Mental Health

Come and engage in 18 concurrent sessions, keynote presentation, closing presentation, and more than 40 posters during 2 full days of sessions and networking. In addition, there will be 3 preconference sessions to choose from. Choose from sessions that address both adults and children/adolescent clients who are facing mental health challenges.

Topics will cover important issues facing practitioners today, including:

• School mental health and wellness
• Supporting meaningful occupations
• Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) for occupational therapists
• OT consultations on medical units
• State and federal advocacy in mental health
• Community-based mobility crisis teams
• OT practice with LGBTQIA+ youth with mental health needs
• OT’s role in substance use disorders
• Working with individuals post-incarceration
• Role of OT in an interdisciplinary early childhood mental health clinic
• OT in juvenile justice

All fall events will be in person only.

Follow #AOTAmentalhealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for updates.

Reach a wide variety of 300+ OT practitioners and educators as they learn about OT’s role in crisis, public health approaches to mental health and wellness, college campus and mental health, JEDI initiatives, pediatric mental health, and more.

Brand Awareness Options:

Exhibit Space ($1,000):  

• 6-foot skirted table to greet attendees and display corporate materials
• Exhibitor logo on agenda; signage at meeting
• Exhibitor receives attendee mailing list for post-event follow up
• One complimentary attendee registration

Shared Literature/Employment Table ($300) 

• Literature table set up for attendees to review one corporate piece about your company or job opening
• Participants receive attendee mailing list for post-event follow up

 Customized Opportunities Available!

Contact Kristen Creel (kcreel@aota.org) today to craft your presence, and to discover new ways to access the OT practitioner audience throughout the year.