CTC Academy thanks Anya McCray, OTD of Baylor University for her commitment to our students and staff

Fair Lawn, NJ, December 2024 Anya McCray, OTD of Baylor University (@baylor_ot) presented her capstone project Building Independence Together, an OT-led approach to training senior teaching assistants. This project reviewed current TA training provided by the OT department, identified additional training needs, and created interactive training modules which focused on self help and sensory processing skills. McCray facilitated three small group sessions with hands-on learning experiences. Our senior TA’s reviewed feeding and oral hygiene techniques to promote student independence. They also reviewed sensory room equipment and strategies on how to support the sensory processing needs of our students. McCray started as a teaching assistant in 2018, left to attend OT school and returned to CTC Academy to complete her doctoral project.