Check Out Our Committees! We need your help!

Advocacy Committee

• To increase awareness of Occupational Therapy in all practice areas for both the OTA and OT; current and future practitioners through participating in community-based events.

• • To promote OTA/OT practice to share with organizations of potential employment, to share with educational organizations

  • To promote OTA/OT practice to recruit new professionals into the area of OT practice in both the OTA and OT markets throughout the state.

  • To promote OTA/OT practice to consumers to increase potential users of OT services.

  • To promote OTA/OT through community events.

-To actively engage/participate in at least 1 community event a year per region, such as the Alzheimer’s walk.

• Develop material to educate consumers and organizations about emerging practice areas for OTA/OT practitioners. 

• To reach out to Wisconsin health, community, and educational systems to provide education about OT services and what we can provide those settings.

• Through direct in-person 

• Through social media and videos

• Through virtual meetings

• To advertise WOTA involvement in Community events and to recruit OTA/OT and student involvement in said event/s.

• • Through direct in-person 

  • Through social media and videos

  • Through virtual meetings

• To advocate for fair and efficient reimbursement of OT services. 

• To maintain and advance OT practice. In conjunction with our WOTA lobbyist. 

• To increase WOTA OTA/OT active memberships; in building a strong organization we have a stronger voice for our profession.

Professional Development Committee

• Examine need areas and provide Professional Development opportunities to members

• • Provide up to 12 CEU’s each year

  • • Foster participation and expansion within the Professional Excellence and Leadership series

    • Consider establishment of monthly journal club discussions

• Examine and offer professional networking opportunities to enhance best practice

• • Establish hot topic discussion sessions

• To reach out to Wisconsin health, community, and educational systems to provide education about professional development opportunities

• • Develop materials to promote professional development opportunities

Contact: wota@wota.net for more information and to sign up to be a committee member.

Check out our next  Hot Topic!

Join us on June 6, 2023 @ 7pm via Zoom.  We are having a discussion related to information gathering on the trend of OT/OTA client's being in active detox during therapy.  Discussion will be facilitated by Shelly Muche (WOTA President Elect) and Teresa Van Lanen (WOTA VP of Internal Affairs)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84367597250?pwd=UkloODhaSEI5UnNpQS8yL3d1MDZVUT09 

Meeting ID: 843 6759 7250

Passcode: 491140

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