A Day Through My Eyes: Improving Visual Perceptual Training For School Staff Members Working With Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder

<p>A Day Through My Eyes focuses on the topic of visual perception in school-age children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This program addresses a need to improve the training, knowledge, and skills within the area of visual perception amongst school staff members working at Bridgeway Academy. This program contains three interrelated components to address these needs: an all staff training, development of an occupational therapy based assessment tool for visual perception, and the training of occupational therapy staff members on the use of the assessment too as well as incorporating visual perception resources into treatment. Results of this program indicate an increase in knowledge and skills of the staff members regarding the topic of addressing visual perception with individuals with autism. This study demonstrates a need for similar and more extensive programing in other facilities working with this population.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

OTD

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Occupational Therapy

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Moonis, Abigail

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jeryl Benson
• Jaime Munoz
• Lara Pytlik
• Kaitlyn Starr

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/221

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-1238