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Comment from the January 2006 conference: A Nonlinear Dynamics Approach to Sensory Modulation - "Tina Champagne blew me away! She made me proud to be an OT and inspired to get back into psych OT!" - Hollie Marron, OTR/L
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Comment from the January 2006 conference: A Nonlinear Dynamics Approach to Sensory Modulation - "Excellent conference! Your depth of knowledge and passion is inspirational. I left there with new ideas and motivation to develop a new and improved sensory focus on our unit. I even signed up for an online introduction course to aromatherapy - I got my first lesson today! (I love my lavender scented beanbag.) I’m looking forward to working with you more." - Diane Trikakis, OTR/L
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Comment from the January 2006 conference: A Nonlinear Dynamics Approach to Sensory Modulation - "Tina Champagne was wonderful! Her ability to answer questions so that all the professionals in the room would benefit (OTR, COTA, RN, support staff) was unmatched. To be able to present as much information as well as she did in such a short time is unmatched!" - Meghan Franklin, MS, OTR/L
| Dynamic Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (DOTCA-Ch) |
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The instrument was developed and researched at the Graduate Program, School of Occupational Therapy, of Hadassah and Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. The DOTCA-Ch (based on the LOTCA) has been adapted for children ages 6-12 years, with an elaborate praxis area. A structured 5-step cueing system was added based on Toglia’s (1994) system in the TCA with her permission. The DOTCA-Ch battery consists of 22 subtests in 5 cognitive areas: orientation, spatial perception, praxis, visuomotor construction (including reaction time and immediate and delayed memory measures) and thinking operations. Each subtest has a base line score, a mediation score and a posttest score. The goals of the assessment are to identify the abilities and disabilities of the child in the different areas, to measure the learning potential and recognize the thinking strategies, through the use of a dynamic assessment. Standards of performance, cutoff scores and frequencies of dynamic scores of typical children are presented in the manual, as well as reliability and validity data related to children with learning disabilities, following brain-injuries and ADHD. Findings show the instrument to differentiate significantly between typical and disabled children. The instrument is available in English and Hebrew. Noomi Katz, PhD, OTR The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah The School of Occupational Therapy Mount Scopus, P.O.Box 24026, Jerusalem 91240, ISRAEL Tel/Fax: 972- 2- 5324985; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it |
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