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Coaching: An Introduction for the Everyday Occupational Therapy Practitioner

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Coaching: An Introduction for the Everyday Occupational Therapy Practitioner

Tuesday, July 14, 2026
5 pm (PDT)
6 pm (MDT)
7 pm (CDT)
8 pm (EDT)

$20 | 1.0 Contact Hour

Educational level: Introductory

Category 1: Occupational Therapy Service Delivery

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Would you like to improve your skills in working with difficult clients? Would you like to tools to help your clients who are not participating or resisting services? Are you looking for better ways to collaborate with parents, families and caregivers?  If you answered yes, coaching may be a valuable tool for your practice.

Coaching has become a frequently used term in healthcare literature, but how much knowledge do most occupational therapy practitioners have about it?

This comprehensive continuing education course is designed to equip occupational therapy practitioners with the necessary tools and skills to effectively work with difficult clients and improve parent/family participation through the application of coaching strategies. Addressing the growing importance of coaching in healthcare, school settings and the community, this course provides a foundational understanding of coaching concepts and offers practical methods for implementation in occupational therapy practice. Participants will gain valuable insights into fostering client engagement and overcoming resistance to services, ultimately improving client outcomes.

This course is targeted at occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapists and uses the following instructional methods: visual aides (ie slides), discussion board, guided note taking, and learning, and practice opportunities.

Content disclosure: This occupational therapy professional development activity does not exclusively focus on any specific product or service.


Presented by: 
Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L
Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L
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Benefits of this course
  • Describe coaching as a specific occupational therapy intervention.
  • Discuss the benefits for using coaching interventions in occupational therapy practice.
  • Identify two ways that coaching could be used in the practitioner’s current setting. 
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Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA
Aspire OT Founding Partner

Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L found her way to occupational therapy through her first profession in television news producing. She is grateful one story lead to changing to such an amazing profession as occupational therapy. She is in her 8th year of clinical practice. She treated for 4.5 years at an outpatient occupational therapy pain program. 

Niccole is currently an adjunct instructor for South College in Tennessee. She serves on the AOTA ad-hoc Leadership Development Committee and as a mentor in the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association's Mentorship Program. Niccole was chosen for and completed AOTA’s Emerging Leader Development Program, and is the recipient of the AOTA 2020 Gary Kielhofner Emerging Leader Award. 


Niccole and Kimberly, together, developed a successful outpatient occupational therapy pain program. They have authored two continuing education articles on the subject of chronic pain and opioid guidelines. Kim and Niccole were honored to serve as co-authors for AOTA's official position statement "The Role of Occupational Therapy in Pain Management" published in 2021. They have also served as contributing authors to an occupational therapy textbook on the same subject of OT in the treatment of pain. They have traveled across the country serving as instructors for various courses on the subject of pain and non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of pain.  
Photo Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR
Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR
Aspire OT Founding Partner

Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L has 28 years of experience working in occupational therapy in a variety of settings. She has an extensive background in clinical program development, leadership, administration and reimbursement. Kimberly served as clinical lead for an outpatient occupational therapy pain program for 5 years.

Outside of the clinic, Kimberly has served as the Vice-Chair for the Eastern District TNOTA, is a founding past member of the Tennessee Falls Prevention Coalition, participated in AOTA’s Leadership Development for Middle Managers cohort in 2017, and St. Mary’s Health System Leadership Program Cohort in 2006. Kimberly has earned a certificate as a Stepping On Leader, CarFit Certified Technician, and Physical Agent Modalities Certified. 2016 PainWeek Scholarship Recipient, and is a member of the Phi Beta Epsilon Honor Society. She received her life coach certificate from IAP Career College in 2021.

Financial: Niccole and Kim are compensated as a Founding Partner of Aspire OT.

Non Financial: Niccole and Kim serve as Founding Partners of Aspire OT, which has partnerships and affiliations as noted on the Partner and Affiliation sections of the Aspire OT website.


Course Outline

0-5       minutes

6-20     minutes

21-26    minutes

27-32   minutes

33-37   minutes

38-45   minutes

46-55   minutes

55-60   minutes
Introduction including learning objectives

What is coaching?

Evidence for coaching

Benefits of coaching

What does coaching look like in OT?

Tools used in coaching

Coaching activity and wrap up

Questions
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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Aspire OT is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development.
Course approval ID# 03138
This Distance Learning-Interactive course is offered at 0.10 CEUs (Beginner level, OT Service Delivery area)
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
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Aspire OT reports directly to CE Broker for those states that require it: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.

  • CE Broker Tracking Number: 20-1174258
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This Course Will Be Reported as The Following to CE Broker:

Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Patient Related :
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Patient Related :
     1.00 Contact hour
Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
Occupational Therapist
     Related to the Clinical Practice of OT:
      1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Related to the Clinical Practice of OT:
     1.00 Contact hour
Florida Board of Occupational Therapy  
Occupational Therapist
     General :
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     General :
     1.00 Contact hour
Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Related to Direct Hands-On Patient Care:
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Related to Direct Hands-On Patient Care :
     1.00 Contact hour
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Related to the Clinical Practice of Occupational Therapy
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Related to the Clinical Practice of Occupational Therapy
     1.00 Contact hour
Michigan Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     General :
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     General :
     1.00 Contact hour
Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     General :
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapist
     General:
     1.00 Contact hour
South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Direct client/patient services in occupational therapy:
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
        Direct client/patient services in occupational therapy: :
     1.00 Contact hour
Tennessee Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Continuing education directly related to the delivery of occupational therapy services :
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Continuing education directly related to the delivery of occupational therapy services :
     1.00 Contact hour

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