2108 WVOTA Annual Conference

Where: West Virginia University Health Science Center

When: October 12 & 13

Hotel: Hampton Inn, Morgantown

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Earn 12 Continuing Education

Credits*

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE at a Glance

Friday October 12, 2018

11:00 Registration opens

12:30 Welcome remarks

1:00 – 4:15 Preconference Session

Topic: Response to Addiction presented by Alyson Stover Dambrosio

4:15 Break

4:30- 5:30 Annual Business meeting

Campus tours / Smart Phone Hack-A-Thon

5:30 – 7:30 (Students) Knowledge Bowl

(Participants) Art Crawl, Girl’s Night Out, Downtown Morgantown

Saturday October 13, 2018

7:30 – 8:30 Registration/Continental breakfast

8:30 -9:00 Welcome remarks

9:00 – 11:45 Clinical Track: Will I get paid this year? Your Essential (& Urgent) Guide to

Reimbursement presented by Debbie Amini, Director of Professional

Development, AOTA
 General: Pain Management from Occupational Lens presented by Garth Grabe
and Megan Burkart

Student Making a plan for your career! (EBS)

12:00- 1:30 Lunch

Legislative briefs from Representative to the Assembly Diana Davis

Elizabeth Devereaux Lecture: Sarah Merritt

1:30 – 4:00 Clinical Track: Congenital upper extremity orthopedics and adaptations for

clients with Arthrogryposis: A Patient and Practitioner

Perspective Speaker: SueAnn Woods

General: Panel of Experts & Facilitated conversation about Substance Use

Alyson Stover Dambrosia joins other experts in the field

Moderator: Rondalyn Whitney

Students: Attend open sessions

4:00- 4:30 Break/ light snack

4:30- 6:00 Awards Silent Auction Closing remarks

More Conference highlights:

Learn more about the OTD

What’s new at Charleston University and the role of OTA in the state

Questions about Fieldwork!

What’s new at WVOTA!

New affordable and accessible opportunities in continuing Education for 2018

How to double your continuing education credits

Smart Phone Hack – a –thon

Art crawl and Girl’s Night Out in Morgantown [Start your crawl at River Fair Trade and pick up a
gift from us!]

Exciting news: We will be announcing how participants can earn up to 10 ADDITIONAL free or
LOW cost CEUs to extend the content offered at this year’s conference!

Speaker substitutions may occur – changes will be announced on the WVOTA website