Summary: This course explores tools necessary for parents and therapists to individualize Miller’s STAR treatment model, A SECRET, and an introduction to other tools such as the Engine Speed Program and classroom strategies for academic achievement.
Level: Introductory
Intended Audience: Parents, caregivers, clinicians, teachers, mental health and medical professionals
Prerequisite: None
Presenter: Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR/L founded the STAR (Sensory Therapies And Research) Center in Denver, the premier treatment center for SPD, currently serving as clinical director. In addition, in 1979 she founded the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation, currently serving as its research director. In this role she directs research at the Foundation and is widely known for fostering collaborative research projects. She also develops norm-referenced standardized scales. Her ninth scale, the newly published Goal-Oriented Assessment of Lifeskills (GOAL), is now available through WPS. She has been featured on NBC’s Today Show, CBS’s Early Morning Show, and ABC’s 20/20, as well as in The New York Times and TIME magazine. She is the author of more than 60 articles and/or chapters in scientific and professional journals, magazines, and textbooks and is a frequent presenter and speaker at conferences and workshops worldwide. She has received more than 30 funded awards and grants to further research on SPD and other childhood disabilities. In 2005, Dr. Miller was honored by the state of Colorado, which awarded her the Martin Luther King Jr. award for three decades of work with disenfranchised children.
Learning Objectives:
- Select appropriate treatment options for each specific subtype of SMD
- Effectively incorporate strategies from Miller’s clinical reasoning tool, “A SECRET” in their treatment program
- Understand how to incorporate treatment elements into child’s daily environment
Continuing Education: The Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation is an AOTA Approved Provider of Continuing Education. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Upon full completion of the course video, participants must complete and pass a quiz with at least 80% accuracy to receive a certificate of completion.