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June 1, 2026
Hosted by Aspire OT
7:00 - 9:00 pm Central Time/8:00 - 10:00 pm Eastern Time
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Speakers: Toni Thompson, DrOT, OTR/L
Toni Thompson graduated from the University of Illinois in 1975, and completed her DrOT at Nova Southeastern University in 2017. Her work experience includes the Peace Corps/Ecuador; the National Cerebral Palsy Association in Caracas, Venezuela; adult mental health in FL and IL; and some SNF. While at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Tampa for 22 years, she developed various programs, became certified in NDT-Pediatrics and SIPT. She has presented at multiple state, national, and international OT, prosthetic-orthotic, World Federation of Occupational Therapist, and human trafficking conferences. Keynote addresses include the India Golden Jubilee in Kerala India and the Pan Asian Student Congress in Malaysia. She authored three chapters in cultural competence works, over 40 professional articles in OT and orthotics-prosthetics magazines. Besides presenting a pediatric splinting continued education workshop for 10 years, she fabricated over 10,000 pediatric splints. She developed the first CEU about human trafficking directed to OT practitioners. Currently, she mentors doctoral students on trafficking and cultural humility capstones, and serves as an instructor for TherapyEd exam preparation services.
DISCLOSURES
Financial: Toni is compensated as an Aspire OT instructor.
Non Financial: Toni does not have any non-financial disclosures.
Learning Objectives:
After the presentation, leaners will be able to:
- Define 2 components of occupational therapy actions in anti-trafficking efforts.
- Explain the scope of trafficking based on the 3 points of the United Nations 3P Protocol.
- Discuss 5 ways to fight trafficking in small, every-day actions.
Course Description:
The International Labour Organization estimates that there are approximately 49.6 million victims of human trafficking at any given time worldwide. Human traffickers prey on people of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities and exploit them for their own benefit and profit. OT practitioners have an opportunity to increase awareness and combat human trafficking.
This course presents the most current information on human trafficking based on the United Nations 3P Protocol, United States law, and occupational therapy approaches.
Foundational information includes human trafficking statistics, types of trafficking, biopsychosocial deficits found in trafficked persons, research sources, and current occupational therapy and multi-disciplinary intervention approaches. These components provide the base to define potential occupational therapy programing in this emerging field.
1.5 Contact Hours; Free for members; $30 for non-members