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What is Health & Wellness Coaching and Why Does It Matter? A Primer for Occupational Therapy Practitioners 

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What is Health & Wellness Coaching and Why Does It Matter? A Primer for Occupational Therapy Practitioners

Monday June 15, 2026 
7 pm (CT) | 8 pm (ET)
$20 | 1.0 Contact Hours

Educational level: Introductory

Category 1: Occupational Therapy Service Delivery
2: Professional Issues
3. Foundational Knowledge

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This webinar will be held on Zoom.

Do you ever feel like you want to do more than treat the symptoms of chronic disease?

What if you could help clients not just manage their conditions, but actively move toward higher levels of wellness and thriving? This course introduces you to health and wellness coaching—a powerful approach that provides the roadmap for supporting your clients' journey to optimal health and well-being. Health coaching is a specific set of evidence-based intervention skills designed to improve health behaviors and support sustainable lifestyle change. 

You'll discover how to view health and wellness through the illness-wellness continuum, understanding that wellness isn't just the absence of disease but an ongoing journey toward higher levels of thriving. By exploring the eight interconnected dimensions of wellness—physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, occupational, financial, and environmental—you'll gain a holistic understanding of what truly supports well-being.

Through real examples and engaging activities, you'll see how coaching conversations help clients tap into their own wisdom and motivation to create changes that stick.

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 the illness-wellness continuum and explain how individuals can progress toward higher levels of wellness regardless of their current health status.
  • Identify the eight dimensions of wellness and explain how their interconnection influences overall health and well-being.
  • Describe health and wellness coaching and how it can support sustainable health behavior change.

What OTs and OTAs are saying about this course

This course "helps with bigger picture thinking, how will patients manage their health and wellness going forward and how to best support that with interventions during treatment"

OTA Course Participant

"This course is a great introduction to the concept of Health and Wellness Coaching and can help OTs think outside the box for using their unique skillset."

OT Course  Participant

"This course is helpful for addressing health & wellness with clients in any practice area. Practical strategies providers can use immediately in practice."

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

30-50 minutes

50-60 minutes

Welcome, Introduction & Learning Objectives

Illness-Wellness Continuum

The Eight Dimensions of Wellness

Introduction to health and wellness coaching

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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PD activity approval ID# 14637
This Distance Learning-Interactive course is offered at 0.10 CEUs (Introductory level, OT Service Delivery, Professional Issues, Foundational Knowledge)
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