MSAD #48 Occupational Therapy
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The purpose of this site is to inform the teachers, parents, students, and other members of the MSAD 48 community about OT, the areas it can improve and things that can be done at home and in the classroom to address those skill areas. 

 

 

What is Occupational Therapy?
Occupational Therapy in the educational setting is about helping a student participate in school and school related activities to the best of their ability, fulfilling their life role as a student.  Being a student is a child's "occupation" or life activity.  Occupational Therapy seeks to support the student in academic areas and extracurricular areas through a focus on social skills, organization, handwriting, self-help skills, prevocational and vocational activities, and underlying skills that contribute to these areas of academics.

Occupational Therapists Use Their Skill to Support a Student By....

· observing them in multiple settings and giving recommendations to help support full participation (i.e. seating, time increase, assistive tools etc)

· help identify necessary accommodations for greater success

· direct service to work on identified areas of difficulty using a variety of activities that are fun and motivating

· educate school staff and parents regarding activities and procedures that will help the students improve their skills

· work with an entire classroom to improve their skills as a group in a variety of areas

 

How is Occupational Therapy Provided

Occupational Therapy services for individual students are identified through the IEP process. Once a student has been referred for occupational therapy an evaluation is completed and eligibility is determined at another meeting.  Once eligibility is determined goals are written and service is provided in one of the following ways:

·  directly out of the classroom (1:1)

· directly in the classroom (1:1)

· small group out the classroom (2:1)

· small group in the classroom (2:1)

· within the classroom as a whole group

 

Occupational Therapy is provided within the school on average 2 times per week at 30 minutes each session.  Success can be improved when similar activities are carried out at home. Sometimes a student may have difficulty with certain skill areas but not qualify for occupational therapy. Click Here for activity ideas to help your student/child in specific skill areas.  


Meet the MSAD 48
Occupational Therapist

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Carrie L. Pike MS OTR/L

 

Carrie (formerly Carrie Clark) is a 2004 graduate of Husson College with a Masters of Science degree in Occupational Therapy.  She is also a 1998 graduate of Nokomis and attended Corinna Schools.  She lives in Bangor with her husband Kurt, a teenage foster son, a 7 year old adopted son Iziah, a baby boy Xavier, their two boxers Ali and Frazier, and the cat Hercules. 

Carrie works primarily at Hartland Consolidated School, Corinna Elementary School, and Palmyra Consolidated School but also does consultative work and evaluations at the other schools in the district.

 

email me: cpike@msad48.org



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