Occupational Therapy: School-Based Practice Certificate

The Tufts Department of Occupational Therapy Advanced Professional Certificate in School-based Practice is a no-residency, online certificate designed for working school professionals. The certificate includes series of three courses delivered in an asynchronous online format, over the course of one calendar year, and aims to create a supported professional development opportunity for working school-based therapists. 

Program Outcomes

The program prepares participants to become more evidence-based and effective in advancing a systems approach to delivery of services. Course work incorporates reform in special education and civil rights legislation, current guidelines for best practices in the provision of educationally-relevant related services to students with disabilities, as well as school system pressures including increased accountability for student outcomes. The certificate also focuses on systems considerations, current evidence for evaluation and intervention, research on inter-professional teams and collaboration, self-reflection on personal practice patterns, and action-planning for potential practice change.