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• Zoom Craft Night with MeOTA

  • When
    16 Feb 2022
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    6:30 PM

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  The Southern and Central Region Reps would like to invite you to a Zoom Craft Night Wednesday 2/16 at 6:30pm! We will be making macrame coasters, so please follow the link below for instructions (to read ahead of time if you want) and make sure to purchase the cotton cord ahead of time (link to purchase below). We hope to see you there ! The Zoom link will be sent out once you've registered!

  
  

  Instructions:

  https://www.curlymade.pt/2019/01/diy-round-macrame-boho-costers.html?m=1

  
  

  Materials:

  
  

  Suntq 3mm Macrame Cord Handmade Decorations Natural Cotton Bohemia Macrame Cord DIY Wall Hanging Plant Hanger Craft Making Knitting Rope, Natural Color (feel free to pick whatever color you want!)

  
  

   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079BPFGTR/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_F240DK1A6018K2WB8MDX

  
  

  Optional: Cork Trivets Round,8.66-Inch Each (22cm x 1cm), Set of 2

  
  

   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079NMRT9V/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_DF8CZ8RKH5248AG38D9H?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

  
  

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• FASD- Children and Youth SIS Webinar

  • When
    5 Mar 2022
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    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    zoom

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  Title:

  Sensory processing interventions to support behavior regulation and participation for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and related pre-and postnatal risks.

  This event is virtually held on zoom, it will be recorded.  Registrants can watch the event live on March 5th or after the session has concluded.  Zoom information will be sent in the days prior to the event. 

  Objectives

  1. Understand the patterns and profiles of sensory processing differences in children with FASD.
  2. Describe sensory-based interventions to support behavior regulation and participation in daily activities.
  3. Discuss potential implications of trauma and early life adversities in relation to family-centered intervention planning.

   

  Bios:

  

  
  

  Tracy Jirikowic, Ph.D, OTR/L, FAOTA (Professor | Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Program Director, Division of Occupational Therapy

  Co-Director, PhD Program in Rehabilitation Science UW Medicine, University of Washington) has over 30 years of experience in occupational therapy practice and education with expertise in pediatric neurodevelopment and interventions for children and youth with developmental disabilities. Dr. Jirikowic has special research and clinical interests in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and holds a clinical appointment with the University of Washington Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network. 

  Her research activities include development of an early identification and intervention model for children with FASD and prenatal substance exposures, understanding sensory processing in children with FASD, and examining community-based interventions that promote social participation, health, and well-being for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  

   

  

  Misty Pruner, Ph.D., OTR/L is a postdoctoral fellow at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute and a recent graduate from the Rehabilitation Science PhD program at the University of Washington. Inspired by her front-line work as a pediatric occupational therapist for over 13 years, her dissertation research focused on the earlier identification and strengths-based intervention of infants and toddlers with prenatal alcohol exposure. Dr. Pruner has a special interest in clinical research and program development that promotes nurturing parent-child relationships and optimizes neurodevelopmental outcomes in the long term.
  

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• Just How Ageist Are We? - Productive Aging SIS Webinar

  • When
    26 Mar 2022
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    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    zoom

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  Title: Rethinking Age in Healthcare Settings: Just How Ageist Are We?

  Objectives:
  1. Describe the history and theories related to ageism in our society
  2. Provide examples of the impact of ageism on health and wellbeing
  3. Apply reframing principles to individual and organizational messaging to avoid ageist language

  Bio:
  Mary Lou works as a Program Manager at the University of Maine Center on Aging and is currently overseeing a national project to create a Designation of Excellence in Person-Centered Long-Term Care. She is a licensed attorney and practiced in Brunswick, Maine for 17 years before leaving private practice to work in healthcare. She was the Administrator of an assisted living community for 10 years during which time she returned to graduate school at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service to obtain a master’s degree in health policy. She later worked at the Muskie School as an aging policy researcher. Mary Lou received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and her law degree from University of New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce School of Law. She has a particular interest in ageism and in 2020 completed the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and the FrameWorks Institute’s Reframing Aging Facilitator training. She currently works with the GSA's national Reframing Aging Initiative that provides training and resources to address ageism. She teaches Public Health Policy, Public Health Law at the University of New England’s Graduate Programs in Public Health and mentors public health policy graduate students on their master's theses. 

  
  

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• Is this my new normal? Adult Rehab SIS Spring Webinar

  • When
    9 Apr 2022
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    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    zoom

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  Adult Rehabilitation SIS Spring Webinar
  

  Via Zoom on April 9th 9-10:30am EST

  1.5CEUs, Members $30, non members $45

  Course Title:

  Is This My New Normal? Recovery from the Long Haul of COVID-19 and Implications for Occupational Therapy Practitioners

  
  

  This event is virtually held on zoom, it will be recorded.  Registrants can watch the event live on March 5th or after the session has concluded.  Zoom information will be sent in the days prior to the event. 

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  Jamie Wilcox, OTD, OTR/L

  Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy

  Keck Medical Center of USC 

  
  

  Course Learning Objectives:

  Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the common multi-system long-term sequelae of post-covid syndrome in adults and their implications for occupational performance.
  2. Outline occupational therapy assessment and targeted intervention strategies to address performance deficits and client factors commonly experienced by adults with post-covid syndrome (ie. cardiopulmonary dysfunction, fatigue, post-exertional malaise, brain fog and other neurocognitive impairments, generalized muscle weakness, depression, and anxiety).
  3. Apply occupational therapy treatment approaches to clinical case study discussions with consideration for the short and long term recovery goals of individuals recovering from post-covid syndrome.

  
  

  Speaker Bio:
  Dr. Wilcox works as an occupational therapist and lead clinician at Keck Medical Center of USC. She specializes in pulmonary, organ transplant and critical care rehabilitation. Her academic and clinical interests include occupational therapy interventions for patients living with acute and chronic lung diseases; post-intensive care syndrome; and early rehabilitation/mobilization for patients with severe critical illness. Since March 2020, Dr. Wilcox has been on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic caring for patients during and after hospitalization for acute COVID-19-related illness. In addition to her clinical duties, Dr. Wilcox teaches in the AOTA-sponsored OT Fellowship Program at Keck Hospital of USC, and mentors OTD doctoral residents and fieldwork students.
  Dr. Wilcox completed her OTD doctoral residency at Keck Hospital of USC with a focus on occupational therapy’s role in palliative care. In 2019, she returned to the (virtual) classroom to pursue a Master’s of Public Health degree at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Wilcox was also recognized as a 2021 NBCOT Innovation Award recipient.

  
  

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• Save the Date- Book Club via zoom

  • When
    8 Jun 2022
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    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

  More information will be posted soon- all are welcome

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• Fall Conference- Save the Date

  • When
    22 Oct 2022
  • Location
    Hilton Garden Inn, Freeport

  
  

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