Consultation as an intervention. The most critical key to supporting the student’s academic success noted by Chaimaha and Chinchai (2016) was the collaboration between the occupational therapist and teacher. Villeneuve (2009) in a systematic review of therapist, teacher collaboration literature established two critical factors to successful cooperation. First, teachers need a clear understanding of the role of occupational therapy, and occupational therapist requires knowledge of school board policies, curriculum, and classroom practices to allow the occupational therapist to establish educationally relevant interventions (Truong & Hodgetts, 2017; Villeneuve, 2009). Second, educators and therapist need time for sharing of information and
