KOTA Confrence 2007
Schedule of Events

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Thursday	Registration	Pediatric Pre-Conference	Rehab Pre-conference	Childcare
7:30 - 8:00				Child care provided by Companion Care and will run from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Thursday and Friday and from 8:00 am - 5:30 pm on Saturday - you  must sign-up by September 10 to use the childcare   Additional hours may be available for Thursday and Friday, if necessary
8:00 - 8:30	Early Registration starts	Registration, Check-In	Registration Check-In
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:30		Winnie Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA Implementing A Sensory Processing Approach in Practice with Children, Families, and Schools	Surya Shah, OTD, PhD, MEd, OTR, FAOTA Trends and Controversies in Occupational Therapy For Persons with Stroke
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:30	Lunch
12:30 - 1:00
1:00 - 1:30		Dr. Dunn continued	Dr Shah continued
1:30 - 2:00
2:00 - 2:30
2:30 - 3:00
3:00 - 3:15	Break
3:15 - 3:30		Dr. Dunn continued	Dr Shah continued
3:30 - 3:45
3:45 - 4:00
4:00 -4:30
4:30 - 5:00
5:00 - 5:30	School-based issues forum Room A
5:30 - 6:00
6:00 - 6:30	Presidential Reception Early Registration continues
6:30 - 7:00
7:00 - 7:30
7:30 - 8:00
8:00 - 8:30	Moonlight Madness with the Vendors
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00

Friday Morning	All Morning sessions will be held in the Auditorium
8:30 - 9:30	Opening Ceremonies: Keynote Speech by : Tori Murden McClure  "Dare Mighty Things"
9:30 - 11:00	KOTA President, Neil Thornbury,KOTA Business Meeting, Awards Presentation, Door Prizes
11:00 - 11:15	Refreshment Break Sponsored by KBLOT and KBLOT Forum
11:15 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45	PAC Your Lunch
12:45 - 1:15	Poster Presentations/Vendor Presentations in Exhibit Hall as follows:
	Dana Howell OTS Process of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Learning	Marken, Chaney, and Greenwell: Service Learning Modifying Environment	Perry Mervar Vector 1 Hand Rehab Vendor Presentation
Friday Afternoon	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D		Computer Lab
1:15 - 1:30	Dr Surya Shah, OTR, OTD, PhD, FAOTA: Neurological Basis of Cardinal Symptoms in Movement Disorders	Fern Stapleton, RN: Collaboration Approach to Restorative Programming - Nursing & OT	Paris, Skubik-Peplaski, Hale, Boyle, and Tudor: Applying the Practice Framework to increase Client Satisfaction	Neil Thornbury, OTR/L Shara Page, OTR/L What are employers looking for in a new Grad		Margaret Bausch Using the Whiteboard in the Classroom with students
1:30 - 2:15
2:15 - 2:30			Cooke and Burgess: Successful Pathways - OT in Community Corrections
2:30 - 3:15
3:15 - 3:30	Break: Support KOTF - buy a snack and something to drink!
3:30 - 3:45	Leah S. Dunn, MS, OTR/L Use of Outcome Measures with the Stroke Survivor	Collaboration Approach to Restorative Programming - Nursing & OT(continued)	Blakeney, Marshall, Lindon, and Riegel: Providing OT Services in Rural KY	Rick Parker, OTR/L: What is it like to Serve your Profession	Using IPODs in the Educational Setting - not confirmed yet
3:45 - 4:00
4:00 -4:15
4:15 - 4:30
4:30 -4:45		Room Transition	Room Transition	Room Transition
4:45 - 5:00		Wittman, Bundy, Clemens, Collett, Monk, Seale, Tallon: Effectiveness of Participation in a Social Skills Group	Westfall, Allgeier, Stone, and Tallon: Emerging Practice: OT and Hospice in KY	Jana Cason: Telerehabilitation- Implications for OT Practice
5:00 - 5:30
5:30 - 5:45
5:45 - ???	Annual Auction, KOTA Honors, Free Food and Drinks

Saturday Morning	Room A	Room B	Room C		Room D	Computer Lab
7:00 - 8:00	Breakfast with a Vendor in the Exhibit Hall
8:00 - 8:30	Bennett and Gilbert: Evidence Based Practice - Integrating Evidence into Practice	Dana DeYoung, Med, CCP, CMBS, CMPM, CCO: Maximizing Reimbursement in the field of OT	Brian Neville, OTR/L, CHT Evaluation of the Hand	Toby Black, MA, OTR/L: The Effects of Sensory Issues on Early Development		David Daniel Tech-Tools Wizard
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:15	Break:  Support KOTF - buy a snack and something to drink!
10:15 - 10:30	Christine T. Myers, MHS, OTR/L OT Role in Early Childhood Transitions	Ericka Harney, MA, CVA Full speed ahead in Occupational Therapy philanthropy	Misty Cortes-Thomas: Review of Evidence Based Dysphagia	Shasby, Burt, and Pitstick Collaboration with Teachers - Finding the Evidence		Tech Tools Wizard (Continued)
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30	Room Transition	Room Transition	Room Transition	Room Transition
11:30 - 1:00	KOTF Lunch with a Scholar: Ron Crouch speaker
Saturday Afternoon	Room A	Room B	Room C	Room D		Computer Lab
1:00 - 1:15	Central District Forum	Eastern District Forum	Northern District Forum	Western District Forum		See District Room Assignment
1:15 - 1:30
1:30 - 1:45
1:45  - 2:00
2:00 - 2:15	Room Transition	Room Transition	Room Transition	Room Transition		Room Transition
2:15 - 2:30	Westfall, Walker, and Yeager: Community Mobility- Participation Assessment	Lagrange/Riddle Comprehensive Involvement of OT in Dysphagia	Clark, Bigham, Deacon, Green, and Leger: Therapeutic Use of Self - Personal Perspectives	Rick Parker: Sensory Strategies that Teachers can use		Thompson Computer Accessible Options for XP and Vista
2:30 - 2:45
2:45 - 3:00
3:00 - 3:15
3:15 - 3:30	Break:  Support KOTF - buy a snack and something to drink!
3:30 - 3:45	Custer and Tudor: Client-Centered: Perception of Care Across the Continuum	Comprehensive Involvement of OT in Dysphagia (Continued)	Ryan Foister, OTR/L Cumulative Trauma: OT's Role in Occupational Medicine	Tambra Roe, LPT Geriatric Balance and Falls: Assessment and Intervention		Auditorium Cullens and Wells Using KY's OT/PT Resource Manual to Implement OT Services
3:45 - 4:00
4:00 - 4:15
4:15 - 4:30
4:30 - 4:45	Room Transition
4:45 - 5:00	Whitman Effectiveness of Participation in Social Skills Group
5:00 -5:30
5:30 - 5:45		Room Transition	Room Transition	Room Transition		Transition