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 - 2:30 PM CST
Cost: This event is free!!!! 
Agenda:

  • 10:00 - 10:05: Welcome - Regina Campbell, OTBE President & Judith Joseph, TOTA Executive Director

  • 10:05 -10:20: Claudette Fette, PhD, OTR - Opportunities and Gaps in Mental Health OT Practice

  • 10:20-11:00:  Gayle Schwee OTR, MOT, PMH-C - When Pregnancy Doesn’t Feel ‘Positive': An OT Approach to Prenatal Depression

  • 11:20-12:00:  Khadijah Johnson, OTD, OTR/L - Bridging the Gap: Occupational Therapy’s Role in Maternal Mental Health for Women of Color

  • 12:00-12:30:  Lunch Break

  • 12:30-01:30:  Jessica Peterson, OTD, OTR, CLC-PMH-C - The Sensory Symbiosis of Pregnancy to Parenthood

  • 01:30-02:15:  Haydee Medrano, OTR, MOT, CBS - Supporting Mothers in Postpartum Through Community-Based Maternal Health Programs

  • 02:15-02:30:  Closing Remarks, Certificates 

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TOTA approval for  3.50 CE/Contact hours

Symposium Committee
Regina Campbell, OT, FAOTA
Eugenia Gonzalez, OTR, PhD
Judith Joseph, OTR, MA, CDRS
Katherine Lawson, OTR, LMSSW, PhD