Implementing Mental Health into Daily Practice

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 7:00-8:00pm CST

Virtual Meeting via GoToMeeting and Aspire OT 

Speaker:  Kaylin Flamm, MSOT, OTR/L

Kaylin attended the University of Southern Indiana where she earned her bachelor's degree in Health Administration with a concentration as an Occupational Therapy Assistant. She then worked as a neurorehabilitation Occupational Therapy Assistant and a Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocate in Florida. After 3 years, Kaylin moved to Nashville, TN to complete her master's degree in Occupational Therapy. She continued her work with survivors of domestic and sexual assault during this time and became the first Occupational Therapy intern with the Mental Health Court of Rutherford County. Upon completion of graduate school, Kaylin accepted a dual position with the Recovery Court program as a Mental Health Court case manager and Occupational Therapist. Since then, Kaylin has worked to establish OT as an essential part of the Recovery Court treatment team and a full time OT position was developed.  In addition to working for the Recovery Court program, she is an Adjunct Professor for South College and the Mental Health Chair of the Tennessee Board of Occupational Therapy.

About this Presentation: 

If you feel hesitant to address your client's mental health needs, feel that addressing their mental health needs are not part of your role, or have a genuine interest in how mental health impacts all OT practice settings please join us to discuss how to Implement Mental Health into Daily Practice! Learning about various frameworks and models that can help you incorporate your client's mental health into daily treatment is the first step in tackling this task as well as learning real life examples of how to incorporate these skills.

Objectives:

> Explain the general principles of the Recovery Model, Strengths-Based Model, and Trauma Informed Care

> Understand how to incorporate those principles into existing practice models to increase focus on mental health

> Improve confidence in addressing the mental health needs of clients across all settings

1 Hour CEU: FREE for TNOTA Members, $20 for non-members

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