Virtual Meeting/Office Hours: Medicaid
2022-11-29 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | NC, United States
Share ideas, procedures & policies, answer questions, clarify issues, network, brainstorm together.
Bring your questions about Medicaid to these office hours over lunch, each month/3rd Wednesday 12-1p
Check the Virtual Meeting Hub for meeting links and updates.

OT/PT Practice Pals
2022-11-23 15:00 - 15:45, 2022-10-26 15:00 - 15:45, 2022-09-28 15:00 - 15:45 | NC, United States
This will be a time for informal networking to connect with OT and PT practitioners across NC. DPI will not provide content or CEUs for these sessions. Sessions will not be recorded. Join to share, ask and answer questions, problem-solve, collaborate, share resources/ideas, and celebrate success…come as often as you can!
Additional information and meeting links can be found here

Virtual Meeting Group: New to School-Based Practice
2022-11-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-10-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-09-17 12:00 - 13:00 | NC, United States
Bring your questions, share ideas & procedures, learn about policies, clarify issues, network, brainstorm together. This group is open to any discipline, the only requirement is interest in increasing your comfort and competence as a school-based practitioner!
As you are able, please join these office hours over lunch, each month/3rd Friday 12-1p. Feel free to email (laurie.ray@dpi.nc.gov) to arrange another day/time as well.
Check the Virtual Meetings Hub for links and additional details

Community of Practice to Develop and/or Improve a PT program for your PSU
2022-11-15 15:00 - 16:00 | NC, United States
Join this Community of Practice to share ideas, develop procedures & policies, answer questions, advance effective staffing, quality assessment, intervention and management, network, discuss how to employ or leverage data and advocate, brainstorm together.
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OT/PT Practice Pals Journal Club
2022-11-11 12:00 - 12:45, 2022-10-14 12:00 - 12:45 | NC, United States
Come and participate with other practitioners across the state to review and discuss evidence-based practice. An article, professional resource, policy or guidance relevant to school-based practice will be selected by the group to review prior to the next month’s meeting and come prepared to discuss. Many of us struggle to find time to get into the evidence, expand our knowledge base, and keep up with current evidence. Leverage this opportunity to join this interprofessional group and revitalize your practice!
Additional information and meeting links can be found here

Virtual Meeting/Networking Group: EC Directors & Coordinators
2022-11-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-10-07 12:00 - 13:00 | NC, United States
Office hours for EC Directors & Coordinators
Bring any questions, confusion or issues you have regarding physical therapy or topics I can assist with or talk through with you.
Let’s chop it up and figure it out together!
1st Fridays @ 12:00pm
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2022 71st Conference on Exceptional Children
2022-11-04 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-11-03 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-11-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Koury Convention Center, 3121 W Gate City Blvd, Greensboro, NC, 27407, United States
As we celebrate this milestone of the 71st Conference, we are excited to announce this year’s theme: Lighthouse Leadership: Bringing Light to the Future.

Improving Programs through MTSS: Leveraging OT and PT
2022-10-19 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-11 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-04 09:00 - 16:00 | NC, United States
Also offered during Summer Institutes 2022, the purpose of this course is to clarify how OT and PT practitioners are uniquely equipped to practically and effectively contribute to school improvement through MTSS. We will explore evidence to support OT/PT involvement, including legislation, professional foundational documents, and evidence-based practices in the areas of physical health, student engagement, mental health, UDL, written expression, and more. Participants will examine how current and future practices align with the 6 Critical Components and 4 Essential Elements of NC MTSS. School teams are encouraged to attend with an MTSS Coordinator, OT/PT Practitioners, other related service providers, educators, and/or administrators. Individual representatives are also welcome if an interprofessional school team is not available to attend the session.

OT/PT MTSS Community of Practice
2022-10-13 15:00 - 16:00 | NC, United States
OT & PT practitioners have much to contribute to Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). This CoP hopes to promote efforts to take part in this important framework for our practice.
A collection of resources for OT & PT practitioners is available in the MTSS live binder for you to review. A Summer Institute on this topic was provided in 2022. Bridgette LeCompte, Amy Miller and Laurie Ray also are offering MTSS sessions (repeating this SI22 content) across NC this October (see NC SBPT website for details/registration). If you did not attend Summer Institute 2022 or one of these sessions, you are encouraged to join this group, no prerequisites!
Register for the Community of Practice
The first session:
Intro to OT/PT MTSS Community of Practice is
September 15 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Mark your calendar for the additional sessions:
October 13, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm
January 19, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm
March 30, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm
May 4, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Links will be shared to your email.

Virtual Meeting/Networking Group: Contractors
2022-10-12 15:00 - 16:00 | NC, United States
Contractors for NC Public Schools
Share ideas, practices, answer questions, clarify issues, network, brainstorm together.
Feel free to email (laurie.ray@dpi.nc.gov) to arrange another day/time as well.
Check the Virtual Meetings Hub for links and additional details

Statewide Meeting for Related Service Provider Representatives
2022-10-03 09:00 - 12:00 | Durham Technical Community College, 1637 E. Lawson Street, Durham, NC, United States
1 representative per discipline, per PSU.
Due to the inclement weather forecasted across areas of NC in the coming days, the plans for this meeting have been adjusted as follows:

The agenda/topics (sent in previous email) for the morning session (9am-12pm) will be delivered virtually.

Registered participants should have already received the login information.
If you had cancelled previously and now plan to attend, please register again to receive the meeting link.

Your state level, discipline specific contact will reach out to you in a separate email to provide meeting changes for the discipline specific sessions (previously scheduled for 1-4 pm)

NOTE: this may include a change in date to allow for in-person participation

Although we were looking forward to convening in-person, everyone’s safety next week is our priority.
Register for the Statewide Meeting of Related Service Provider Representatives (one representative per PSU/District)

Virtual Meeting/Networking Group: Lead PTs/ Administrators of PT programs
2022-09-21 15:00 - 16:00 | NC, United States
Meeting for Leaders of PT programs
Description:
Space for networking and idea sharing between those who lead PT programs for a PSU
Check the Virtual Meetings Hub for links and additional details

Intro to OT/PT Practice Pals Journal Club
2022-09-16 12:00 - 12:45 | NC, United States
Additional information can be found here

Intro to OT/PT MTSS Community of Practice
2022-09-15 15:00 - 16:00 | NC, United States
OT & PT practitioners have much to contribute to Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). This CoP hopes to promote efforts to take part in this important framework for our practice.
A collection of resources for OT & PT practitioners is available in the MTSS live binder for you to review. A Summer Institute on this topic was provided in 2022. Bridgette LeCompte, Amy Miller and Laurie Ray also are offering MTSS sessions (repeating this SI22 content) across NC this October (see NC SBPT website for details/registration). If you did not attend Summer Institute 2022 or one of these sessions, you are encouraged to join this group, no prerequisites!
Register for the Community of Practice
The first session:
Intro to OT/PT MTSS Community of Practice is
September 15 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Mark your calendar for the additional sessions:
October 13, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm
January 19, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm
March 16, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm
May 4, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Links will be shared to your email.

Statewide Meeting for Related Service Provider Representatives
2022-09-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Durham Technical Community College, 1637 E. Lawson Street, Durham, NC, United States
Additional information coming soon!
1 representative per discipline, per PSU.

Innovations in School-based Practice (APTA Pediatrics/national conference) July 29-30- Charleston, SC
2022-07-29 - 2022-07-30 | MUSC Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC, United States
Please note the APTA National School-based Practice Conference- Innovations 2022 will be in Charleston, SC on July 29-30th this year. This conference is excellent for any related service provider (AOTA & APTA discounted registration) but focuses on school-based physical therapy. Many nationally recognized experts will present on a number of critical topics for educationally relevant practice. This conference will not return to the South for 4 years and may not be this close again. This was the conference that ‘hooked’ me on school-based PT and I cannot recommend it more enthusiastically! Please see the flyer or details on the website- https://pediatricapta.org/events/innovations/2022/ There are 15 contact hours offered in the F-2-F conference and a few sessions available virtually with separate registration. If you have questions, please contact me (Laurie Ray 919-636-1827). I hope to see a great representation from NC. Come renew your practice, whet your EBP appetite, network with PT practitioners from across the country and hobnob with the experts. See you in Charleston (right after the Summer Institutes)?

2022 NCDPI Summer Institutes
2022-07-28 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-07-27 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-07-26 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-07-25 08:00 - 17:00 | NC, United States
This year the division will host one week of in-person institutes as well as an additional week for virtual live institutes. PT practitioners will be interested in several sessions offered. In particular, PT/As should consider
Improving Programs Through MTSS: Leveraging Occupational and Physical Therapy Practitioners on Monday/July 25th and
Overview of School-Based Practice for Related Service Providers on Tuesday/July 26th
Please reference the Summer Institutes Guide for information around the institutes offered, registration, payment ($25 for 0.6 CEUs/6hr course), and much more!
Summer Institutes page on DPI Site
Summer Institutes Guide
Registration Ends June 30, 2022
