“…Although school success is impacted by sensory and motor performance, healthy participation is determined by many other factors for which school-based occupational therapists are well-equipped to intervene. Although often unrealized, occupational therapists also take on other roles in schools through consultation with teachers and program development around topics such as transition planning, universal design of classrooms for learning, emotional health, physical fitness, social skills, and vocational skills (AOTA, 2010;Hanft & Shepherd, 2008;Jackson, 2007;Kardos & White, 2005;Scaffa, Reitz, & Pizzi, 2010). Downloaded by [University of Exeter] at 03:03 05 June 2016 A final, but critical, consideration involves the role of the occupational therapy profession in the context of dropout and how that problem is defined to address the needs of at-risk youth and families.…”