Dear Michigan OTs & OTAs,

Your engagement professionally through association membership allows our team of volunteers to support education, networking, and the integrity of our profession.

Our lobbyist and advocacy group work to continually review laws, proposals, and regulations that could impact our profession.

Our team of volunteers on our association assembly continually offer support to each of you through membership events and educational experiences.

I hope to see many of you in Grand Rapids for our annual conference.

Thank you

Cathleen Johnson, Leader of the Executive Committee of MiOTA

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The MiOTA Annual Fall Conference will occur October 6-8, 2022, at the Sheraton Airport Hotel

5700 28th Street SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546. Discounted hotel reservations are available

until the room block fills or September 15, whichever occurs first; by calling 616-957-1770.

The conference theme is “Surviving Change and Navigating the Future.” In keeping with the

theme, we will be hosting a Keynote Address in a panelist format. Kristen Neville, MA, Manager

of State Affairs at AOTA will present on changes in the profession from the national perspective

relative to the pandemic and moving forward. Ms. Neville will then moderate the remainder of

the keynote address by engaging the four panelists who include: Angeline Bayci, OTRL, FMiOTA;

Cathleen Johnson, OTD, OTRL, FMiOTA, FNAP; Claudette Stork-Reid, OTL, FAOTA; and Stephen

Tompa, MS, OTRL. We look forward to an engaging and enlightening session.

To address the licensure continuing education requirements, the conference will offer a DEI

session from previous presenters, Liz Weamer, DPT and Natasha Taylor, PT, MS. We look

forward to hearing from these speakers again in-person. Additional licensure renewal

continuing education credits will be available for pain.

The conference will offer sessions and poster presentations on a variety of topics ranging from

pediatrics to geriatrics and from rehabilitation to mental health and everything in between.

There are special interest section meetings scheduled in breakout rooms with mini

presentations.

We will be offering exercise classes, welcome reception with awards ceremony,

silent auction, and alumni events.

We are planning to offer an array of exhibitors for additional learning opportunities. Come broaden your knowledge and connect with your peers!!!

Hope to see you all this fall!

Conference Planning Committee

• There is a glitch with the new system and many people may need to call and have it manually processed. People may need to call several times. People experince excellent service once they are able to get through to a live person, but it did take several calls. They hope to have the glitch fixed over the next few months.
  
• Another glitch consisted of signing up for the new system. When it came to adding your phone number it would not accept an area code. Entering a phone number without the area code worked!
  
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MIOTA is looking for an educator to head up monthly Webinars and quarterly Chapter Meetings. Please contact Cindy Klinger at finance@MIOTA.org to find out details.

We invite you to join us on Saturday, September 17th, as the EMU OT Program hosts our annual Spelbring Conference on EMU's campus!

Dr. Renee Taylor will be our endowed lecturer with her talk entitled Overcoming Therapeutic Impasses: The Intentional Relationship Model as an Evidence-based Practice Approach.

We also have a great lineup of workshops on a variety of topics including: implicit bias, digital literacy for older adults, working with families who have experienced trauma, and more!

Register now at www.spelbringlecture.com - Early Bird rates go through August 5th.

For more questions contact Trish Foster at tfoster@emich.edu. We hope to see you there!