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October 1, 2025
Hosted by Aspire OT
7:00 - 8:30 pm Central Time/8:00 - 9:30 pm Eastern Time
Register using the Aspire OT Member Guide/TNOTA Member access to Aspire OT below!
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Aspire OT TNOTA Member Guide
Speaker: Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L & Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L
Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L has over 30 years of experience working in occupational therapy in a variety of settings. She has an extensive background in clinical program development, leadership, administration and reimbursement. Kimberly served as clinical lead for an outpatient occupational therapy pain program for 5 years. She currently serves as Assistant Professor for Tennessee Wesleyan University Masters Occupational Therapy Program.
Outside of the clinic, Kimberly has served as the Vice-Chair for the Eastern District TNOTA, is a founding past member of the Tennessee Falls Prevention Coalition, participated in AOTA’s Leadership Development for Middle Managers cohort in 2017, and St. Mary’s Health System Leadership Program Cohort in 2006. Kimberly has earned a certificate as a Stepping On Leader, CarFit Certified Technician, and Physical Agent Modalities Certified. 2016 PainWeek Scholarship Recipient, and is a member of the Phi Beta Epsilon Honor Society. She received her life coach certificate from IAP Career College in 2021.
Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L found her way to occupational therapy through her first profession in television news producing. She is grateful one story lead to changing to such an amazing profession as occupational therapy. She is in her 8th year of clinical practice. She treated for 4.5 years at an outpatient occupational therapy pain program.
Niccole is currently an adjunct instructor for South College in Tennessee. She serves on the AOTA ad-hoc Leadership Development Committee and as a mentor in the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association's Mentorship Program. Niccole was chosen for and completed AOTA’s Emerging Leader Development Program, and is the recipient of the AOTA 2020 Gary Kielhofner Emerging Leader Award.
Learning Objectives:
After the presentation, leaners will be able to:
- Describe at least 2 differences and similarities of supervision and collaboration related to the OTA and OT relationship.
- Discuss 3 skills that can be used to build collaboration.
- Explain an action related to one tenet of collaboration that could be taken to build the OT/OTA relationship.
Course Description:
The relationship between OTs and OTAs can be one of the distinct values of occupational therapy as it can enrich the OT process as the two work together to achieve the best outcomes for clients. Yet as OT practitioners juggle so many demands, it may seem daunting to just fulfill the requirements of occupational therapy supervision not to mention working to nurture the relationship.
This continuing education course will help OT practitioners gain a better understanding of the roles of the occupational therapy assistant and occupational therapist related to the supervisory relationship. The use of collaboration to build a better OTA/OT partnership will be discussed and examples for navigating the challenges associated with the OT/OTA relationship will be presented.