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Elementary School Teacher's Perception Of Occupational Therapy, Sarah Guttman
Elementary School Teacher's Perception Of Occupational Therapy, Sarah Guttman
Occupational Therapy: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Low literacy levels in childhood cause detrimental, lifelong effects. Intervention services provided to struggling readers are currently limited. A preliminary study was conducted following a mixed methods approach to explore teacher perception of the benefits of occupational therapy intervention in the Response to Intervention model for reading delays.
Research questions were as follows: 1. To the teacher’s knowledge, are occupational therapy services currently available to students in the Response to Intervention model? 2. Do teachers perceive occupational therapy intervention within the Response to Intervention model beneficial for reading delays?
Data was collected via an electronic survey. Sixty-seven participant responses were …