AOTA Podcast

On today's episode we speak with Apple Sepulveda. Apple is a co-founder of the nurture collective, occupational therapist and lactation consultant. We discuss the importance and process of addressing maternal and infant mental health within the scope of OT to facilitate improved developmental and wellness outcomes. She shares recommendations for occupational therapy practitioners across settings and resources to support change and best practices.

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

Nurture Collective

Brazelton's Touchpoints

Erikson Institutes

MAMMHA Screening App

Postpartum Support International

On today's episode we speak with Alexandra Bruce. Alexandra serves as the medical advisory board chair and advocacy committee chair for the non-profit organization All Wheels Up. We discuss the barriers and risks that people with disabilities face when participating in air travel, and proposed solutions to improve air travel accessibility including designated wheelchair zones on planes and standardized training for airport and airline employees. She shares recommendations to address accessibility and air travel performance for occupational therapy practitioners across settings and resources to support change and equity.

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

PVA Accessible Air travel page: pva.org

MDA: www.mda.org

AWU research page: www.allwheelsup.org

Davies, A., & Christie, N. (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iatssr.2017.05.003

Major, W. L., & Hubbard, S. M. (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2019.04.006

Rossow, J., Starr, B., North, K., Stevenson, M., & Lampe, A. (2020). Occupational Therapy's Role in Establishing Inclusive and Accessible Air Travel. OT Practice, 25(6), 27–29.

Wintersgill, J., & Wood, C. H disabilityhorizons.com

On today's episode we are joined by Sam Troia and Michael Tambone. We discuss their research and work in contributing to holistic approaches to care for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. They share evidence backed and innovative approaches to care for this population and give recommendations on how to improve health and well-being outcomes by enhancing individual's habits and routines.

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Additional Resources:

Cognitive Remediation

Habit Formation

8 Dimensions of Wellness

Motivational Interviewing

Why We Sleep

On today's episode we speak with certified sexuality counselor and doctor of OT, Kathryn Ellis. We discuss the book Sexuality and Initmacy and she provides expert opinion and recommendations to help students, clinicians, and researches improve how they address sexuality and intimacy in practice.

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

Resources:

Sexuality and Intimacy Textbook

Kathryn Ellis Resource page

On today's episode we are joined by Robin Newman and Katie Polo. We discuss their research and work in contributing to the Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Adults Living With, and Beyond Cancer.. They share evidence included in the guidelines and give recommendations on how to improve the OT process when working with adults living with and beyond cancer across the care continuum.

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Additional Resources:

Cancer and Occupational Therapy

AJOT Systematic Review Briefs

American Cancer Society

National Cancer Institute

On today's episode we speak with Ariel Schwartz, Micah Peace Urquilla, Nikola Davern, Alix Herer, Jesse, and Dheva about their research and experiences with peer mentorship for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions. They share perspectives and recommendations to encourage stakeholder participation and leadership in the development and application of peer mentoring programs.

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

Resources:

PODCAST - Meet Boston University Peer Mentoring Research Team

PODCAST - Mentoring and Research

YOUTUBE - Boston University Mentoring and Research Team

RESEARCH ARTICLE - 'Being a Part of Something'

RESEARCH ARTICLE - Evaluating Fidelity

RESEARCH ARTICLE - How Being a Researcher Impacted my Life

RESEARCH ARTICLE - Feasibility

RESEARCH ARTICLE - Stakeholder Driven Approach

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

Resources:

PODCAST - Meet Boston University Peer Mentoring Research Team

YOUTUBE - Boston University Mentoring and Research Team

RESEARCH ARTICLE - 'Being a Part of Something'

RESEARCH ARTICLE - Evaluating Fidelity

RESEARCH ARTICLE - How Being a Researcher Impacted my Life

RESEARCH ARTICLE - Feasibility

RESEARCH ARTICLE - Stakeholder Driven Approach

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

Resources:

PODCAST - Meet Boston University Peer Mentoring Research Team

YOUTUBE - Boston University Mentoring and Research Team

RESEARCH ARTICLE - 'Being a Part of Something'

RESEARCH ARTICLE - Evaluating Fidelity

RESEARCH ARTICLE - How Being a Researcher Impacted my Life

RESEARCH ARTICLE - Feasibility

RESEARCH ARTICLE - Stakeholder Driven Approach

On today's episode we speak with early AI adopters Vijay Muni and Jayson Davies who recently presented a webinar titled Integrating Artificial Intelligence into OT Practice. Their webinar outlines how to use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance occupational therapy services and today they share helpful AI resources and techniques to help the practitioner streamline care.

Resources:

Webinar

Chat GPT

Google Gemini

Everbility

MagicSchool.AI

Ella.Kids

Article:

Liu L. Occupational therapy in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2018;85(4):272-283. doi:10.1177/0008417418815179

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.

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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

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.

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.

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