2016 ILOTA Conference Course: Providing Trauma-Informed OT Services in Early Intervention and School-based Practice

Traumatic events strongly influence children's development. Chronic exposure to trauma and stress in childhood can profoundly affect an individuals physical and mental over the course of a lifetime. Pediatric occupational therapy practitioners can play an important role in addressing childhood trauma at various levels of intervention. The purpose of this short course is to provide practitioners with an understanding of how trauma influences development and to provide a framework for trauma-informed occupational therapy services in early intervention and school settings.