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Occupational therapy practice in the schools is focused on assisting students to meaningfully participate in the educational setting. "Occupational Therapy" is defined under federal law as: "services provided by a qualified occupational therapist, and includes improving, developing or restoring functions impaired or lost through illness, injury, or deprivation; improving ability to perform tasks for independent functioning if functions are impaired or lost; and preventing, through early intervention, initial or further impairment or loss of function".
Services available to eligible students may include assistance/instruction related to handwriting, activities of daily living, positioning, keyboarding, oral motor/feeding, and self-regulation. Occupational therapists also may address assistive technology needs of students.
The Bismarck Special Education Department employs four Occupational Therapists and three Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants.
For more information about Occupational Therapy services, contact:
Kari Hausauer
701-323-4270
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