Utah Occupational Therapy Association

UOTA Annual Membership Meeting 2025
2025-03-22 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Denver) | Utah Tech University’s Human Performance Center, 291 S 700 E, rm 315, St. George, UT, 84770, United States
UOTA Annual Membership Meeting, 3/22/25, 10-11:30 am, at Utah Tech University’s Human Performance Center, rm 315, in St. George, Utah. Participation is also available via Zoom. Attendees will receive one contact hour of ethics/legal-related continuing education as we discuss the current state of and proposed changes to our Utah Occupational Therapy Practice Act, which is up for review during the 2026 Utah Legislative Session. This event is free to attendees, and is open to all OT students and practitioners in Utah (membership in UOTA not required). Registration is required for this free event for CE verification. Participants will receive a Zoom link upon registration, please check the email address you use for UOTA or your DOPL profile for your registration confirmation email and Zoom link.

On Time Mobility Framework: Stakeholders collaborating to provide infants independent mobility
2025-04-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Weber Innovation High School, 1007 W 12th St., Ogden, UT, 1007 W 12th St., Ogden, UT, 84404, United States

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - April 2025
2025-04-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Meetings are always online via Zoom from 7-8pm (MST). Email uotasecretary@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
All UOTA members are welcome to join.

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - May 2025
2025-05-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - June 2025
2025-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - July 2025
2025-07-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - August 2025
2025-08-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - September 2025
2025-09-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - October 2025
2025-10-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

2025 UOTA Annual Conference
2025-11-07 - 2025-11-08 | Utah Valley University – Orem Campus
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Note: In-person tickets also include access to virtual content until the end of 2025.

Trauma Informed Educator I – Credential Course
Open to all! You do not need to be an educator to attend.
Certified Micro-Credentials (TIE)
Earn certified micro-credentials that validate your expertise in trauma-informed education, enhancing your professional portfolio and demonstrating your commitment to ongoing learning.
Presenter: The Community Resilience Initiative – Rick Griffin – trainer. https://criresilient.org/
Course Content
THE SCIENCE OF TRAUMA-INFORMED
This section lays the foundation for everything that follows. This section delves into the intricate workings of the human brain, emphasizing its predictive nature. Understanding how the brain predicts threats and resources enhances our comprehension of human behavior. We will explore concepts such as the fight, flight, or freeze responses and the brain’s wiring to seek resources and rewards. This knowledge illuminates why certain behaviors emerge after traumatic experiences, rooted in our fundamental need to protect and sustain ourselves.
TRAUMA’S IMPACT ON BEHAVIOR
Building on our understanding of the brain’s response mechanisms, the second section, “Trauma’s Impact on Behavior,” connects biological responses to trauma with observable behaviors. This segment highlights how the instinctual need to avoid threats and seek resources and rewards can manifest in misunderstood or misinterpreted behaviors, especially in educational or therapeutic settings. By examining the science, participants gain insight into the complex interplay between trauma and behavior, fostering deeper empathy and understanding for those they work with.
ADDRESSING TRAUMA
The final segment, “Addressing Trauma,” goes beyond teaching a limited set of strategies. It empowers you to develop effective, adaptable intervention techniques tailored to the diverse range of human behavior. By understanding the underlying principles and neuroscience of behavior, you will learn to create personalized approaches that are applicable across various situations and individuals. This flexibility ensures that interventions are not only effective but also responsive to each person’s unique needs and experiences. Equipped with comprehensive assessment tools, you will be able to implement strategies that are both practical and impactful, promoting positive outcomes in a wide array of contexts. The CRI ROLES strategy serves as a key component of this training, providing a multifaceted approach to effectively support individuals impacted by trauma.
Duration: 7 hours total (Includes a 30 minute food break and 2 15-minute breaks)
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Utah Valley University, Orem Utah Campus. Clark Building, Room 510/511
Cost: $150.00 (early registration – price increases to $200 on November 1)
TIE Micro-Credential: Given upon passing accompanying course exam (included in the cost) that can be taken after the course.

UOTA Networking Dinner
Join us for an engaging evening of connection and collaboration at the Utah Occupational Therapy Association Networking Dinner, held the night before our annual conference. This relaxed gathering offers a unique opportunity to meet fellow occupational therapy professionals, share insights, and build meaningful relationships across specialties and settings. Enjoy a delicious meal, lively conversation, and a chance to strengthen our community as we prepare for a day of learning and inspiration. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please note, that you do not need to be a UOTA member to attend this dinner. This is a networking event open to all OT practitioners in the state of Utah.
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: Utah Valley University, Orem Utah Campus. Clark Building, Room 510/511
Cost: $15.00 (early registration – price increases to $28 on November 1)

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UOTA Executive Board Meeting - November 2025
2025-11-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - December 2025
2025-12-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

Movement Opportunities Via Education/Experience (MOVE)
2026-01-28 - 2026-01-29 | Weber Innovation High School, 1007 W 12th St., Ogden, UT, 1007 W 12th St., Ogden, UT, 84404, United States
Due to low registration numbers as of 12/9/25, this event has been canceled and refunds will be issued. Please contact Travis Chamberlain with any concerns at Travis.Chamberlain@Utah.edu.

In-person on Wednesday & Thursday, January 28 & 29, 2026
at Weber Innovations High School, Ogden, UT
This MOVE Basic Provider Training is a two-day comprehensive (12 contact hours), certificated program specifically designed for occupational and physical therapy practitioners working with individuals with disabilities in schools or the community. The MOVE program provides opportunities for individuals to increase mobility skills in sitting, standing, walking, and transitioning while participating in activities of daily living.

Course Objectives: Participants will learn the…

Purpose, principles, and philosophy behind the MOVE Program
Six steps of MOVE
Importance of using the Top-Down Motor Milestone Test (TDMMT) and data collection
How to complete the MOVE Assessment Profile
Use of equipment in the MOVE program
MOVE goal setting

MOVE Training Agenda

Day 1: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Introductions to instructors and MOVE
Step One- Testing
Step Two- Goal Setting
Lunch- 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (on your own)
MOVE Video
Step Three- Task Analysis/Planning Activities
Team completion of assessment profile (Steps 1-3)
MOVE Equipment

Day 2: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Step Four- Measuring Prompts
Step Five- Prompting Review
Team completion of assessment profile (Steps 4-5)
Lunch- 12:00-1:00 (on your own)
Equipment Demonstrations
Step Six- Teaching the Skills
Post Test/ Registration Form (Yellow Form)/ Evaluation (Green Form)

** There will be additional morning and afternoon breaks on both days **
Course Instructors
Katie Madigan has a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy from Russell Sage College. She has been with the Center for Disability Services since 1996. She began her career at the Center providing services to infants and preschoolers through the Early Intervention Program before moving to Clover Patch Preschool. Katie has been a MOVE International Trainer since 2014.

Gillian Reid has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from SUNY Albany and AAS Occupational Therapy Assistant from Maria College. She has been working at the Center for Disability Services since 2008 across the preschool, school aged, and adult programs. Gillian was trained as a MOVE International Trainer in 2016. She is the MOVE Coordinator for the Kevin G Langan School in Albany and both Glenville and Albany Clover Patch Preschool programs. Gillian is a National trainer for MOVE International.

Registration
Sign up today to get the early bird pricing and save 20%. Registration will remain open until capacity is reached.

How can I include my physical therapy counterpart?
Since the MOVE program emphasizes close collaboration between therapy providers, occupational therapy practitioners are encouraged to include their physical therapy colleagues in this training. A UOTA member may purchase one physical therapy (PT or PTA) registration at the current UOTA member price when purchasing their registration.

Can occupational therapy students attend?
Current occupational therapy students who are attending an OTA or entry-level OT program may attend this training at the student rate. Contact the Continuing Education Chair, Travis Chamberlain, OTD, OTR/L at Travis.Chamberlain@Utah.edu to get the coupon code for the student rate. Please note that there are only 5 tickets available at this rate so that UOTA can offer the lowest possible price.

Early Bird Registration until December 1, 2025*

UOTA Member
Non-member

OT/PT
$205
$255

OTA/PTA
$185
$235

Student
$145
$195

*On December 2, the registration fee increases by 20%

Background to MOVE International MOVE Program 6 Steps

Please contact the Continuing Education Chair, Travis Chamberlain, OTD, OTR/L at Travis.Chamberlain@Utah.edu, with any questions. There is not a virtual option for this training, and it will not be recorded.

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - April 2026
2026-04-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - May 2026
2026-05-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

2026 UOTA Spring Business Meeting
2026-05-16 10:00 - 11:30 | Utah Tech University Campus, 225 S Univ Ave., St. George, UT, 84770, United States
All UOTA members (OT practitioners and OT/OTA students) are invited to the 2026 UOTA Spring Business Meeting coming up on May 16th, 2026 from 10:00-11:30am. Join in-person (weekend trip to St. George?) or online. See you there!
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82637460797?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 826 3746 0797
Passcode: [REDACTED]
In-person location: Utah Tech University Campus – Science, Engineering, & Technology Building (SET) Room 105

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - June 2026
2026-06-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

Upper Quadrant Dry Needling 1 & 2
2026-06-05 - 2026-06-07, 2026-08-07 - 2026-08-09 | Utah Valley University – Lehi Campus, 2889 Ashton Blvd., Lehi, UT, 84043, United States
Course Summary

Required for the Upper Quadrant DN Certification. A brief introduction to the history of dry needling, trigger points, and myofascial pain, the OSHA Blood Borne Pathogen Standards within the context of dry needling, and an introduction to relevant pain sciences. This course was previously known as OT/CHT DN.

Email for Member discount code before registering: uotavicepresident@gmail.com.
For more information and to register, click here.

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - July 2026
2026-07-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - August 2026
2026-08-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - September 2026
2026-09-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

Why Visual Performance Matters: Foundations for Occupational Therapy Practice
2026-10-05 18:00 - 21:00
FREE 3-HOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE
Why Visual Performance Matters: Foundations for Occupational Therapy Practice
3.0 contact hours / 0.3 AOTA CEU • Introductory • OT Service Delivery • Live virtual or on-demand through the 2026 UOTA Fall Conference • No cost to participants for Live virtual
About this course
A passed vision screening tells you a student can resolve a letter on a chart. It tells you very little about whether that student can use vision to do the work of the day. This course gives occupational therapy practitioners a defensible, occupation-based way to observe, describe, and act on visual performance — without stepping outside the OT scope of practice.
The course is built in six blocks. Each block opens with a brief anchor concept, then spends the majority of its time on expanded application material: classroom and clinic signatures, referral decision-making, comorbidity patterns, and modifications a practitioner can put in place the next workday. Practitioners who have attended a prior Visual Minds Learning session will recognize the anchors as a quick refresher; the substance of each block is new material. For first-time participants, the course stands alone as a complete foundation.
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Explain why a passed vision screening is a starting point, not an endpoint and articulate how visual performance influences reading, writing, attention, and occupational participation.
Describe the visual pathway from eye to occupation using functional, non-diagnostic language that supports clinical observation, documentation, and interdisciplinary communication.
Identify behavioral signatures of ventral (“what”) and dorsal (“where”) visual processing differences as they present in classroom, clinic, and home tasks.
Distinguish visual red flags requiring referral to optometry or ophthalmology from findings addressable through occupational therapy and justify that decision with occupation-based rationale.
Analyze how autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia alter the visual performance picture and integrate that understanding into intervention planning rather than addressing vision in isolation.
Construct an immediate environmental and task-modification plan matched to observed visual performance limitations including a written next-step summary usable the following workday.

Agenda — three hours, six blocks

TIME
BLOCK

0:00 – 0:25
Vision as a performance system: why a passed screening tells you little

0:25 – 0:55
What vision looks like in occupation: classroom, clinic, and home signatures

0:55 – 1:30
Recognize and refer: red flags by urgency and the scope line

1:30 – 2:00
When it is not just vision: autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia

2:00 – 2:35
Modify Monday morning: environmental and task modifications

2:35 – 3:00
Where this goes next: from observation to structure and measurement

Every block includes a poll, a case vignette, and a reflection prompt.
Who should attend

Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants in school-based, pediatric outpatient, and early-intervention settings
OT practitioners in home health, outpatient, or community settings who encounter low-vision presentations
Practitioners serving clients with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, or dysgraphia who want to integrate visual performance screening into evaluation
OT students and new graduates preparing for pediatric, school-based, or community fieldwork

Completion requirements
Participants complete all six blocks including the embedded case-application exercises, pass the post-course examination with a score of at least 80% (unlimited retakes permitted), and submit the course evaluation. A certificate is issued listing participant name and credentials, course title, 3.0 contact hours (0.3 AOTA CEUs), completion date, provider name and number, and a unique verification code validated at visualmindslearning.com/ceu/verify. Completion records are retained for a minimum of five years.
Presenter

Jeff Foster, OTR/L
Occupational therapist and vision impairment specialist with Madison County Schools, and founder of Visual Minds Learning, LLC. Jeff developed the Five-Level Visual Performance Framework and the Visual Performance Assessment (VPA) to give school-based and pediatric practitioners a structured, occupation-based way to identify and address visual performance limitations that interfere with learning and participation.
Provider statement

Visual Minds Learning, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Provider #0000001618. This course is offered at 0.3 AOTA CEUs (3.0 contact hours), introductory level, OT Service Delivery. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
How to Attend
This is a free event for members of the Utah Occupational Therapy Association (UOTA). All current UOTA members will have an email sent to them on approximately Thursday, October 1, 2026 with instructions to join this virtual event. Please make sure your email is current so that you receive the email (UOTA webpage > Membership > My Account). If you don’t receive emails from UOTA, you will want to make sure your email is not blocking these emails or sending them to your junk box.
This event will be recorded and made available to those attending the UOTA Fall Conference in November.

Questions?
Please reach out to Travis Chamberlain, OTD, OTR/L, UOTA Continuing Education Committee Chair at Travis.Chamberlain@Utah.edu

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - October 2026
2026-10-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - November 2026
2026-11-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

2026 UOTA Annual Conference
2026-11-06 - 2026-11-07 | Utah Valley University – Orem Campus
Sponsor or table at the conference!

UOTA Executive Board Meeting - December 2026
2026-12-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

Handwriting Without Tears
2027-01-11 13:00 - 16:00
UOTA Continuing Education Presents:
Handwriting Without Tears

Readiness & Writing for Pre-K on Monday, January 11th, 1-4 pm
Handwriting Without Tears® Print (K–2) on Monday, Feb 1st, 1-4 pm

These virtual offerings are the first two courses that lead to the Handwriting Specialist Certification from Learning Without Tears.

Course Descriptions & Objectives:
Readiness & Writing for Pre-K
During this three-hour workshop, participants will receive a complete review of the HWT Print program and learn to access and use their teaching resources and classroom materials. Participants will join in collaborative discussion through virtual engagement tools including polls, chats, and breakout sessions. Carefully designed activity pages are available for participation in group activities, note taking, reflection, and action planning.
Participants will…

Identify the 4 steps of explicit handwriting instruction that can be applied when teaching or remediating letters, words, and sentences.
Select effective hands-on, multisensory activities to teach handwriting skills including grip, position concepts, alphabet knowledge, letter formation, and sentence skills.
Choose 2 strategies that can be used to help children generalize handwriting skills across all subjects.
Locate progress monitoring and differentiated instructional supports within print and digital educator resources.

Handwriting Without Tears® Print (K–2)
During this three-hour workshop, participants will receive a complete review of the Readiness & Writing program and learn to access and use their teaching resources and classroom materials. Participants will join in collaborative discussion through virtual engagement tools including polls, chats, and breakout sessions. Carefully designed activity pages are available for participation in group activities, note taking, reflection, and action planning.
Participants will…

Identify a developmental sequence for teaching readiness & writing skills that can be used to plan and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students.
Discover multisensory strategies and our step-by-step approach to effectively teach grip, fine motor and coloring skills using music and tools for little hands.
Select purposeful hands-on, multisensory manipulatives, music and digital learning to teach position concepts, alphabet knowledge, letter formation, and name writing to promote Kindergarten readiness.
Locate progress monitoring supports within print and digital educator resources.

Can’t participate in the live trainings? No problem! Participants will have access to the recordings for 60 days.

EARLY BIRD
Member Pricing
Non-member Pricing

OTR/Other Professional
$150
$200

OTA
$125
$175

OT Student
$50
$100

These prices reflect the difference in the member vs. non-member fee. The price also reflects the early bird registration that ends December 1, 2026. On December 2, the cost increases by 20%

REGULAR REGISTRATION
Member Pricing
Non-member Pricing

OTR/Other Professional
$180
$240

OTA
$150
$210

OT Student
$60
$120

Please reach out to the Continuing Education Chair, Travis Chamberlain, OTD, OTR/L at Travis.Chamberlain@Utah.edu with any questions.
