Teaching · Related Services

Follow the student through the school day.

Rate participation in each setting you watch, from arrival to the bus, and mark what got in the way. The form shows where the student takes full part and where the team should look.

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The participation observation

One observation per student and date. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
Settings with full participation, limited and supported settings, a first idea for each barrier and the next step for the team.
Who it is for
School occupational and physical therapists, with the special education teachers they work with.
Format
Browser form. One saved observation per student and date; printed with the summary or as a blank clipboard form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
every room the day passes through
Drawn for this page. Participation is judged in the places a student actually goes, not only in the therapy room.

How to use it

  1. Pick a stretch of the day that covers several settings.
  2. Rate each setting as you see it; leave the rest as not observed.
  3. Mark what got in the way and write what you saw.
  4. Read the first ideas with the teacher.
  5. Copy the observation to another day to cover the settings you missed.

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How to read it

Participation, not skill

The question is whether the student takes part in what peers are doing, and with what support. A student can have the skill in therapy and still miss out in the hallway.

Barriers in the place

Many limits sit in the environment: surfaces, doors, crowding or the schedule. Those are fixed by changing the place or the plan, not the student.

What this is not

A standardized measure such as a scored participation assessment. It is a structured observation for the team.

Sources

  1. World Health Organization (2001). International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: participation and environmental factors.
  2. American Occupational Therapy Association (2020). Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process (4th ed.). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(Suppl. 2).
  3. American Physical Therapy Association, Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy: physical therapy in school settings (fact sheet).
  4. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.34(c)(6) and (c)(9): occupational and physical therapy as related services; 34 CFR 300.117: nonacademic settings.

The example student is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.