A treatment summit presented by the Idaho Occupational Therapy Association will be hosted at ISU on April 13. The summit will be held in the auditorium of the Education Building.
The all-day event will have different sessions aimed at improving the abilities of occupational therapists. This year’s topics include Aging in Place, Handwriting Remediation, The Role of Occupational Therapy in Sexuality and The Role of Occupational Therapy in Infant Mental Health according to Desiree Moores, the ISU Student Occupational Therapy Association representative overseeing the conference.
Moores said the Aging in Place session is important. “Occupational therapists help people in their older years to continue to live in their houses and be independent.”
“Therapists work with people to help them live life to the fullest and the most independently as possible,” said Moores. “We’re looking at helping people of all age ranges to help people overcome physical, emotional, cognitive and social barriers so they can do anything that they want to be doing, need to be doing or hope to be doing.”
Occupational therapists attend summits such as this to obtain continuing education credits.
Moores said attendees will include current occupational therapists and students.
“Anyone can attend,” said Moores. Students who are interested in healthcare but are unsure of what field they want to pursue can attend the summit to see if the three-year occupational therapy program will be a good major for them.
The cost to attend is $100 for professionals and $20 for students. Although the deadline to attend is typically a week in advance, this year the deadline has been extended to the day of the summit. Moores said this is because they would like to see as many people attend the summit as possible.
To find more information or to register to attend the summit, visit www.id-ota.com.