This course provides a guide to occupational, physical, and speech therapists, teaching each learner how to successfully work with children with disabilities using specific clinical strategies.  This course is appropriate for entry level and intermediate level therapists.

Joel is an occupational therapist who specializes in neurological disorders in children and adults.  He received his Bachelors of Science (B.S) degree in occupational therapy from Keuka College (Keuka Park, NY) in 1995 and his post-graduate Masters of Science (M.S.) degree from Misericordia University (Dallas, PA) in 2010.  He holds a post-graduate certificate in pediatrics from Misericordia University (2006) and has worked in a variety of settings from out-patient pediatrics to in-patient adults.

• Interactive Online Classroom, or...


• Home Study Course - Printed course manual mailed to your door.


• Download and Print - Download and print the manual from your printer.

• Online Certificate - Receive a signed certificate automatically online after completing all online activities, quizzes, and the final exam.


• Mailed Certificate - Recieve a printed, signed certificate in the mail.

1. Identify behaviors that can disrupt a therapy session;
2. Apply strategies to neutralize behaviors;
3. Demonstrate how the affordances of an activity can be used to neutralize behaviors and facilitate therapeutic outcomes;
4. Demonstrate how the affordances of an activity  can be used to create a just-right challenge;
5. Demonstrate how to creatively expand the affordances of an activity.
6. Apply, through the analysis of case studies, appropriate strategies to bring a child into compliance.