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Think Like a Coach: Understanding What Drives Health Behavior Change

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Think Like a Coach: Understanding What Drives Health Behavior Change

Monday, September 21, 2026
7 pm (CT) | 8 pm (ET)
$20 | 1.0 Contact Hour

Educational level: Introductory

Category 3: Foundational Knowledge

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This webinar will be held on Zoom.

Want to transform how you approach behavior change with your clients? This course will teach you to think like a coach by developing a new lens of clinical reasoning focused on motivation, sustainable change, and client empowerment. Move beyond treating symptoms to helping clients create lasting lifestyle transformations.

Discover five powerful frameworks that will revolutionize your therapeutic approach: social cognitive theory, self-determination theory, growth mindset, the transtheoretical model, and the neuroscience of behavior change. You'll learn to recognize what drives your clients' choices, identify their readiness for change, and tap into their intrinsic motivation—all while addressing health management and maintenance as a core occupation.

Through engaging case studies and self-reflection activities, you'll develop the clinical reasoning skills coaches use to facilitate breakthrough moments with clients. Whether your clients are managing chronic conditions, recovering from injury, or seeking to improve their health, you'll gain practical strategies to support them in making changes that stick. This isn't just theory—it's about fundamentally shifting how you think about and facilitate change in every therapeutic interaction

This course is one of four 1-hour coaching courses for occupational therapy practitioners.

It is also drawn from a broader coaching curriculum that includes a 77-hour certificate program that prepares practitioners for board certification

Target Audience: Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy students

This occupational therapy continuing education course uses the following instructional methods: visual aides (ie slides), case studies, and practical application examples.

Content disclosure: This course does not exclusively focus on any specific product or service.

Presented by:
Jaclyn Schwartz, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, NBC-HWC
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Benefits of this course
  • Describe key theoretical foundations of behavior change (social cognitive theory, self-determination theory, growth mindset, transtheoretical model, and neuroscience of behavior change).
  • Identify actions aligned with theoretical frameworks that promote health behavior change
  • Compare and contrast how the theoretical models complement traditional occupational therapy frameworks

What OTs and OTAs are saying about this course

"This course helps all OTPs in every practice setting, and is an approach that is fundamental in facilitating changes in behavior."

OTA Course Participant

"Very knowledgeable presenter with strong background. Simple concepts to understand and apply easily."

 OT Course Participant

"The instructor was one of my favorites, I loved the ongoing case-study and how it made me think about applying each theory/frame of reference to the same scenario."

 OT Course Participant
Instructor bio
Click here to check out Jaclyn's company "Health Coach OT": https://www.healthcoachot.com/

Listen to her podcast: https://healthcoachot.podbean.com

Jaclyn Schwartz, PhD, OTR/L 
Aspire OT Instructor

Dr. Jaclyn K. Schwartz is a practicing occupational therapist and National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach who brings real-world clinical expertise and scholarly expertise to her continuing education programs on health and wellness coaching. With 15 years of hands-on experience treating patients across acute care, early intervention, outpatient settings, and beyond, Dr. Schwartz understands the daily challenges clinicians face in helping clients achieve their health goals. Her NIH-funded research on medication adherence has resulted in evidence-based interventions that have been successfully implemented in clinical practice, demonstrating measurable improvements in patient outcomes. As a clinician-researcher, she translates complex research into practical, immediately applicable coaching strategies that busy practitioners can implement with their caseloads. Dr. Schwartz's dual certification as both an OTR/L and wellness coach, combined with her track record of over 30 peer-reviewed publications and national recognition including the American Occupational Therapy Association's Roster of Fellows Award, ensures participants receive cutting-edge, evidence-based content delivered by someone who truly understands the realities of clinical practice and can help them expand their therapeutic toolkit with proven wellness coaching techniques.

DISCLOSURES
Financial: Jaclyn is compensated as an Aspire OT instructor
Non-financial:  Jaclyn does not have any non-financial disclosures.
Certificate Program

Just for OT Practitioner to Coach Program

Looking to make a bigger impact through coaching? The Just for OT: Practitioner to Coach Program is an NBHWC approved training program designed exclusively for OTs and OTAs who want to deepen client engagement, strengthen follow-through, and expand how they support health, wellness, and daily life participation across settings. 
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Course Outline

 0 - 5 minutes

 5-15 minutes 

15-30 minutes

30-40 minutes

40-50 minutes

50-55 minutes

55-60 minutes
Welcome, Introduction, and Learning Objectives

Neuroscience of Behavior Change

Transtheoretical Model

Social Cognitive Theory & Self-Efficacy

Self-Determination Theory

Growth Mindset 

Review, Questions, & Wrap Up
Completion Requirements
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In order to receive the certificate of completion, participants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • Payment of the course in full
  • Attend webinar in its entirety
  • Complete Attestation of Attendance
  • Pass the course exam with a score of 70% or greater
  • Complete the Post Course Evaluation
Please note that no credit or certificate will be issued unless all criteria is met.  Partial credit will not be issued.  
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No refunds will be issued after a course has been attended for more than 30 minutes.  Partial credit will not be issued.  

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