BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//OOTA - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.oota.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for OOTA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T180000 DTSTAMP:20260521T112913 CREATED:20260331T141051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T132745Z UID:10515-1775840400-1775844000@www.oota.org SUMMARY:Antiracist Occupational Therapy – Author meet & greet with Musharrat Ahmed-Landeryou DESCRIPTION:5:00 – 6:00pm | 1.0 Contact Hours \n  \nJoin OOTA on April 10\, 2026 at 5:00 pm to meet the author of our Winter DEIJAB Book Club Selection\, Antiracist Occupational Therapy: Unsettling the Status Quo. This virtual meeting will conclude the winter session of the DEIJAB book club. All are welcome to come and participate as we dig into the details surrounding what it means to bring antiracist practice into your delivery of OT services. \nRegister below!\n  \nBook Summary: \nAntiracist Occupational Therapy: Unsettling the Status Quo\n\nThis book challenges occupational therapy practitioners\, students\, and educators to rethink the role of race\, power\, and systemic inequities within the profession. Throughout the chapters\, it makes a case that OT is not neutral and has historically been shaped by Eurocentric perspectives that can unintentionally reinforce racial injustice. \nThe early chapters introduce race as a social construct and explain how racism (structural\, institutional\, and interpersonal) continues to shape health outcomes and access to meaningful occupations. The book emphasizes that disparities are not due to individual differences but the result of deeply rooted systems of oppression tied to colonialism\, slavery\, and ongoing power imbalances. \nA key focus is on whiteness and privilege\, encouraging practitioners to critically reflect on how dominant norms influence education\, practice\, and knowledge in OT. The authors highlight the importance of occupational justice\, showing how racism limits participation in everyday life and calling for a shift toward addressing systemic barriers\, not just individual needs. \nThrough lived experiences and narratives\, the book centers the voices of marginalized communities\, demonstrating how racism is experienced daily and impacts health\, identity\, and opportunity. It also calls for the decolonization of occupational therapy\, urging the profession to move beyond Western frameworks and embrace diverse\, global perspectives. \nLater chapters focus on action and accountability. The concept of antiracist allyship is presented as an ongoing\, active\, and collective process. Practitioners are encouraged to move beyond awareness into meaningful action by: \n\nBuilding authentic relationships with communities\nContinuously educating themselves\nNaming and addressing systemic racism\nReflecting critically on their own biases and roles\nTaking responsibility within their sphere of influence\n\nThe final chapter looks ahead\, emphasizing that real change must be embedded in policies\, education\, leadership\, and everyday practice. It highlights global perspectives and reinforces that neutrality is not enough. To create equitable systems\, OTPs must actively engage in antiracist work. \n\n  \nAuthor bio: \nMusharrat is a co-founder of the BAMEOTUK Network\, a campaign and pressure group of Black Asian and Minoritised Ethnicities (B.A.M.E.) students\, staff and educators\, to promote equity and justice from the occupational therapy profession\, professional body and in education\, and the profession in the UK. She has been on local\, national\, and international events discussing why we need decolonising of occupational therapy and science. Her completed PhD is on the topic of service improvement and occupational therapy and she is a history maker in the profession as sole editor of ‘Antiracist Occupational Therapy: Unsettling the status quo’ a book topic not raised in the profession’s literature. \n  \nHosted by the OOTA DEIJAB Book Club \n\n\n \n \n REGISTRATION: Antiracist Occupational Therapy – Author meet & greet with Musharrat Ahmed-Landeryou\n \n \n EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n \n Phone(Required)Are you an OOTA member\, or a student?(Required)\n \n \n Yes\, I am an OOTA member\n \n \n \n No\, I am not an OOTA member\n \n \n \n I don't know if I'm a member or not\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://www.oota.org/event/antiracist-occupational-therapy-author-meet-greet-with-musharrat-ahmed-landeryou/ CATEGORIES:continuing ed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oota.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/61V9ZeuoruL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T193000 DTSTAMP:20260521T112913 CREATED:20260313T162012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T142825Z UID:9933-1776708000-1776713400@www.oota.org SUMMARY:From Injury to Insight & Advocacy: A Journey Through Concussion as Both Patient and OT DESCRIPTION:Presented by Stephanie Fantauzzo Johnson\, OTR/L\n\n\n\n6:00 – 7:30pm | 1.5 Contact Hours \n\n\n\nDescription:\n\n\n\nThis continuing education course provides therapists with a comprehensive overview of concussion. Participants will begin by differentiating between common concussion facts and myths while reviewing the pathophysiology\, signs and symptoms. The session will highlight concussion research; the distinct role of occupational therapy in addressing the functional deficits caused by mild traumatic brain injury\, & explores a unique personal journey narrative of recovery. A brief overview of real-world case examples in acute care will be covered and attendees will explore how advocacy and patient education are critical to concussion recovery. The course will conclude with a practical guide to national and Ohio-specific brain injury resources to support both clinical decision-making and patient advocacy. \nObjectives:\n\nParticipants will discuss concussion facts\, myths\, signs & symptoms\, history.\nParticipants will review the role of occupational therapy in concussion rehabilitation.\nParticipants will share a personal journey through concussion.\nParticipants will be provided with national and Ohio based brain injury resources to aide patients/clients & to act as support for clinicians.\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenter bio:\n\n\n\nStephanie Fantauzzo Johnson graduated in 2000 from Chatham College in Pittsburgh PA with a BA Psychology and Minor in Human Services Administration. She received her Master of Occupational Therapy from Chatham in 2002\, where she was an Albert Schweitzer Fellow\, spearheaded a pediatric life skills group at a Pittsburgh women’s domestic violence shelter\, coached Special Olympics basketball\, and upon graduation was awarded the 2002 Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Student of the Year award. Soon after\, Stephanie returned to her hometown of Dayton\, OH\, where she began working in both home health and on the Inpatient Rehab unit at Miami Valley Hospital\, a Level I Trauma Center in Dayton. With an interest in the role faith plays in both healthcare\, general health and full body & mind healing\, she later graduated from North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago IL) in 2008\, with her Post Masters Certificate of Faith and Health. \n\n\n\nStephanie spent 18 years as an OT on IPR at Miami Valley\, specializing in stroke and brain injury\, and has been an Acute Care OT at MVH for the past 5 years. She has worn many hats\, including Stroke Team OT\, Department Team Lead\, and staff therapist. Her main areas of interests revolve around TBI\, spinal cord injury and stroke; with her most recent interest revolving around initiating a discussion with emergency room physicians to address the importance of education depth & consistency prior to concussion patient discharge from the ED. \n\n\n\nStephanie enjoys traveling\, photography\, being a ‘girl mom’ to 2 young athletes\, cooking\, exercising and going on long walks with her husband. She and her family refer to life before and after January 23\, 2021\, which was the date in which she sustained a vestibular concussion that involved the simultaneous diagnoses of multi canal BPPV. She continued to deal with highly recurrent BPPV on the side of impact\, & was also later diagnosed with PPPD\, PTSD\, vestibular hypofunction & vestibular migraine\, a highly misunderstood and underdiagnosed migraine\, which she continues to manage (& conquer) today. \n\n\n\nStephanie feels it was due to her nonstop self-advocacy\, the help of many friends & connections in the health care world\, and her keen ability to NOT ‘take no for an answer’\, that she was able to identify the multi-disciplinary team & approach that helped her recover. She feels strongly that education and advocacy are key in concussion rehab\, and treats her concussion patients in a manner conducive to providing them with as much information as possible\, albeit in the short amount of time she has with them in acute care. Stephanie feels her own experience with concussion\, and her ability to live life to the fullest alongside a vestibular disorder\, has allowed her to educate her own patients\, and other people in her life\, in ways she would have never been able to before her own experience. \n\nHosted by OOTA\n\nREGISTER HERE URL:https://www.oota.org/event/from-injury-to-insight-advocacy-a-journey-through-concussion-as-both-patient-and-ot/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.oota.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mohamed_hassan-headache-7228961_640.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000 DTSTAMP:20260521T112913 CREATED:20260313T140943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T154342Z UID:9875-1777485600-1777489200@www.oota.org SUMMARY:Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD) Putting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together DESCRIPTION:Presented By: Nicole Driggs and Ryan Gebauer\n6:00 – 7:00pm | 1.0 Contact Hours \n\nDescription:\n\n\n\nThis 60‑minute session offers occupational therapists a rare\, firsthand look into autonomic dysreflexia (AD) and bowel management through the lived experience of Ryan\, a C3 quadriplegic who navigates these challenges daily. Blending clinical education with real‑world insight\, the presentation will explore the physiology of AD\, common triggers\, and the critical role of proactive bowel programs in preventing medical crises and supporting quality of life. Ryan will share his personal routines\, barriers\, and adaptations\, highlighting how thoughtful bowel care—supported by products such as Enemeez—can reduce complications and increase independence. Attendees will examine evidence‑based strategies\, interdisciplinary considerations\, and practical approaches OTs can apply across acute\, rehab\, and long‑term care settings. The session concludes with an open Q&A\, offering space for deeper discussion and case‑based problem‑solving. This interactive format equips clinicians with both clinical understanding and patient‑centered perspective to enhance outcomes for individuals with spinal cord injuries. \n\nObjectives:\n\nParticipants will learn methods to ensure Safe\, Predictable\, and Efficient Bowel Evacuation in SCI Patients.\nParticipants will learn to identify the early signs of AD and implement bowel protocols that reduce noxious stimuli.\nParticipants will learn methods to reduce unwanted side effects and time spent in bowel care management to improve patient comfort\, dignity\, and routine predictability.\n\nPresenter bios:\nBased in Ohio\, Nicole Driggs graduated from Ohio University as a student-athlete majoring in Exercise Physiology. She is entering her 14th year in the pharmaceutical industry and has been coaching high school softball for the last 25 years. Nicole is passionate about educating\, networking\, problem solving and helping people. Her industry experience spans durable medical equipment\, GI\, Cardiology\, Oncology\, Orthopedics\, and hospital sales\, including product launches for MiraLAX and Arixtra. In her current role at Quest Healthcare\, she educates healthcare professionals across rehab\, acute care\, oncology clinics\, and long-term care facilities in a six-state region\, supporting those who care for vulnerable patients daily and networking regionally to achieve quality outcomes. Ryan Gebauer’s life changed at 16 when a tree-jump into a lake left him paralyzed from the neck down (C3-4). After six months of hospitalization and rehabilitation\, he chose to get better rather than bitter. That decision fueled an extraordinary path: He earned degrees in Political Science\, Criminal Justice\, and Business\, followed by an MBA in 2008. He became a licensed real estate agent\, a passionate disability advocate\, and founder of a spinal cord injury support group. Seeing firsthand the challenges disabled individuals face in finding accessible housing\, Ryan launched the first U.S. real estate brokerage run by and specializing in serving people with disabilities. Today\, as principal broker of Ryan Realty Group in Coral Springs\, he uses his expertise to help disabled and senior clients find properties that truly meet their needs. \nHosted by OOTA\nREGISTER HERE URL:https://www.oota.org/event/autonomic-dysreflexia-ad-putting-the-pieces-of-the-puzzle-together/ CATEGORIES:continuing ed,Live Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oota.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ryan-gebauer-250-e1773411971591.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR