Rhythm Of The Words Multimedia Guide for Music, Movement & Literacy

RHYTHM OF THE WORDS:  INTEGRATING MULTICULTURAL FOLK SONGS & GAMES  WITH OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY  TO IMPROVE LITERACY  

Presented By

CLEOPATRA KNIGHT-WILKINS,  OTD, MED, OTR/L 

WHEN:                     Saturday, February 1, 2020  

                                  8:00 AM – 4:00 PM               

WHERE:                   Boston Teachers Union                                         

                                  180 Mount Vernon Street                                        

                                  Boston, MA 02125 

ABOUT THIS COURSE  

Are your students challenged with self-regulation, initiating and completing lesson tasks, or a lack of motivation to listen, speak, read, or write? Are you confidently contributing to your students’ academic performance outcomes?   How do you advocate for your role in literacy improvement and school accountability? This course provides evidence-based strategies to help practitioners utilize children’s songs and games to enhance student engagement in the occupations of literacy.  An understanding of the relationship between the developmental continuum of children’s musical play and the sensory/perceptual motor underpinnings of language-literacy acquisition is promoted through active learning.  Participants will preview multimedia curriculum resources including interactive modules and embedded video lessons.  Multisensory approaches are aligned with developmentally appropriate practices, sensory integration, and play theory utilizing authentic children’s music literature and scientifically researched reading instruction.    

LEARNING OBJECTIVES   

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to: 

1) Articulate occupational therapy practitioners’ role in literacy accountability 

2) Access evidence-based professional development pathways for learning why, when, and how    to integrate multicultural songs and games with occupation-based literacy interventions.  

3) Understand how children’s musical play supports holistic development of sensory integration, motor, cognitive/language, social emotional learning, and literacy within evidence-based occupational therapy interventions. 

4)  Integrate musical elements with occupational therapy modalities using language-based multicultural songs & games.     

FACULTY 

Cleopatra Knight-Wilkins, OTD, OTR/L, MED

Dr. Knight-Wilkins is an award-winning occupational therapist, educator and performing artist with over 40 years of urban education experience.  Her career began as the first staff occupational therapist hired directly by the Boston Public School System (BPS).  She excelled in diverse school and district level positions including Chief Academic Officer, and Senior Program Director for the Arts.  As the founding BPS Occupational Therapy Coordinator, her leadership launched establishment of the district’s Occupational Therapy Department. Professional illuminations include being a founding staff member of two high performing schools. Cleopatra served as a Program Manager for a private educational consulting firm, leading school quality review teams, nationally. She is a former Adjunct Professor at the Lesley University Creative Arts & Learning Graduate Program who has lectured nationwide on sensory integration, the arts, and school turnaround approaches that improve student performance outcomes.   Dr. Knight-Wilkins is a Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy Quinnipiac University graduate. She earned a Master of Special Education Degree from Northeastern University, a Music Education Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies from the Kodàly Center of America, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in OT from Boston University. Along with NBOTC registration, Cleopatra holds Massachusetts’s licensure in Occupational Therapy along with educator licensure in Special Education, Middle School Science, Vocal Music, and K-8 School Principal.    

SCHEDULE  

  7:30  –  8:00        Registration & Continental Breakfast 

  8:00  –  9:00               Welcome & Conceptual Framework

  9:00 --10:30               Songs & Games Learning Circle 

10:30 – 11:30              Elements of Music, Literacy, & OT Modalities

11:30 - 12:30      Lunch Is Served  

12:30  –  1:30               Methods/Materials & Learning Centers   

  1:30  –  2:30               More Songs & Games   

  2:30  –  3:15              Assessment & Intervention Planning  workplace scenarios)   

  3:15  –  3:45              Discussion, Q & A, Next Steps   

  3:45  –  4:00      Evaluations & Fare Well 

REGISTRATION    

$229.00 Tuition.  Deadline for registration is 2 weeks prior to course.  Registration will be accepted after deadline on a space available basis.  Cancellation accepted up until 2 weeks before course, minus an administration fee of $75.  NO REFUNDS WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF COURSE.  Please make check payable and return to:  Music-Based Occupational Therapy Services.  P.O. Box 56, Avon MA. 02322.  Limited enrollment.  You are encouraged to register ONLINE!

Course Registration Process: 

Step 1: Go to the registration section, then, Download the Registration Form.

Step 2:  Fill in all information, email completed form to: rhythmofthewords@gmail.com  

Step 3:  Pay Tuition Fee by (1) clicking on Paypal Button OR by mailing check payable to:  Music-Based Occupational Therapy Services, P.O. Box 56, Avon MA, 02322. 

Step 4:  Check for your email confirmation 

You are encouraged to REGISTER ONLINE!  Limited enrollment.