Other times the lack of ability to discharge or move to consultation services is frustrating.
Sometimes students receive OT services in high school for very valid reasons. Reasons High Schoolers Receive OT services One can argue that these students can, or should probably be, discharged or placed on consultative services, but that does not solve the issue that we are still spending time providing services and activities for these older students. But I believe that is because as OTs we struggle with what to do with students who are still on caseload beyond an age where we typically address educational deficits that interfere with “accessing their curriculum”. This is one of my most searched posts and I’m pretty surprised. But when I worked in-person school setting I had very few high schoolers on my caseload. When I worked online in 2017 much of my caseload was middle and high schoolers. Pinterest is a great source of additional activities!) When I first wrote this article in March of 2020, it was a list of activities to do with high school and middle schoolers over teletherapy (you can still see that list below but I have gone away from lists of activities and now explain more about issues in the OT field. Whether the goals are focused on sensory processing or executive functioning it is good to think “what would I do with an adult client in rehab”? Versus what would I do with a child to work on this skill? Educationally Relevant Therapy Challenges Working with High School and Middle School Students in Occupational Therapy Age appropriate activitiesĪs mentioned, finding age-appropriate occupational therapy activities for high school and middle school students can be challenging.
We must select activities that promote the necessary skills that our students need to access their educational curriculum while also being age-appropriate. Working with middle school and high schoolers as occupational therapists has some unique challenges.
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