Ohio Occupational Therapy Association - Student Page

07/13/2022

STUDENTS! 🔈🔈🔈

OOTA wants to hear from YOU! Please click the link below to fill out a short survey about OOTA to help us plan for future events. You do NOT have to be a current member to fill out this survey - we are welcoming feedback from all!

OOTA Student Membership Interest

06/15/2022

Hello everybody!

I wanted to do a check in - as future healthcare professionals, it is extremely important to have good strategies to avoid burnout. How are you enjoying your summer? What’s one fun thing you plan on doing?

04/04/2022

Happy Occupational Therapy Month! How are you celebrating as a future professional?

Now that I'm officially out in the field, one thing that I wish I would have done as a student is perfect my elevator speech! Not only do my friends and family want to know what I do, it is VERY important to be able to explain to clients and their families why our role as an OT is so crucial in rehabilitation. Have a great elevator speech you want to share or any tips for other students? Go ahead and throw it in the comments! :)

03/30/2022

Hello future OTs! I wanted to introduce myself as the new Student Committee Chair for OOTA. My name is Brooke, and I graduated with my Master’s in December 2021 from Cleveland State University. I recently passed my boards and accepted a job as an acute care therapist. I also work as an accommodation intake specialist at a university, which means I recommend accommodations and advocate for college students registered with our Office of Disability and Testing Services for their accommodations and legal rights in school. Being a brand new grad, I’m very excited to engage with all of you! Feel free to message this page with any OOTA questions - stay tuned for more!

02/26/2022

Free for OOTA members!

One week left to register for the online Ethics course!! OTAs, this would be a great opportunity to get your ethics credit for renewal at the end of June 2022!

March 3, 2022
OT/OTA Collaboration: Navigating Today’s Ethical Challenges
Presented by:
AOTA Ethics Commission Members - Marita Hensley COTA/L, Cincinnati State Adjunct Faculty & Barbara Elleman, OTD, OTR/L, Xavier University Adjunct Faculty

6:00 - 7:00pm
1 Contact Hour
OOTA Members: Free
Non-Members: $20

Register Here:
http://oot.memberclicks.net/message2/link/fa04fc72-8d31-4204-bdc4-45f641ed4b44/3

12/02/2021

For children and youth ages 5-21, literacy is foundational to academic success. Impairment in handwriting has been linked to barriers to fluent composition and productive engagement in academic tasks. This infographic highlights handwriting evidence-based interventions that occupational therapy practitioners can use to help improve handwriting legibility in clients. https://www.aota.org/Practice/Researchers/HOT-Evidence.aspx

11/06/2021

Job opportunity with OOTA! Check it out!

OOTA is hiring a new executive assistant!

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2783041389

10/29/2021

I didn't get a post up yesterday for World Occupational Therapy day, so I'm sharing this today instead. I thought we could all use a positive story today. This is such a neat advancement in assistive tech. (And I'm not crying. You're crying!)

10/19/2021

Talk about adaptive thinking!

09/28/2021

There's still time to apply for scholarship money to help pay for you schooling!

"There are 3 scholarships available to student members funded by the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association, available to:

- Occupational therapist students enrolled in accredited occupational therapy education programs within the state of Ohio.

- Occupational therapy assistant students enrolled in accredited occupational therapy education programs within the state of Ohio.

- Post-professional students: The Rosa Hartsook Memorial Scholarship is available to occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants enrolled in a post-professional occupational therapy program or doing graduate study in a field related to occupational therapy in an Ohio university.

Students must be residents of Ohio and current members of the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association.
You can access these scholarships through the AOTF scholarship application system. It is important to note the following dates/deadlines:

September 30, 2021 Deadline for students to submit their portion of the application

October 31, 2021 – Deadline for Program Director and Professional References to submit their portion of the application"

You can access these scholarships through the AOTF scholarship application system. It is important to note the following dates/deadlines:

09/28/2021

09/26/2021

What an amazing weekend! Being present in the moment meant I did not take any pictures other than these two. But I wanted to give a shout out to the two SOTA groups present this weekend. Thanks for representing & participating, EHOVE/Lorain Occupational Therapy Assistant Program & The Ohio State University Division of Occupational Therapy. (And I'm loving my new OTA mask that I purchased from the OTA students!) It was great interacting with all of you. I hope you take what you learned back to your classmates. And I look forward to seeing you again in the future.