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RIOTA Pediatric Special Interest Group - The Importance of Mentorship in Pediatric Early Childhood Occupational Therapy

RIOTA Pediatric Special Interest Group (SIG) Presents:

The Importance of Mentorship in Pediatric Early Childhood
Occupational Therapy

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Location: Zoom

Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm

Presenter: Dr. Beth Elenko, Phd, OTR/L, BCP, CLA, FAOTA

Professor, Admissions Coordinator, Faculty Advisor at New York Institute
of Technology, AOTA CYSIS Standing Committee-Pathway Lead

Objectives:

Participants will gain insight into how mentorship fosters best practices in early childhood intervention,
Participants will learn key strategies for maintaining professional integrity, focusing on mentorship and peer collaboration,
Participants will explore practical approaches for fostering mentorship opportunities and ongoing professional development within environments that lack formal supervision or adequate resources.

Zoom link will be emailed to registered attendees 24 hours prior to the event.

If you registered and cannot make the event, please email riota@riota.org to give us 24 hours notice.

The function and powers of RIOTA include:

Act as an advocate for the profession of occupational therapy.
Improve and advance the education and collaboration of occupational therapy practitioners.
Promote research in the profession of occupational therapy.
Encourage high standards.
Engage in other professional and community activities to further the dissemination of knowledge of the practice of occupational therapy.
Cooperate with other individuals or groups concerned with health-related issues.
Increase consumer awareness of application of occupational therapy practice in the community and the scope of occupational therapy practice to assist an individual to achieve life pursuits.

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