2008 Occupational Therapy Association of Colorado
Annual Conference: Celebrating Our Past and Future

Agenda

Schedule is subject to change, without advance notice.

 

Friday, October 3rd  
7:30 - 8:00am

Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 8:30am

Welcome

Special guest First Lady of Colorado, Jeannie Ritter

8:30 - 10:30am

Keynote Address: Linking Practice, Education and Research: Reaching our Centennial Vision

Penelope Moyers Cleveland, EdD, OTR/L, BCMH, FAOTA,

President of the American Occupational Therapy Association
10:30 - 10:45am
Break
10:45 - 11:45am

Vendor Exhibition

Poster Viewing:

Research, Progarm Development and Clinical Practice and Historical Views of Occupational Therapy in CO, and Occupational Therapy Assistants in the Profession

11:45 -1:15am

OTAC Business Meeting (Lunch provided)

AOTA Representative Assembly Update

OTAC Awards Ceremony

1:30 - 3:30pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

#1

Bringing Evidence and Practice Together to Strengthen OT:  Exploring Practice-Based Evidence and Evidence-Based Practice

Deepa Thimmaiah, MS, OTR and David Greene, PhD, OTR
#2

Occupational Therapy and Neurologic Music Therapy Collaborative Techniques

Mari Viers, COTA; Sarah Johnson, MM, MT-BC, and Krista Liley, OTR

#3

Understanding and Addressing Co-occurring Disorders in Occupational Therapy

Dr. Penelope Moyers Cleveland

3:30 - 3:45pm
Break
3:45 - 5:15pm

Plenary Session: Sustaining a Firm Persuasion in Our Work

Wendy Wood, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
5:15 - 7:00pm

5th Annual OTAC Soirée, honoring CO’s Occupational Therapy Leaders

Silent Auction (must be present to win)

* Earn up to 6.5 PDUs for NBCOT Certification Renewal Process.  Refer to conference documents for recording requirements.

 

Saturday, October 4th
7:30 - 8:30am

Roundtable Discussions

Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 9:45 am

Marjorie Ball Award Speaker:

Terry Hawkins, MPH, OTR, FAOTA

Agatha Jackson Award Speaker:

Stephanie Rae Dionisio, COTA

9:45 - 10:00am
Break
10:00 - 12:00pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

#4

An Overview of Electronic Aids to Daily Living

Michelle Lange, OTR, ABDA, ATP
#5

AOTA Board & Specialty Certifications: Professional Development Pathway

Suzanne Holm, MA, OTR, BCPR and Denny Bettenhausen, BS, COTA, SCLV
#6

Applying THE JOURNEY: Guided Meditation in Occupational Therapy

Skip Lackey and Karen Priest Barrett, OTR, CHT

12:15 - 1:45pm

Celebrating our Past, Present and Future (lunch provided)

Celebrations include OTAC’s 30th Anniversary, 50 years of OTAs, and Registration Regulation
2:00 - 3:30pm

Registration Regulation for CO’s Occupational Therapists

Rosemary McCool, Director of the Colorado Division of Registrations, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies and Richard Morales(DORA)

* Earn up to 5.5 PDUs for NBCOT Certification Renewal Process.  Refer to conference documents for recording requirements.

The OTAC seeks to present a wide variety of topics, issues and exhibits.  The information, comments and opinions expressed by the speakers and exhibitors do not necessarily represent the views of the OTAC.  Therefore, none of the sponsoring organizations endorse nor assume responsibility for the concepts expressed during these programs.