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OTAC Annual Conference
September 11th - 14th
Sun Outdoors
Granby, Colorado

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Thursday 
September 11th

 Time 2 - 4PM 4 - 6:30PM 6:00 - 7:30PM 6:30 - 7:30PM 7:30PM - ?
 EventCheck In: Sponsors 

 


Check In: Conference Attendees

  • Event Sponsor and Keynote Sponsors
  • Mingle
  • Cash Bar

Community Partners 

  • Winter Park
  • Adaptive Heroes

FREE time

  • Firepit
  • Networking
  • On site bar*
  • Arcade*
  • Bowling*

*Open until 10

 LocationMain Event Room EntranceMain Event Room EntranceCafe & Main Event RoomMain Event Room 


Friday
September 12th

 Time 7 - 8:15AM 8:30 - 8:45AM 8:45 - 9:45AM 9:45AM - 10AM
 Event
  • Attendee Check In
  • Breakfast (Ticket Required)
  • Free Coffee 
Welcome!
Conference Sponsor: ICDL

Keynote Alyson Stover: What If OT IS the Healthcare System?
Keynote Sponsored by: ForMotion Clinic
 Break
 Location Main Event Main Event Room Main Event Room 


 Time 10 - 12PM10 -11AM  11:15 - 12:15PM 12 - 1PM
 Event

2 Hour  Sessions

  • A Primer on Neurodiversity-Affirming Care (Front Main)
  • The Occupation of Sewing: A Timeless, Tech-Free Therapeutic Activity (Craft)
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration of Pediatric Feeding Disorders: Foundational Skills, Co-Treatment Strategies, and IDDSI Application (Cafe)
  • Explore the Day: Using photography to explore the world around you. (Yoga Lawn)

1 Hour Session

  • Keynote Sponsor ForMotion: Volume Management and Skin Care for Lower Limb Amputees (Back Main)

1 Hour Session

  • The FUNdamentals of Group Treatment: How to Design, Implement and Adapt Occupation-based Groups  (Back of Main)

 




Lunch


 Time 1 - 3PM 1 - 2PM 2:15 - 3:15PM
 Event

 2 Hour Sessions

  • Rest, Resilience, and Recovery: Occupation-Based Approaches to Sleep, Stress, and Pain (Back Main)
  • The Co-occupation of Joint Play: Theory, Assessment & Intervention (Craft)
  • Effective Communication & Leadership Strategies for Clinicians and Leaders (Cafe)
  • Explore and Experience the National Sports Center for the Disabled at Winter Park (Offsite: Winter Park Adaptive Program Center)
  • Aquatic Therapy in Occupational Therapy: relaxation & manual techniques interventions across the lifespan (Pool)

1 Hour Session

  • Value based rehab: Elevating occupational therapy's impact in acute care (Front Main)

 1 Hour Session

  • The Occupational Therapist's Role in Evaluation, Treatment, and Management of Dysphagia in the Pediatric Client in an Outpatient or Rural Setting (Front Main)


 Time 3:30 - 4:30PM 5 - 6:30PM
 Event

1 Hour Sessions

  • DIR Floortime (Front Main)
  • Professional Skills Student Toolkit: Developing Highschool Student Occupational Performance (Back of Main)
  • From Awkward to Empowered: Helping Generalists Navigate Pelvic Health with Ease (Craft)
  • Locked Inside Nature-Based interventions for Indoor Setting (Cafe)

Happy Hour + Networking
Apps sponsored by: Hanger Clinic

  • Networking events
  • Cash bar
  • Appetizers


Saturday

September 13th

 Time 6 - 7AM 7 - 8:15AM 7 :30 - 8:15

8:30 - 9:45AM

9:45-10AM
 EventExhibitor Check In 
  • Breakfast (Ticket required)
  • Free Coffee 
  • President + OTAC Board
  • Lobbyists 
 Break
 LocationMain Event HallwayCafe Main Event Main Event Room 


 Time 10 - 12PM 10 - 11AM 11 - 11:15AM 11:15 - 12:15PM 12 - 1PM
 Event

2 Hour  Sessions

  • Loose Parts, Risky Play, and Sensory Integration: OT in Outdoor Spaces (Location)
  • Homesteading with a Disability (Location)

1 Hour Sessions

  • Keynote Sponsor Hanger Clinic: Maximizing Well-Being Following Upper Limb Amputation: Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Considerations ( Front Main)
  • NBCOT (Craft)
  • Occupational Therapy Interventions to Promote Preschool Children’s Social-Emotional Development and Classroom Participation (Cafe)
Break 

1 Hour Sessions

  • Navigating Fieldwork Success: Enahncing Wellness, Professional Growth, and Conflict Resolution Skills (Front Main)
  • Homeward Bound: OT's role in assessing and overcoming barriers to home safety (Craft)
 Lunch


 Time 1 - 3PM 3 - 3:15PM 3:15 - 4:15PM 4:15 - 4:30PM
 Event

 2 Hour Sessions

  • Stop... Collaborate and Listen!: Integrating Music into Occupational Therapy Practice (Main Event)

  • From Hospital to Home: Enhancing Geriatric Post Acute Care Transitions Through Informed Discharge Planning (Craft)
  • Bridging the Gap: Creating Interprofessional Education Opportunities to Improve Best Practices in Rural Neuro Rehab (Cafe)
  • The OT Startup Circuit: Conditioning Your Practice for Success (Fitness Center)
  • Ecology of Occupation: Practice Applications (Location)
 Break

 1 Hour Sessions

  • Climbing is the best medicine- Movement and adventure, indoor climbing, a key to improved health (Front Main)
  • Integrating Occupational Therapy in Primary Care for LGBTQIA2S+ Communities: Enhancing Well-Being and Inclusive Practices (Craft)
  • Cultivating growth mindset in occupational therapy education : Applying the mentor model tot today's students (Cafe)
  • Occupational Therapy Collaborating with Preschool Teachers to Integrate a Yoga Toolkit for Self-Regulation in the Classroom (Yoga Lawn)
 Break


 Time 4:30 - 5:00PM 5 - 6:30PM
 Event

 Exhibitor Session 

  • Lifeway Mobility (Craft)
  • Vivistim (Front Main)

Happy Hour
Apps sponsored by: Elevate Pediatric Therapy

  • Sponsors and Exhibitors
  • Cash bar
  • Appetizers
  • Prize drawings



Sunday

September 14th

 Time 7 - 8:45AM 7:30-8:45AM 8:45-9:45AM 9:45-10AM 10-11:15AM 11:15-11:30AM
 EventFree Breakfast BuffetPoster & Project Presentations 

OTAC Awards BreakSunday Keynote Joletta Belton: A love letter to Colorado: How the Fraser Valley helped me emerge from the depths of ongoing pain

Sponsored by: Hanger Clinic 

 Farewell
 Location CafeBack of Main Event RoomMain Event Room  Main Event Room Main Event Room


*Schedule is subject to change. Last updated: June 12th, 2025.

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