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School based OT like with Jayson Davies from Southern California


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What does life look like after you get your degree? Are you about to start going to an OT school? Have you ever thought of the different fields that OTs go into to expose you to the different settings you can work in as an occupational therapist? 

This week’s Pre OT Secrets, Jessica Lopez brought Jayson Davies back. He is a licensed and registered occupational therapist - who lives in Southern California. Still, he has the pleasure of supporting school-based OT practitioners all across the globe. Jayson is the host of the OT Schoolhouse Podcast where he supports school-based OT practitioners by reviewing research and interviewing other specialists in the field. He created the OT Schoolhouse website and podcast as a way to support occupational therapists transitioning to or currently working in educational systems. Jayson believes that OT practitioners have so much to offer the students and staff in the schools we serve.

Jayson Davies is the host of the OT Schoolhouse Podcast where he supports school-based OT practitioners by reviewing research and interviewing other specialists in the field. He has been practicing and researching School-Based Occupational Therapist for over a decade in Southern California. In 2017, Jasyon created the OT Schoolhouse website and podcast as a way to support occupational therapists transitioning to or currently working in educational systems. Jayson believes that OT practitioners have so much to offer the students and staff in the schools we serve. He would like to see every School-Based OT practitioner supporting all students using a workload model and tiered interventions. In addition to providing support to other therapists, Jayson also advises occupational therapy students on their thesis projects at the university level. Jayson is the owner of Schoolhouse Education, LLC and OTSchoolhouse.com.   Resources: The OT Schoolhouse Podcast  The A--Z School-Based OT Course The OT Schoolhouse Website  

They will touch on such topics as:

  • What are the best things about School based OT
    • How do you collaborate with others as an occupational therapist inside and outside the school system? 
      • What is an IEP?
        • What is a day like in the day of a school based occupational therapy? and how is it different.
          • What is the caseload for typically for a school-based OT. 
          • What should students be doing if they're trying to get into school-based OT?
          • Reach out to Jayson:

            Website: OTSchoolhouse.com.

            Podcast: The OT Schoolhouse Podcast

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            Pre OT SecretsBy Jessica Lopez-Hermantin