On Today's episode we speak with AOTA’s Grassroots and Political Action Committee Specialist Jill Tighe. Jill manages AOTA's Legislative Action Center and AOTA's Annual Advocacy Events. We discuss advocacy, policy, and hear recommendations on how to begin or continue to advocate for occupational therapy. 

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Additional Resources: 

congress.gov

AOTPAC

aota.org/takeaction

email fad@aota.org with advocacy related questions

AOTA Advocacy Discussion with Jill Tighe

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On today's episode we are joined by Kristie Patten, Stephen Shore, and Kavitha Murthi. We discuss their research and work in contributing to the soon to be published Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Autistic Individuals across the lifespan. They give recommendations on how to improve the OT process when working with Autistic individuals, conduct inclusive and meaningful research, and discuss the limitations of current research and practice perspectives. 

Additional Resources:

Anti-ableism and scientific accuracy in autism research

How Health Plans Could Improve the Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data

Unite the spectrum

Two sides of the spectrum podcast

International Society for Autism Research

Everyday Evidence: Practice Guidelines for Autistic Individuals

The Current Procedural Terminology 2024 code, that is effective as of January 1, 2024, includes a new subsection containing three new codes related to caregiver training without the patient present. On today's episode we speak with AOTA's incoming Executive Director Katie Jordan about the changes and implications for billing and coding practices. 

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

Billing and Coding for Caregiver Training Services

On today's episode we are joined by Ganesh Babulal and Sarah Brzeszkiewicz. We discuss their work and research related to integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into OT Practice. They give recommendations on how to use artificial intelligence to enhance occupational therapy services for clients and provide examples and summaries of how AI can be applied to older adults.

Please help AOTA improve it's podcasts and the translation of research to practice and receive your contact hour for listening by completing this one-minute survey: https://forms.aota.org/forms/everyday_evidence_copy?PODCAST=Everyday Evidence: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in OT Practice 

Additional Resources: 

AOTA webinar: https://www.aota.org/events/calendar/aota-live-webinar-series-integrating-artificial-intelligence-in-ot-practice

Everyday Evidence: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in OT Practice

On today's episode we speak with Christine Urish about Mental Health First Aid. Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem or experiencing a crisis.

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

Resources:

National suicide and crisis lifeline: 988

Crisis text line: 741-741  

The Trevor Project for LGBTQ phone: 866-488-7386 or text: 678-678

Wellness Recovery Action Plan: www.wellnessrecoveryactionplan.com

To locate a Mental Health First Aid course in your community: https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/

Mindspring Mental Health Alliance FREE WEBINARS typically over lunch about a WIDE range of mental health, wellness and wellbeing topics: https://www.mindspringhealth.org/

Mental Health First Aid

On today's episode we are joined by assistant professor and director of the Disability and WELLness laboratory at the University of MInnesota, Emily Kringle. We discuss her work on developing the ABLE and duoABLE projects, which are behavioral activation-based interventions aimed to reduce post-stroke sedentary behavior through engagement in meaningful daily activities. 

Please help AOTA improve it's podcasts and the translation of research to practice and receive your contact hour for listening by completing this one-minute survey: https://forms.aota.org/forms/everyday_evidence_copy?PODCAST=Everyday Evidence ABLE

Additional Resources:

ABLE Intervention:
https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2019.1623437https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.040345
Behavioral Activation:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2010.04.001
Sedentary Behavior:
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0525-8

AOTA Advocacy Discussion with Jill Tighe

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