I need 8 CEUs by Dec 31 and I’m hoping to spend them on something that deepens community integration work — think travel training/community mobility, public benefits navigation, and creating resource access plans during home visits. Any courses you’ve taken (AOTA, state association, or CHW-style) that gave practical tools for housing, food access, or ADA paratransit applications?
I used a CHW “benefits navigation” module from our county health dept and submitted it as self‑study CE; the most practical piece was building a one‑page resource plan during home visits and dropping a single link like https://www.findhelp.org so families can keep it updated. For ADA paratransit applications, I do a quick “one‑stop ride” with the client and attach an OT activity analysis to the form, which has sped up approvals. If your board won’t count CHW credit, AOTA’s driving/community mobility shorts were a solid fill‑in to round out hours before Dec 31.
Quick example: I took NADTC’s free ADA paratransit/mobility management webinars (https://www.nadtc.org) and did a ride‑along with our transit agency’s travel trainer; I submitted it as independent study CE and the best tool was a one‑page “practice trip” plan we complete during home visits. Just double‑check your board accepts non‑OT providers, but it directly improved my paratransit applications and community mobility coaching — worth the hours, @OP.