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School year 22-23 is right around the corner.... I am sure many of you are thinking about students new and old to your caseload. And...

Often there are comments and concerns posted on school based Facebook groups on the topic of decision-making regarding services as part...

I read the school-based PT Lounge Facebook group often looking for clues to assist me in my work with therapists as part of Sequoia. A...

IDEA has a whole section on supplementary aids and services which you can read about here:https://sites.ed.gov/idea/regs/b/a/300.42 But...

So…the Stakeholder Interview Collection has been posted on my site! Why do I feel so compelled to share these forms with you? Because...

“Where do you get your ideas?” From Seth Godin sethgodin.com Seth speaks to asking the right questions. Because questions generate ideas....

In my last post, I posited that not asking the right kind of questions and engaging the right stakeholders could impact the quality of...

I want to look at bias, which can impact our ability to provide quality services and not “do the best I can”. There are several types of...

So, my last post raised a bit of ire regarding quality and “I did my best”. That difference between “high quality” and “I did my best”...

At end of the year reflection on school-based practice I had some practice oriented “ah-has” from Seth Godin’s...

Districts continue to wrangle with the impact of COVID – and making determinations on how school year 20-21 should go forward. Nothing is...

As therapists, we are fortunate enough to have an increasing body of knowledge that helps us make decisions about a student’s prognosis....

I've been a school based physical therapist for a long time....and writing IEP content has gotten easier over time, but why can it still...

There is a role for school based therapists to play in the emergency evacuation of students with disabilities. Consider this: areas of ...

Ecological assessment – a first step in an evidenced based school-based assessment In these virtual times, how can a school-based...

Here we are! Another school year about to begin....and know school based therapists are thinking " how will this year go"? How many...

The story behind the name. In 1996, I began working with a new Occupational Therapist by the name of Jodie Williams. We quickly become...

Dosing Concepts and tools to assist the school based practitioner. Do you dread making that IEP decision regarding how much and now...