Register Now for the 17th Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship & School of Occupational Therapy Community Building Workshops

Friday, February 5, 2010 - (Registration Deadline is January 22, 2010!)

Texas Woman's University - Dallas Presbyterian Campus
8194 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas 75231

             

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Plan to join us on Friday, February 5th for an exciting day of networking, sharing, and celebration of leadership! Workshops are planned featuring local expertise in occupational therapy. Earn up to 6 Contact Hours (.6 CEUs).

School of Occupational Therapy Community Building Workshops
The School of Occupational Therapy Community Building Workshops were established in 2001 to celebrate the professional community that surrounds and supports the School, showcase emerging and established area expertise, and to provide a vehicle for networking to foster collaborations between the professional resources of this regional occupational therapy community.

About the Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship
The Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship was established to honor the first program director of occupational therapy at Texas Woman’s University and celebrates the School of Occupational Therapy’s legacy of commitment to vision, professional values, and leadership development in occupational therapy education, practice and research.

2010 Fanny B. Vanderkooi Endowed Lecturer - Dr. Barbara Schell, PhD, OT, FAOTA
Dr. Barbara Schell is Professor and Chair of Occupational Therapy at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. She received her undergraduate degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Florida, her M.S. in Business Management from the University of South Florida, and her PhD in Adult Education from the University of Georgia. In her career she has worked as a clinician, manager, administrator, consultant and educator. Dr. Schell has made over 100 presentations at local, regional and national meetings. She has written numerous publications related to occupational therapy management, professional development and clinical reasoning and has served on the editorial boards of both the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy in Health Care. Dr. Schell is co-editor (with her husband, John) of Clinical and Professional Reasoning in Occupational Therapy and also a co-editor of Willard & Spackman’s Occupational Therapy 10th and 11th Editions, a core foundations text for the field.

Throughout her career, Barbara has been active in local and state organizations, as well as the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). She has served as a member of the AOTA Representative Assembly, founding member and past Chair of the AOTA Administrative & Management Special Interest Section, past Chair of the AOTA Special Interest Sections Steering Committee and a member of the AOTA Executive Board. She is a Fellow of the Association and recipient of numerous other service and recognition awards. She is currently Chair of the AOTA Commission on Continuing Competence and Professional Development.

Beyond Reasoning: A Call to Action
Research on reasoning in occupational therapy has focused on understanding how practitioners think. In this lecture, Dr. Schell summarizes what we know about reasoning and challenges the profession to consider connections between reasoning, therapy actions and client outcomes.

General Information

Schedule - View Detailed Schedule and Session Topics (PDF)

8 - 8:30 am	Registration
8:30 - 10 am	Concurrent Sessions
10 - 10:15 am	Break
10:15 - 11:45 am	Vanderkooi Endowed Lecturership Keynote Speaker Barbara Schell, PhD, OT, FAOTA
11:45 am - Noon	Virginia Chandler-Dykes Leadership Award Presentation
Noon - 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 - 2:45 pm	Concurrent Sessions
2:45 - 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 - 3:30 pm	TOTA
3:30 - 5:00 pm	Concurrent Session

Registration Fees - Registration Deadline is Friday, January 22, 2010! 
Register Online
TWU Alumni and Field Work Supervisors - $115
Other Professionals - $159

Continuing Education Credits
Texas Woman's University will award CEU's to participants who attend this workshop. Each participant will be able to earn up to 6 contact hours (.6 CEU's).

Cancellation / Refund Policy
Registrants who find it necessary to cancel will receive a refund, less a $35 processing fee. To receive a refund, you must submit written notification seven days prior to the event date (fax 940.898.3416 / lifelonginfo@twu.edu). Substitutions may be made at any time. Refunds will not be issued once the event begins. The Office of Lifelong Learning reserves the right to cancel this event if minimum enrollment is not met or other events out of our control take place. In doing so, Texas Woman’s University’s liability is limited to the registration fee.

Questions
Contact TWU Lifelong Learning, 940.898.3408 or email lifelonginfo@twu.edu.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to necessary maintenance, the continuing education online registration system is currently not available.  We apologize for the inconvenience. The system should be available by Monday, November 23. If you need assistance, please call us 940.898.3408.