Using the OT Lens to expand School-Wide Mental Health and Behavioral Supports

What if occupational therapy wasn't confined to pullout sessions and IEP goals? Nicole Pfirman, M.Ed., OTR/L, shares how she brought an OT lens to every role—designing multi sensory environments for behavioral regulation, creating prevention and wellness teams that operated outside of special education, and reframing the "mental health crisis" as an intensity crisis that demands systems-level change. You'll learn why sensory regulation and mental health can't be separated, how to advoca...