Mary Jones, OTR/L, LMT, CIMT graduated from St. Loye's School of Occupational Therapy (UK) in 1986. Has been an Occupational Therapist for 20 (+) years and has been practicing in the USA since 1993. Additional training has included a BS in Healthcare and Social Welfare from Manchester University in 1992, Massage Therapy License in 1996, NDT certification in 1994. Mary has worked in a variety of healthcare settings in both the USA and the UK. These include home health in the inner-city (London), orthopedics, geriatric psychiatry, outpatient rehab, brain injury specialty (adult and pediatric) and pediatric outpatient therapy. Clinical advanced training includes NDT advanced courses, infant massage certification, cranio-sacral therapy, myofascial release techniques, motor control and the development of motor learning, Therapeutic Listening Program, Integrated Listening Systems, Brain Gym, Pilates, Active Isolated Stretching Techniques, Visual-motor Training, Vestibular Training, Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Intervention, Handwriting Without Tears, ADHD and Nutrition Interventions, Aromatherapy, Aquatic Therapy, Sensory Integration assessment and interventions, Autism assessment and interventions, Interactive Metronome Certification and Development of Best Practice Strategies with IM. Mary owns her own pediatric practice "Sensational Kids LLC", based out of Bradenton, FL. Mary has lectured extensively in her field at a local and national level.

Target Audience:
This webinar welcomes OT, COTA, SLP, SLPA, PT, PTA, and other professionals.

Instructional Level:
Introductory

Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Address the relevance of IM provision within the school setting;
2. Communicate budgetary and funding needs to appropriate parties;
3. Develop motivational strategies for the success of School IM programs;
4. Facilitate feedback from families and teaching staff to allow for grading of future program use.

Specific Learning Outcomes for SLPs:
At the completion of this course, SLPs will be able to:

1. Address the relevance of IM provision within the school setting for treatment of communication disorders;
2. Communicate budgetary and funding needs to appropriate parties.
3. Develop motivational strategies for the success of School IM programs in order to remediate communication disorders that affect academic performance;
4. Facilitate feedback from families and teaching staff re: observed improvements in communication and classroom participation to allow for grading of future program use.