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ASD 2011 Delegates Meeting

ASD 2011 Delegates Meeting. April 12-13 th , 2011 Philadelphia, PA. Introduction – 2010-2011 SC. Chairperson Jaclyn Tarloff J.Tarloff@gmail.com OT Vice- Chairperson Ashly Moore Ashly.moore@use.edu OTA Vice-Chairperson Kendra Garcia Kendragarcia.cota@yahoo.com Secretary Jessica Barth

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ASD 2011 Delegates Meeting

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  1. ASD 2011 Delegates Meeting April 12-13th, 2011 Philadelphia, PA

  2. Introduction – 2010-2011 SC • Chairperson • Jaclyn Tarloff • J.Tarloff@gmail.com • OT Vice- Chairperson • Ashly Moore • Ashly.moore@use.edu • OTA Vice-Chairperson • Kendra Garcia • Kendragarcia.cota@yahoo.com • Secretary • Jessica Barth • jbarth621@gmail.com • Communications & Advocacy • Elise Dew • Dew.32@buckeyemail.osu.edu • Student Rep to the Commission on Education • Mallory Duncan • hensleym@wusm.wustl.edu • Student Rep to the RA • Whitney Wynder • wynderw@gmail.com • Student Rep to the Commission on Practice • Jennifer Cruz • jcruz@salud.unm.edu • Staff Liason • Susan Lin • slin@aota.org

  3. Introduction – 2011-2012 SC • Chairperson • Emily L. Vaught • emily_vaught@EKU.EDU • OT Vice- Chairperson • Kerri O’Rourke • kerri.orourke@gmail.com • OTA Vice-Chairperson • Brendan Gould • btg3@sunyorange.edu • Secretary • Casey Whittaker • caseywhit@gmail.com • Communications & Advocacy • Shaji Varughese • shajiv86@aol.com • Student Rep to the Commission on Education • Mallory Duncan • hensleym@wusm.wustl.edu • Student Rep to the RA • Whitney Wynder • wynderw@gmail.com • Student Rep to the Commission on Practice • Andrea McElroy • Andrea.McElroy@jefferson.edu • Staff Liason • Susan Lin • slin@aota.org

  4. So what does the ASD do anyway? • Mission • To support student members of AOTA by communicating their interestsand advancing their professional contributions. This Assembly upholds the AOTA mission, promotes Association membership, and provides a forum for the development of student leadership and political awarenessto enhance the viability of the profession.

  5. - Indicates ASD Representation

  6. Buy a raffle ticket to support the ASD Scholarship • $1 per ticket or $5 for 6 tickets • 75% goes to ASD 25% goes to winner • Winner drawn at student mixer • Tickets available all meeting and at student mixer

  7. Dinner

  8. Please return by 6:30!

  9. OT Connections! Ashly Moore, OTS American Occupational Therapy Association Assembly of Student Delegates Steering Committee

  10. So…what is OT Connections? • OT Connections is an online community designed for occupational therapy practitioners, students, and consumers • It is a place where members of the occupational therapy community can interact, connect, and share

  11. What does OT Connections have to offer? • Blogs: • View and follow blogs written by practitioners and students • Search by title, author, or subject • Create your own blog! • Galleries: • Stores photos, videos, and podcasts • Browse galleries of AOTA events and videos as well as student videos • Upload your own photos from OT events

  12. What does OT Connections have to offer? • Forums: • For discussions on all topics related to occupational therapy • Start your own discussions or respond to others’ questions and ideas • Two types of forums: • Special Interest Section Forums • Available to AOTA members • Offer detailed discussions on specific practice areas • Public forums • Open to all users

  13. What does OT Connections have to offer? • The goal of forums: to provide an environment rich of debate by fostering an open exchange of ideas and opinions • Groups: • Designed for individuals with similar interests • Both public and private groups are available • Can’t find a group that meets your needs? Feel free to create your own!

  14. How do I join OT Connections? • It’s ridiculously easy. • Go to http://otconnections.aota.org • Sign up! • AOTA members – There’s no need to create a new username and password – just use your existing AOTA information! • Everybody else – Click the “Sign Up” button and fill in the requested information

  15. Join the Assembly of Student Delegates group! Three easy steps: • Click on “Groups” (located on the menu bar) • Click on “AOTA Governance” • Find Assembly of Student Delegates and click “Join this Group”

  16. It’s easy to stay engaged! • To follow your favorite blogs… • Go to the blog’s page • Scroll down and enter your e-mail in the “E-mail Notifications” box • Or…subscribe to the RSS feed • To keep up with your favorite forums… • Click on “Email Forum Subscriptions” under the Shortcuts tab on the right-hand side • Two options: • Non-Digest – receive an e-mail of each post • Digest – receive one e-mail a day with an update of all the emails in the past 24 hours

  17. C.O.O.L Coordinated Online Opportunity for Leadership “Volunteering Made Easier”

  18. What is c.o.o.l C.O.O.L provides opportunities for all members from all backgrounds and geographic areas access to volunteer opportunities within AOTA. Members can use the COOL database to create an online volunteer profile with their interests, expertise, and available time commitments. The profile will allow AOTA staff and commission chairpersons to find members who meet the criteria for volunteer opportunities as they arise.

  19. How you can volunteer All AOTA members are invited to complete a volunteer profile for the C.O.O.L database. Following completion of the profile, members can examine possible volunteer opportunities that match their area of expertise, years of experience, amount of time available to volunteer, and other criteria.

  20. Getting Started To get started, create a profile in the COOL database. This profile allows AOTA staff or committee chairpersons to find you, matching your unique profile characteristics to the criteria for a specific volunteer opportunity (e.g., a committee chairperson may be looking for someone in a particular practice area and geographic location who can commit to a certain number of hours per month). You also can peruse the opportunities available now or that may be available in the future.

  21. Volunteer opportunities C.O.O.L allows volunteers the opportunity to select based on : • Practice Areas • Areas of interest • Time Commitment • Length of Service • Experience Level……etc.

  22. Get Started today http://www.aota.org/Governance/Leadership/COOL.aspx http://myaota.aota.org/COOL/COOL_opportunities.aspx

  23. “SPOTS” Scholarship Project by Occupational Therapy Students

  24. What is it? • Encourages students to complete and present their research! • Designed in collaboration with Susan Lin (Research Director at AOTA), AOTA staff, and ASD SC. • Purposed to address the Centennial Vision • Focused on meeting the BOD’s priorities • Encourage continuing research for students as they transition into clinicians

  25. Centennial Vision • "We envision that occupational therapy is a powerful, widely recognized, science-driven, and evidence-based profession with a globally connected and diverse workforce meeting society's occupational needs."

  26. Board of Director’s 2011 Priorities • Promote dissemination of evidence based knowledge • Build research capacity in the profession

  27. SPOTS 2010 • AOTA acknowledged student research (i.e. posters, presentations) with the SPOTS’ logo at the 2010 Annual AOTA Conference and Expo in Orlando, FL

  28. SPOTS 2011 • All student posters and presentations will continue to be recognized through the SPOTS logo • We have also added Western Psychological Services (WPS) Travel Award • given to the top three highest scoring student posters, one of which must be in the Secondary Topic Category of Sensory Integration/Sensory Processing • The total award, per poster, is $500 and can be used to defray travel costs of students attending this years AOTA's Annual Conference & Expo. • Top scoring student research in each presentation category will also also be featured in the SIS quarterly newsletter.

  29. What Can You Do? • Submit your research project, thesis, and/or dissertation to be accepted at the 2012 conference and expo under the SPOTS logo • Tell your fellow students about the program and advocate for research at the student level • Carry your research knowledge and motivation over to your career in OT • Notify your professors about SPOTS and how they can impact their students, program, and profession

  30. Year in a glance…

  31. Revised Delegate’s Handbook • Handbook was overhauled to better reflect the duties of a delegate based on feedback from the 2010 delegates meeting. • Emailed to delegates and posted to OT Connections. • Also available on the ASD section of the AOTA webpage.

  32. Created the Delegate’s Roster • Designed to be a more efficient way of keeping delegates informed • Enables delegates to contact each other regarding SOTA or ASD business

  33. Student Conclave • Sponsored dinner outing with the help of Eastern Kentucky University and Spalding University to increase opportunities for conclave attendants to network through evening dining plans. • Hosted lunch-time discussion

  34. OT Connections • This year the Steering Committee is encouraged student participation in OT Connections in two ways… • 1) Created a new instruction sheet to guide delegates on joining OT Connections and becoming part of the ASD group. • AOTA > Students > ASD • Also as in Delegates Handbook • 2) Used social media outlets (e.g. Facebook) to inform students about OT Connections.

  35. MH SIS/ ASD Collaboration • Problem: OT representation in the mental health practice area is decreasing • Many practitioners would like to see this number increase and hypothesized strategies of altering OT education, OT fieldwork, etc (per OT Connections) to increase OTs role in MH • Therefore to find out more, the ASD and MH SIS teamed up to determine students experiences in terms of mental health fieldwork and coursework through a survey based on the Mental Health Specialized Knowledge and Skills paper (2010). • ASD supplied 3 delegates with interest in MH who are working the the MH SIS chair to create and distribute survey • Results will be presented as a SIS roundtable discussion for AOTA 2012 • Please take our survey!

  36. 2011 AOTA Delegate’s Meeting Votes

  37. 2011 AOTA Delegate’s Meeting • Reviewed feedback from last years meeting • Created agenda and invited speakers

  38. AOTF Gala • Worked with AOTF Executive Director, Dr. Charles H. Christiansen, EdD to make AOTF Gala more accessible to students. • Friday 4/15 9:00 pm–11:00 pm • $ 45.00/person (Student Discounted Rate): Dessert and Dance Competition • Come support the student dancers! • What is the AOTF Gala? • Fundraiser for the AOTF • “evening of fabulous food, fun, and fundraising as dancers compete for bragging rights in AOTF’s 2nd Annual “Dancing with the Stars” competition. Network with friends, indulge your taste buds in mouth-watering Philly-style delicacies, and enjoy the ambiance of the dance entertainment. Cast your vote for your favorite dancers and bid on unique Silent Auction items to raise funds in support of AOTF. You won’t want to miss the excitement as our contestants put on their dancin’ shoes and dance the night away at this year’s extravaganza!”

  39. RA Meet and Greet • Please join us to meet and greet with the AOTA Representative Assembly in the Marriott, Franklin Rm.1112

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