The COVID 19 pandemic posed a great challenge to the education system in the United States. Although in person learning resumed, many challenges in the transition were observed in the school systems. Reports of high teacher turnover and burnout among school staff were reported in the media and new articles (Ozamiz-Etxebarria et al. 2021;Sunawan et al, 2021). Occupational therapists were also reporting difficulty managing job burnout due to a multitude of factors such as high caseloads, lack of school support and role ambiguity (Goffredo et al., 2022; Poulsen et al., 2012; Shin et al., 2022 ). Research focusing on school based occupational therapy burnout is scarce, however what has been published discusses a need to assist this population in the school systems. This issue has led to the creation of the Ready for School online program.
The Ready for School online program is designed to assist school based occupational therapists, with 0–8 years of experience in the Southern California region, gain tools and access to manage the many factors that lead to burnout in the school based setting. The program uses evidence-based research to target the main factors that lead to burnout and create a support system to allow new and novice school based occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) to thrive. OTPs have the important role of supporting students through their educational journey, therefore it is paramount to properly prepare and equip them and their mental health needs.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/49200 |
| Date | 30 August 2024 |
| Creators | Andazola, Lizette Angelica |
| Contributors | Ursillo, Angela |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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