June 7th Bend CE Event!

Join OTAO at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend for 6 hours of Pain Continuing Education hours. Come listen to a dynamic multi-disciplinary team from Progressive Rehab Associates share their wisdom and experience on effective pain management. OTAO will be hosting a lunch for OT's/OTA's as a community meeting which is open to all OT practitioners whether you are a member of OTAO or not. Registration is now available online..Sign up now!

Bend, Oregon

We have selected The Riverhouse Hotel in Bend as the location for our OTAO Lodging! As a courtesy, we have a block of guestrooms set up for people to call in on their own and reserve. The Riverhouse offers amenities including

Four restaurants
Room service
Two swimming pool complexes each with spa, fitness center, tennis courts
Championship 18-hole golf course
Lounge and night club featuring live entertainment
Guest service that is unmatched!
A complimentary continental breakfast is provided each day!

Our guestroom rates begin at: $104.00 (City Tax is 10%)

Reservations must be made by June 1, 2008. Call now to make a reservation! 1-800-547-3928

When making reservations be sure to mention that you’re with “St Charles OTAO Group”. Reservations must be secured with a credit card. Please note that should you need to cancel, please do so within 72 hours of arrival date to avoid a cancellation charge of first night's room charge.

May 31st Eugene Pain CE Event!

Get your thinking caps on and get ready for OTAO's Eugene Event!

Join us at Lane Community College Saturday May 31st Room 104.

This will meet your 6 hours of continuing education required for the new Pain Management licensure needs all in one day! Come learn from Marcel Gose, OTR/L who specializes in treating adult populations with chronic pain conditions. Learn physiology of pain, psychology of pain and great occupation based evaluations and interventions in the treatment of pain. OTAO will sponsor a lunchtime community meeting event mid-class as well to keep members and non-members posted of what the board is up to and field questions and suggestions for future Eugene-area needs! Registration is available online now. Sign up!

Applying a Family-Centered Service Approach for Infants and Small Children: Theory to Practice

When: May 31^st, 9am-4pm

Where: Pacific University,Hillsboro Campus, Room 403

Best Practice Occupational Therapy

Applying Innovation in Clinical and Community Pediatric Practice

Presented by Travis Held, OTR

Sponsored by OTAO

Would you be interested in a Jan Davis course?

OTAO is considering sponsoring a CE course focusing on Facilitating Movement and Improving

Function in Adult Hemiplegia: an NDT based approach but we need to know how many would be interested. The course would likely be held in the Albany/Corvallis area in early 2009. Sound interesting? Email Sybil so we can plan for it if the interest is there. Thank you!

What a great AOTA conference!

Oregon had a great turnout in Long Beach, CA for the 88th Annual AOTA conference. Our president, faculty members from Pacific and our AOTA Rep to the RA all arrived early in the week and then many more joined the fun for conference. AOTA announced the new brand image campaign...check it out!. Enjoy some of the pictures from our first Oregon gathering at an AOTA conference.

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OT's and OTA's Required to get 7 hours of Continuing Education on Pain

-Legislation passed in 2007 requiring OT professionals to have 7-hours of CE related to pain.

-The 7 hours are a one-time accumulation which need to be completed by 2010.

-One hour is a FREE on-line course and is found on the Oregon DHS website http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/pain/training.shtml

-The other 6 hours can be obtained through in-services, courses or other approved venues.

-This is a requirement for OT's working in all fields, which does include pediatrics and mental health.

OTAO is setting up numerous opportunities in 2008 to attend courses for our members to get this requirement met with little or no cost to you! We will video our courses in 2008 and plan to offer members these videos via online download in 2009!