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Innovative Approaches to Empower Youth Students’ Wellbeing
32 students

Innovative Approaches to Empower Youth Students’ Wellbeing

Learn about sensory processing and how to use it as a tool to increase children's wellness and engagement in schools
Created byEmilee Danner-Borneman
Last updated 4/2026
English
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What you'll learn

  • Articulate occupational therapy’s unique role in providing services in the school-based setting
  • Discuss different ways to how occupational therapists in a school-based setting can influence children’s engagement with their peers and education
  • Explain the role of sensory processing in children’s engagement with their daily occupations
  • Review learning objectives, activities, and artifacts completed during this doctoral capstone

Course content

1 section • 15 lectures • 30m total length

  • Welcome and Introduction0:21

    Begin with a warm welcome from Emily Danner Bornemann, a third-year occupational therapy doctoral student, and introduce innovative approaches to empower youth students' well-being.

  • Session Objectives0:52

    Explore the unique role of occupational therapy in school settings, influence on children's engagement with peers and learning, and the impact of sensory processing on daily occupations.

  • Needs Assessment2:01
  • Literature Review3:48
  • Capstone Area of Focus & Overarching Goal0:24

    Develop and evaluate a capstone program that boosts school-age children's well-being, engagement with education and peers, and supports sensory processing and integration.

  • Guiding Approach for Capstone2:33

    Apply sensory integration theory to target children's sensory processing with evidence-based materials and coaching. Align interventions with developmental milestones to ensure age-appropriate progress in school and beyond.

  • Contribution to Occupational Therapy1:26
  • Capstone Connection to OTD Program Themes1:13

    Connect capstone insights to ODT program themes, highlighting professional responsibility, scholarship, and occupations across the lifespan, while applying sensory integration assessments and occupation-based interventions to support daily activities and well-being.

  • Doctoral Capstone Site and Information1:31
  • Learning Objective and Activity 14:09
  • Learning Objective & Activity 21:56
  • Learning Objective and Activity 33:23
  • Sustainability1:04
  • Questions to Answer4:22

    Explore how wellness and sensory regulation connect to support stress and engagement. Understand the school occupational therapy role in developing sensory strategies and adaptive techniques, and why behavior is communication.

  • References and Acknowledgements1:13

    Navigate the references and acknowledgements section of the capstone, recognizing mentors and detailing how sensory processing informs wellbeing in the school setting.

Requirements

  • No experience necessary, although knowledge of occupational therapy and occupational therapy process is beneficial to learners

Description

This course was created to highlight an occupational therapy doctoral capstone project that took place at Serenity Education and Day Center in Aurora, Colorado. The information includes learning objectives and artifacts that support individualized capstone goals and different sensory and wellness interventions that were utilized throughout this experience. All artifacts that were completed can be downloaded and utilized in any way necessary. They can be found in their respective sections of this UDemy course. The course concludes with four different questions to answer. Contact information can be found on the last slide. I would like to thank my instructor, site mentor, colleagues, and friends who supported me during this formative experience. Their guidance has helped shape my thinking as a clinician and identity as a future occupational therapist.

By the end of this learning session, participants will be at to: 1. Articulate occupational therapy’s unique role in providing services in the school-based setting 2. Discuss different ways to how occupational therapists in a school-based setting can influence children’s engagement with their peers and education 3. Explain the role of sensory processing in children’s engagement with their daily occupations 4. Review learning objectives, activities, and artifacts completed during this doctoral capstone.

Who this course is for:

  • Current OT/OTA, PT/PTA students, or health professionals.

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