Questions Occupational Therapist's Ask

  • Can families adequately homeschool their children with special needs?
  • Is there a role for OTs within the homeschool day?
  • Are there enough homeschool families that we need to specifically learn about it?
  • Is there evidence and research to support homeschooling?
  • Does homeschooling impact OT treatment?
  • Do homeschool families adequately address their kids social needs?

The answer to all of these questions is “yes!”. 

Ways We Serve Occupational Therapists

  • We promote OT as a profession- Follow along on Instagram and Facebook.
  • We highlight specific OTs via marketing Monday- Join the Facebook group for discussion, education, and marketing including weekly posts where you can promote your products, curriculums, or practices every Monday.
  • We answer all the questions about OT and homeschooling via the course Homeschool Context and Treatment ideas.
  • We refer clients to OTs in each state after providers have taken the course. Fill those middle of the day slots with homeschool families!

Sarah Collins MSOT, OTR/L

Education

  • Master of Science in Occupational Therapy, Medical College of Virginia, 2008
  • Bachelor of Science in Recreation and Leisure Administration, York College of Pennsylvania, 2001

Work Experience

  • Children’s Hospital, Richmond, VA, Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, 2002-2006
  • Kennedy Krieger Institute,Baltimore, MD, Pediatric Occupational Therapist, 2008-2011
  • University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, MD, Home Health Occupational Therapist, 2011-2016
  • Collins Academy Therapy Services, Phoenixville, PA, Homeschool Occupational Therapy Consultant, 2019-present

Homeschool Experience

  • Classical Conversations- Foundations Tutor, 2016-2018, 2023
  • Classical Conversations- Essentials Tutor, 2018-2021
  • Charlotte Mason Co-op- Co-coordinator and Instructor, 2019
  • Educator in home for 3 children over 7 year age gap, 2016- current

Speaking Experience

  • National Institute of Recreation Inclusion- Assistive Technology to Impact Recreation, Palm Springs, CA, 2004
  • National Institute of Recreation Inclusion- Low tech Solutions to Promote Inclusion, Austin, TX, 2005
  • Children’s Hospital Assistive Technology Symposium, Increasing Functional Programming Using Assistive Technology, Richmond, VA, 2006
  • American Occupational Therapy Association poster presentation, Recreation Inclusion in a Camp Setting, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Symposium, Recreation Inclusion in a Camp Setting, Baltimore, MD, 2012
  • University of Maryland Physician Grand Rounds, Occupational Therapy Impact on Patient Outcomes, 2014
  • The Science and Art of Narration: Why and How we Comprehend our Living Books, Phoenixville, PA, 2019
  • The Impact of Prewriting Skills for Greater Learning, SPED Homeschoolers online webinar, 2020
  • Homeschooling- an emerging practice area- PAOTA- 2021