
Explore the emerging telehealth use in pediatric occupational therapy through a Wichita, Kansas capstone project, reviewing research findings, experiences, and resources to support telehealth therapy.
Identify the effectiveness of telehealth in pediatric occupational therapy for rural Kansas communities, and develop educational resources, guides, and program materials to educate therapists and caregivers.
Explore evidence-based, occupation-based pediatric telehealth with a 68-page resource guide for occupational therapists, covering motor, visual motor, executive functioning and sensory processing to enhance lifelong learning and online service delivery.
Create an educational caregiver pamphlet to guide families in pediatric telehealth, promoting professionalism, ethics, and advocacy. The guide covers caregiver guidance, quiet environment, communication, preparation, and carry over.
Gain insight into day-to-day admin duties and the business side of telehealth in a private practice. Create a telehealth insurance guide with a policy roster and Excel tool for eligibility.
Explore emerging telehealth use in pediatric therapy, highlighting a capstone goal to develop an educational resource for therapists and caregivers, and emphasizing caregivers' presence during telehealth sessions.
Hello everyone,
This course was created to discuss the prevalent needs that were found through research in rural Kansas and how telehealth therapy can help address these needs. The main determent to providing telehealth therapy services has been insurance, preparation time, and limited education over this type of therapy model. This course will help beginners understand how telehealth therapy can help address the needs in rural communities as well as provide information over ways to limit determents to expand the use of telehealth therapy in the pediatric occupational therapy community.
By the end of this course students will
Gain an understanding of the needs within and around the Wichita, KS area
Discuss the research found to support the main goals for this capstone project
Identify the program development being put into place to help address these needs
This Udemy course was created to support my Doctoral Capstone project at Drake University. All information in this course was gained through research done before my doctoral capstone began, experience during my capstone placement, and recourses gathered from experienced occupational therapists online and in person at TheraPlay Spot. Additional recourses were created during this capstone project to help address the determents that were most prevalent with using a telehealth therapy model. These recourses will be added to the course for caregivers, pediatric occupational therapists, and businesses to access and use.
Thank you all for participating in my course,
I hope you enjoy the findings that led me to complete my Doctoral capstone experience over telehealth use as well as the resources created to help support further telehealth use in pediatric occupational therapy.