Research Platform
Issue Date: August 2016
Published Online: August 01, 2016
Updated: April 30, 2020
Learning Together: Exploring Instructional Support Personnel’s Perceptions of Occupational Therapists in School Mental Health—A Pilot Study
Susan Cahill, PhD, OTR/L; Brad Egan, OTD, OTR/L
Author Affiliations
  • Midwestern University
  • Midwestern University
Article Information
Education of OTs and OTAs / Mental Health / Basic Research
Research Platform   |   August 01, 2016
Learning Together: Exploring Instructional Support Personnel’s Perceptions of Occupational Therapists in School Mental Health—A Pilot Study
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2016, Vol. 70, 7011505092. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2016.70S1-RP303B
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2016, Vol. 70, 7011505092. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2016.70S1-RP303B
Abstract

Date Presented 4/9/2016

The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the perspectives of instructional support personnel (ISP) with regard to the involvement of occupational therapy (OT) practitioners in school-based mental health. After a training, ISP were more knowledgeable about OT’s role in school mental health.

Primary Author and Speaker: Susan Cahill

Additional Author and Speaker: Brad Egan