OT Spotlight – Carrie Morgan, Cabarrus County Schools! Carrie Morgan, MS, OTR/L is the Lead Occupational Therapist at Cabarrus County Schools. In this interview with the Consultant for Occupational Therapy, Carrie shares her personal experiences with transitioning to Virtual Related Services during COVID-19. She shares a practical perspective, including lessons learned and how her LEA … Read more

OT Spotlight – Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools OT/PT Team! The CHCCS OT and PT team has worked collaboratively to support students, staff, and families virtually. The team has and continues to compile and share weekly tip sheets that have been translated into multiple languages! Additionally, they have completed their first virtual training titled: Learning through … Read more

The ABSS Occupational Therapy department has been working hard to think creatively and support our students, teachers, parents and staff during this challenging time. Our OT’s have shared ideas and suggestions within our department in order to best serve our students in a variety of ways. Some of the activities and things that we have … Read more

Janet Spletzer will be retiring this year and we received several submissions for OT Spotlight on Janet!  Please see some of the comments below.  If you would like to contact Janet to send a note or congratulations, you may email her at: spletzer.janet@gmail.com.   Janet Spletzer will retire at the end of this school year, … Read more

The Pender County Occupational Therapy Department has worked diligently to come up with a creative and productive way to service our children and assist our parents in this challenging time. Each week we have been sending home OT skill sets. We have all taken turns making a video for whatever skill set we decided to … Read more

Spotlight on Cumberland County Schools! The OT team from Cumberland County Schools joined forces, reached into their hearts, and began an amazing adventure that resulted in a fun and interactive Telehealth program for the students they serve. This team developed a virtual curriculum of therapeutic activities with modifications, adaptations and differentiated implementation suggestions to make … Read more

Happy Friday, Thank you for your incredible passion, hard work, and dedication. I stand in awe of the expertise, resiliency, innovation, and compassion that has been demonstrated by educators and related service providers in our wonderful state, especially the past few months. You are appreciated and valued tremendously! Please see the following video: Appreciation from STARS … Read more

Contact: Lenore Champion The Durham Public Schools OTs have shown extraordinary resourcefulness and dedication during this school closure time. Under the leadership of Lenore Champion, we have helped create content for a YouTube channel for students of all needs and skill levels. This has been easily shared with families and facilitated a more streamlined means of … Read more

Ethics for School-based OTs Pre-recorded session will be available beginning May 1.     To register for this, please register here.  

Good Afternoon! While spending more time at home you may be interested in taking advantage of some of the resources we have available to you in the School-based OT Lending Library! If you would like to borrow a resource, please complete the form and allow time for it to be shipped to you.  All requests will … Read more