OTBE/TOTA Virtual Maternal Mental Wellness Symposium

The Occupational Therapy Benevolence Endowment (OTBE), in collaboration with the Texas Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA), is pleased to present a Virtual Maternal Mental Wellness Symposium.  The symposium aims to bring awareness and education about this emerging area of practice.  The symposium will address the needs of occupational therapy practitioners and their clients as new mothers.  

Date: May 17, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:55 PM CST
Cost: This event is free!!!! 
Agenda:

10:00 - 10:05: Welcome and opening announcements
10:05 - 10:40:  Opportunities and Gaps in Mental Health OT Practice, Claudette Fette, OTR, PhD
10:40 - 11:50:  The Sensory Symbiosis of Pregnancy to Parenthood, Jessica Peterson, OTD, OTR, CLC-PMH-C 
11:50 - 12:00:  Break
12:00 - 12:45: Supporting Mothers in Postpartum Through Community-Based Maternal, Haydee Medrano, OTR, MOT, CBS 
12:45 - 12:55: Closing Remarks, Certificates 
On-Demand Presentation
 (45 min.)		 Bridging the Gap: Occupational Therapy’s Role in Maternal Mental Health for Women of Color, Khadijah Johnson, OTR/L, OTD
   

Canceled presentation: When Pregnancy Doesn’t Feel ‘Positive': An OT Approach to Prenatal Depression, Gayle Schwee OTR, MOT, PMH-C 

                   
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TOTA approval for  3.0 CE/Contact hours

Symposium Committee
Regina Campbell, OT-Ret, FAOTA
Eugenia Gonzalez, OTR, PhD
Judith Joseph, OTR, MA, CDRS
Katherine Lawson, OTR, LMSSW, PhD 
Dawn Phillips, COTA, CBIS
Belinda Alexander, OTR, OTD