{"id":2470,"date":"2016-08-24T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/nc-school-based-ot\/what-is-school-based-ot\/"},"modified":"2021-12-06T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:58:03","slug":"what-is-school-based-ot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/nc-school-based-ot\/what-is-school-based-ot\/","title":{"rendered":"What is School Based OT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpublicschools.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"image-right size-medium wp-image-2471\" title=\"LH PD6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/nc-school-based-ot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/06\/lh-pd6-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"LH PD6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/nc-school-based-ot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/06\/lh-pd6-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/nc-school-based-ot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/06\/lh-pd6-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/nc-school-based-ot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/06\/lh-pd6-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/nc-school-based-ot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/765\/2018\/06\/lh-pd6-1024x683.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>NCDPI <\/a>has recognized the need for \u2013 and provided \u2013 expert consultation in related services for over 30 years. In a long-standing partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill, a faculty member from the <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNC Division of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science Division<\/a> serves NC public schools and NCDPI to ensure students receive high quality, evidence-based occupational therapy when they require it as part of their individualized educational program (IEP).<\/p>\n<p>The OT Consultant to NCDPI provides technical assistance, professional development, and other requested forms of support to NC school systems, exceptional children program administrators, and occupational therapy practitioners. The OT consultant guides NCDPI policy and practice issues related to occupational therapy in NC public schools<\/p>\n<p>By having an expert consultant available to NCDPI and North Carolina public schools, NC students with disabilities who require occupational therapy may have greater access to effective interventions, high-quality occupational therapy practitioners, and teachers with greater capacity to serve their unique educational and functional needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCDPI has recognized the need for \u2013 and provided \u2013 expert consultation in related services for over 30 years. In a long-standing partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill, a faculty member from the UNC Division of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science Division serves NC public schools and NCDPI to ensure students receive high quality, evidence-based occupational therapy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/nc-school-based-ot\/what-is-school-based-ot\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What is School Based OT?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56087,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2470","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is School Based OT? - NC School-Based Occupational Therapy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/nc-school-based-ot\/what-is-school-based-ot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is School Based OT? - NC School-Based Occupational Therapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NCDPI has recognized the need for \u2013 and provided \u2013 expert consultation in related services for over 30 years. 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