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Case Study — Mt. Diablo Unified School District

Progressus partners with districts to develop district-wide, integrated therapy programs, managed entirely by Progressus. In Mt. Diablo Unified School District we implemented an innovative service delivery program that featured a pre-referral program, training for parents and teachers, and hiring and managing all OTs and PTs for the district.

Before Progressus

Unmanageable number of children enrolled in OT/PT services
Lack of cohesiveness among the district OTs
Inability to document outcomes
Increasing costs
Inappropriate referrals
Ineffective use of therapists’ skills and services

After Progressus

Stable costs and therapists on staff
Reduced litigation costs
Reduced number of assessments and therapy hours
Better outcomes for students in both special and general education populations
Pre-referral intervention strategies
Standardized referral practices
Increased teacher awareness and participation
Parent collaboration and cooperation
Procedural manual to achieve consistency

	Case Study - Baltimore Literacy Project
Progressus Therapy partnered with school personnel to offer a unique speech-language intervention model to address the literacy needs of 96 middle school students with disabilities who had demonstrated a lack of adequate progress in reading. The model combined a comprehensive reading instruction model and indirect speech-language therapy. Students showed significant improvements in reading and speech-language performance, verified with nationally standardized assessments. Gains in functional communication status were achieved (as measured by the National Outcomes Measurement System) by modifying teachers’ instructional communication rather than through direct therapy with students. Results Produced average total reading gains of 2.64 Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) for students who attended at least 20 hours of instruction in reading with indirect speech-language intervention Produced gains on two subtests of the reading assessment Comprehension gains of 2.62 NCE Vocabulary gains of 2.75 NCE

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Author:	Danielle Gietz	Created:	3/9/2010 8:45 AM
Blog from Occupational Therapist Danielle Gietz looking at the positive side of the problems we can sometimes get caught up in.

Reflecting on OT Month

By Danielle Gietz on 5/25/2010 1:27 PM

April was an exhausting month. It was both OT awareness month and Autism awareness month. That's a lot of awareness for 30 days! Oh and don't forget the beginning of the IEP marathon to the end of the year.

This month I decided to utilize my students as advocates for OT and OT month. After a discussion about OT, I went through what each student was working on.

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April is OT Month!

By Danielle Gietz on 4/15/2010 8:12 AM

March is over. Which means that school is 3/4th's of the way complete AND that it is now April. April is OT month! I feel like every year I want to do something to help make the teachers and professionals more aware of what OT is and what an OT's in the schools do. I have decided this year to go about it a little differently. I am going to try to create a handout for teachers and professionals with regards to OT and what they encounter everyday-desk height, typing on the computer, healthy habits, and where appropriate include information regarding students and OT.