• Title of article

    Occupational Therapy Practice in Mainstream Schools: Results from an Online Survey in Switzerland

  • Author/Authors

    Schulze, Christina SchoolofHealthProfessions - InstituteofOccupationalTherapy - ZurichUniversityofAppliedSciencesSwitzerland - Winterthur, Switzerland , Kaelin , Vera C. SchoolofHealthProfessions - InstituteofOccupationalTherapy - ZurichUniversityofAppliedSciencesSwitzerland - Winterthur, Switzerland , Stalder, Cornelia Kocher SchoolofHealthProfessions - InstituteofOccupationalTherapy - ZurichUniversityofAppliedSciencesSwitzerland - Winterthur, Switzerland , Echsel , Angelika SchoolofHealthProfessions - InstituteofOccupationalTherapy - ZurichUniversityofAppliedSciencesSwitzerland - Winterthur, Switzerland , Ray-Kaeser , Sylvie DepartmentofOccupationalTherapy - SchoolofSocialWork&HealthSciences - EESP - UniversityofAppliedSciencesandArtsof WesternSwitzerland - Lausanne , Switzerland , Moioli, Stefania DepartmentofBusinessEducation - HealthandSocialCare - UniversityofAppliedSciencesofSouthernSwitzerland - Manno6928, Switzerland , Santinelli , Lietta CentroErgoterapiaPediatricaCEP - Bellinzona6500, Switzerland

  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    10
  • Abstract
    TheshifttowardsinclusiveeducationinmanyEuropeancountrieshasledtostructuralchangesthataffectbothschoolsandtheir relatedprofessionalsaimingtosupportchildren’sparticipation.WhilemostEuropeancountriesacknowledgeinclusiveeducation anditsneed,seriouschallengesexisttoitsimplementationatanationalandlocalcommunitylevel.Interdisciplinarycollaboration, includinghealthandeducationalprofessionals,isseenasanimperativekeyprincipleforinclusiveeducationservices.Tolearn abouttheoccupationaltherapist’scontributiontoinclusiveeducation,theaimofthisstudywastodescribethestateoftheartof occupationaltherapists’collaborationandservicesdeliveryinSwissschools.Usinganexploratory,cross-sectionalstudydesign, aweb-basedsurveywassentto509occupationaltherapistsinSwitzerlandresultingin302responsesfordataanalysisusing descriptivestatistics.Findingsshowthatnearlyallparticipants(97%)collaboratewithschools,and49%ofparticipantsprovided directserviceswithinamainstreamschoolsetting.Theseservicesweremainlyfundedbyhealthinsuranceandfocusedon physicalandsocialenvironmentaladaptations.Despitereportedcollaborationbetweenoccupationaltherapistsandschools, thisstudyshowsaneedforchangesinfederalhealthandeducationlegislationaswellasinnovativesolutionsforservice deliveryinschools
  • Keywords
    Occupational Therapy Practice , Mainstream Schools , Online Survey , Switzerland
  • Journal title
    Occupational Therapy International
  • Serial Year
    2019
  • Full Text URL
    downloads.hindawi.com/journals/oti/2019/3647397.pdf
  • Record number

    2616198

    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=2616198