., for social-behavior, transitions, self-regulation).
5. List three uses of Social Stories for broader OT interventions (e.g., combining with modeling, visual supports, prompting) and plan for generalization and fading.

Course Information

• Target Audience: introductory- to intermediate-level OTs, OTAs, PTs, SLPs, educators, and other pediatric professionals
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• Course Instructor: Aditi Mehra, DHSc, OTR/L
• CE Broker course code: 20-00000

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Sensational Brain LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity ID# 00000. This distance-learning, interactive format is offered at 0.2 CEUs, Introductory level, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA or indicate AOTA approval of a certification or other professional recognition.

Aditi Mehra, DHSc, OTR/L, received her Bachelors in Occupational Therapy from Western Michigan University in 1998 and her Doctorate in Health Sciences from Midwestern University, Illinois, in 2016. Since then, she has practiced as a pediatric OT in various settings such as early intervention, hand therapy, NICU, inpatient/outpatient rehabilitation, and schools. During her doctoral studies, Dr. Mehra pursued a certification in Applied Behavior Analysis to improve and enhance collaboration within multidisciplinary teams. Once she delved deeper into this field, she discovered Fit Learning, an academic program based on the principles of ABA designed to build fluency and address all differences in learning (executive functioning, ADHD. etc.). Dr. Mehra is currently the Director of Fit Learning Labs in the Chicagoland area and continues to practice OT in both schools and private teletherapy services. She is passionate about Interpersonal Education and strives to foster multidisciplinary collaboration among OTs and other allied health professionals. She provides continuing education presentations for various allied health groups in her community and is an avid blogger for Psychology Today. To view Aditi’s course, check out her product page.

Disclosures

• Financial: Aditi Mehra receives a speaking fee from Sensational Brain LLC. She is the author of 25 Tips to Improve Student Engagement via Telehealth and offers free and paid OT resources on her website: www.DrAditiTheOT.com.
• Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

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