Working as a Therapeutic Team: The Importance of Collaboration

This course is designed for physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech & feeding therapists, ABA therapists, and special instructors. It will be a 2-hour learning experience designed for clinicians utilizing team collaboration strategies. The course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and confidence to effectively collaborate as a therapeutic team.

You will be provided with the understanding of why therapeutic team collaboration is important, how to collaborate using evidenced-based practices, and a variety of ways to integrate team collaboration strategies within and outside of session time. Video examples will be utilized to demonstrate real-life experiences.

Learning Objectives:

After completing the course, clinicians will be able to:

• Provide 3 outcomes of effective therapeutic team collaboration
• Describe at least 3 team collaboration approaches
• Describe 5 best practice team collaboration strategies
• Develop a team plan for, incorporating specific strategies for both within and outside of session time

Agenda:

0-5 minutes: Introduction
5-20 minutes: Importance of therapeutic team collaboration
20-35 minutes: Types of team collaboration styles
35-50 minutes: Best practice collaboration strategies
50-65 minutes: Designing specific approaches for the therapeutic team
65-80 minutes: Review common team strains
80-95 minutes: Problem -solving for potential team strains
95-110 minutes: Video examples
110-120 minutes: Q&A
After this course, you will receive a link to complete a 10-question quiz and course evaluation. Upon successful completion, your certificate of attendance is immediately available to download and a copy will be emailed to you as well. Those seeking ASHA CEUs, will have a short, additional participant form to fill out. This all can be completed from your phone or any digital device. If you need special accommodation, please don’t hesitate to contact us at the information provided in your confirmation.
About The Presenter:

Molly Dresner is a Speech Language Pathologist and Feeding Therapist. She is ASHA (American Speech and Hearing Association) Certified and trained in the SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) Approach to Feeding. She is also the mom of two young boys, Grey & Jack. She received her Masters in Speech Language Pathology from Teacher’s College, Columbia University, and her Bachelors in Speech and Hearing Science from George Washington University. She has worked in Early Intervention as a therapist and an evaluator since 2013. Additionally, she works in private practice with pediatrics. She authored The Speech Teacher’s Handbook, a parent’s guide to speech and language development and the children’s books, You’re So Nice, Baby and We All Fall Down. She specializes in building early language skills, picky eaters, problem feeders, breastfeeding difficulties, social-behavioral struggles, and family training.

Disclosures: Molly Dresner, SLP Financial - Molly Dresner has no relevant financial or nonfinancial information to disclose.

For New York Licensed Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants

Therapeutic Resources is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider of physical therapy and physical therapy assistant education. The entire course is offered for .2 CEUs.

Cancellation Policy: 75% of course fee will be refunded if Therapeutic Resources is notified up to 21 days before the event. In lieu of a monetary refund, Therapeutic Resources also offers a credit for the full amount paid up until 5 days before the event. No refunds or credits are offered after the day of the course. If the course is canceled by Therapeutic Resources due to low registration, illness or cancellation of instructor, technical issues, or inclement weather. Therapeutic Resources will refund the full amount paid for the course.

Event Venue

Online