2023 American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Education Summit

2023 American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Education Summit is organized by American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Inc and will be held from Nov 10 - 11, 2023 at Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America and Pre-Conference sessions will be held on November 09.

Reasons to Attend:
Designed specifically for occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant educators. Presentations will include a keynote, a closing, multiple concurrent sessions, posters, and technology roundtables that are focused on:

• Theory building
• Signature pedagogies
• Instructional methods
• Learner characteristics and competencies
• Socialization to the profession
• Faculty development and resources
• Promotion of diversity, inclusion, and equity throughout the education pipeline

Program Guide & Session Descriptions:
Pre-Conference Session#1: Mental Health First Aid - Higher Education Module Version 2.0

• Thursday, November 9, 2023 | 8:30 am-5:00 pm
• Earn 7.00 contact hours

Workshop Synopsis: After this engaging and interactive session, participants will be able to (1) describe the purpose of mental-health first aid and the role of the mental-health first aider in a higher education environment, (2) explain the five steps of the mental-health first aid action plan (ALGEE), (3) recognize the signs and symptoms of mental-health challenges that may affect adults in higher education, (4) evaluate the impact of early intervention on mental-health and substance use challenges, and (5) apply the appropriate steps of the mental-health first aid action plan to crisis and noncrisis scenarios in which a person shows worsening signs of a mental-health or substance use challenge in a higher education environment.

Pre-Conference Session #2: Occupational Therapy Curriculum Design Framework Workshop

• Thursday, November 9, 2023 | 8:30 am-5:00 pm
• Earn 7.00 contact hours

Workshop Synopsis: The Occupational Therapy Curriculum Design Framework (AOTA, 2021) was created by a task group charged by the AOTA Commission on Education to provide resources for curricular development for occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant programs. This workshop will cover information from the document with specific examples that faculty can apply at any stage of curriculum development within their own programs.