On Today's episode we speak with DeOnna Clark, Beth, Johnson and Melissa Tilton about how you can identify, address, and prevent compassion fatigue and burnout in your OT practice. They highlight the need to destigmatize burnout and compassion fatigue, introduce the emotional PPE project, and provide personal and systematic recommendations to decrease the barriers that healthcare workers face when seeking, accessing, and receiving emotional and mental health support

The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy.

Additional Resources:

Emotional PPE Project

Professional Quality of Life website

On today's episode, we speak with Renee Causey-Upton. Renee is the Associate Chair/Graduate Program Coordinator and an Associate Professor at Eastern Kentucky University. She shares clinical recommendations for occupation-based treatment in orthopedic settings and describes the research she has conducted and mentored related to pre and post-operation interventions for total knee replacement surgery.

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Resources:

OT for Ortho Recovery CEU

OT Practice Guidelines for Musculoskeletal Conditions

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

National Association of Orthopedic Nurses

On today's episode, we speak with Maggie Deforge, an OT practitioner and chair of the group Occupational Therapy for Native Americans. She shares lived experiences, insights, and recommendations to address Native issues and to encourage culturally safe practices across settings.

Additional Resources:

ot4natives.org

OT MDI Network

Today we are joined by Dr. Denise Donica and Dr. Jana Cason to discuss occupational therapy and handwriting telehealth interventions. They draw on their own experience as school-based practitioners and OT educators to help OT professionals to understand and implement best practices for handwriting telehealth service delivery.

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Additional Resources:

AOTA

Western Psychological Services

Pearson

Beery VMI

Telehealth Share Youtube

Adam the OT

Handwriting Without Tears

Size Matters

Loops and Other Groups

Pilot Study

Expanding Telehealth

On today's episode, we speak with AOTA Director of Quality Jamar Haggans and AOTA Senior Legislative Representative Andy Bopp. We discuss the Medicare Home Health Accessibility Act (Bill H.R.7148) and occupational therapy's role and impact within Medicare home health. Jamar and Andy share insights into their efforts to support OT quality and advocacy and provide recommendations for how practitioners can get involved and optimize their care.

The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy.

Additional Resources:

Take Action Page

AOTA Fact Sheet

Home Health Evaluation Checklist

Home Health Micro Credential

Today we are joined by Susan Fasoli. In addition to being an active member of AOTA and the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Susan is a Professor Emerita of occupational therapy at MGH institute of health professions where she has conducted, published, and disseminated research related to robot assisted therapy and cognitive skills training, the importance of interprofessional collaboration, and the rehabilitation treatment specification system (RTSS). She shares information related to RTSS and gives recommendations on how students, practitioners, educators, and researchers can enhance their practice by applying the RTSS.

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Additional Resources:

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine: Improving Lives Through Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Research | ACRM

ACRM Rehabilitation Treatment Specification Networking Group (RTS-NG)

Follow ACRM on X at @ACRMRTS

On today's episode we speak with Apple Sepulveda. Apple is a co-founder of the nurture collective, occupational therapist and lactation consultant. We discuss the importance and process of addressing maternal and infant mental health within the scope of OT to facilitate improved developmental and wellness outcomes. She shares recommendations for occupational therapy practitioners across settings and resources to support change and best practices.

The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy.

Nurture Collective

Brazelton's Touchpoints

Erikson Institutes

MAMMHA Screening App

Postpartum Support International

On today's episode we speak with Alexandra Bruce. Alexandra serves as the medical advisory board chair and advocacy committee chair for the non-profit organization All Wheels Up. We discuss the barriers and risks that people with disabilities face when participating in air travel, and proposed solutions to improve air travel accessibility including designated wheelchair zones on planes and standardized training for airport and airline employees. She shares recommendations to address accessibility and air travel performance for occupational therapy practitioners across settings and resources to support change and equity.

The 2024 AOTA Podcast episodes are sponsored by NYU Steinhardt’s top-ranked Department of Occupational Therapy.

PVA Accessible Air travel page: pva.org

MDA: www.mda.org

AWU research page: www.allwheelsup.org

Davies, A., & Christie, N. (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iatssr.2017.05.003

Major, W. L., & Hubbard, S. M. (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2019.04.006

Rossow, J., Starr, B., North, K., Stevenson, M., & Lampe, A. (2020). Occupational Therapy’s Role in Establishing Inclusive and Accessible Air Travel. OT Practice, 25(6), 27–29.

Wintersgill, J., & Wood, C. H disabilityhorizons.com