TY - JOUR AU - Criss, Melanie Joy PY - 2013/06/11 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - School-based Telerehabilitation In Occupational Therapy: Using Telerehabilitation Technologies to Promote Improvements in Student Performance JF - International Journal of Telerehabilitation JA - Int J Telerehab VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - School Telepractice DO - 10.5195/ijt.2013.6115 UR - http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/Telerehab/article/view/6115 SP - AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: normal; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This article discusses the use of telerehabilitation technologies in occupational therapy for school-based practice. Telerehabilitation, for the purpose of this program, included the implementation of occupational therapy services via two-way interactive videoconferencing technology. The subjects included in this pilot program were children, ages 6 to 11 years, who attended an online charter school and had difficulties in the areas of fine motor and/or visual motor skills which impacted success with handwriting. Each participant completed a virtual evaluation and six 30-minute intervention sessions. The Print Toolâ„¢ Assessment was used to determine progress pre- and post-program. A learning coach/student satisfaction survey was given at the end of the program to determine participant satisfaction. Outcomes revealed improvements in handwriting performance for most students who participated in the program and high satisfaction rates reported by all participants.</span></span></p> ER -