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Presenter tells Benton County board many students may be missing needed occupational therapy
Summary
An OT student told the Benton County Board of Education that only a small fraction of students who could benefit from school-based occupational therapy receive it; the board discussed delivery models, billing through TennCare, and possible budget implications.
Cindy Baker, an occupational therapy student presenting her capstone to the Benton County Board of Education on March 5, told trustees the district may be "severely underutilizing" school-based occupational therapy (OT).
Baker said Benton County has 165 students with 504 plans and about 662 students who may benefit from OT; she reported roughly 43 of those 662 students currently receive OT services, a share she calculated at about 6 percent. Baker said students in the district who receive OT at school typically get therapy "about 3 times per year," far less than outpatient schedules.
"OT is a big misconception that OTs only do handwriting in the school because there's so much more that they're able to do,"…
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