What is OT?: Nailing Your Occupational Therapy Elevator Speech

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What is OT? Nailing Your Occupational Therapy Elevator Speech 

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Educational level: Introductory 

Category 3: Foundational Knowledge 

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Occupational therapy is a valuable profession that has been serving individuals, groups and populations for over a hundred years.  Unfortunately OT is often under-recognized.  The literature indicates that occupational therapy practitioners have difficulty effectively explaining what OT is.  This course will provide occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and students with a process for developing an effective explanation to answer the question: What is OT?

This professional development activity is targeted at occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapists.

This free occupational therapy CEU course uses the following instructional methods: visual aides (ie slides), discussion board, guided note taking, and learning.

Content disclosure: This course 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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After completing this occupational therapy continuing education course, Participants will be able to: 
  • Define occupational therapy according to the Occupational Therapy Scope of Practice.
  • Explain 3 key factors to consider when formulating your OT elevator speech.
Photo Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA
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.  
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Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L, COTA, PAMS
Aspire OT Founding Partner

Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L has over 30 years of experience working in occupational therapy in a variety of settings. She graduated from Nashville State Community College in 1994 and earned her Masters of Occupational Therapy at Belmont University in 2014.

She has an extensive background in clinical program development, leadership, administration and reimbursement serving in roles of Rehabilitation Services Manager, Regional Director of Operations and Corporate Director of Operations.

Kimberly's clinical experience includes adult acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, and adult and pediatric outpatient while serving as the clinical lead for an outpatient occupational therapy pain program.  Outside of the clinic, Kimberly had the honor of working as an assistant professor for a masters occupational therapy program and 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.

Kimberly is currently a consultant and Walkasins Trainer for Periscope Consulting. 
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Course Outline

0-5 minutes

6-15 minutes 

16-25 minutes

27-35 minutes

36-40 minutes 

41-55 minutes 

56-60 minutes


Welcome, Introduction, and Learning objectives

Why An Explanation is Important

How OT is Commonly Described or Defined

How the Official Documents Define OT 

Factors to Consider When Developing an Explanation

Develop an Explanation: Actual Examples 

Review/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
  • View course videos in entirety
  • 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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Live Courses and Webinars
Learner cancellations: In the event that the learner requests to cancel or is unable to attend a course, a refund for the total paid for the course will be granted if Aspire OT is notified via email at info@aspireot.us within 10 business days prior to date of the scheduled course, minus a non-refundable registration fee of 25% of registration price.  If the learner provides notification of cancellation less then 10 business days prior to the scheduled course, the learner will be offered the opportunity to attend the same webinar on an alternate date or enrollment in the recorded on-demand version of that webinar, instead of a refund.  

No refunds will be issued after a course has been attended for more than 30 minutes.  Partial credit will not be issued.  

Provider cancellations: In the event of inclement weather or other event resulting in the inability for a live course to be provided within the scheduled time, learners will be offered an alternate date or a full refund for registration paid.
On-Demand web Courses 
Web courses will remain available to learners for 1 year. No refunds will be available for web courses that have been attended or viewed for greater than 30 minutes. In the event of a refund, the learner will be unenrolled in the course immediately upon issuance of a refund. No refunds will be issued for any course in which a certificate has been issued.  
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Aspire OT is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development.
Course approval ID# 04431
This Distance Learning Interactive course is offered at 0.10 CEUs (Introductory level, Professional Issues)
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
This course is

Registered with CE Broker

Aspire OT reports directly to CE Broker for those states that require it: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, North Dakota,South Carolina and Tennessee.

  • CE Broker Tracking Number: 20-1413111
  • Individuals must complete the required steps to set up their Aspire OT account. You can view those steps here. 
  • Course completions are reported within 48 hours.
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This Course Will Be Reported as The Following to CE Broker:

Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
     Administrative :
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Administrative :
     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
     General Continuing Education:
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     General Continuing Education:
     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
New hampshire Occupational Therapy Governing Board
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     General Occupational Therapy Theory and Practice :
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapist
     General Occupational Therapy Theory and Practice:
     1.00 Contact hour
North Dakota State Board of Occupational Practice
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 :
     .00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapist
     General:
     1.00 Contact hour
SOUTH CAROLINA BOARD OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Occupational Therapist
     Professional / Health Related Care:
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Professional / Health Related Care::
     1.00 Contact hour
TENNESSEE BOARD OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Occupational Therapist
     Continuing education not directly related to the delivery of occupational therapy services :
     .50 Continued Competence Credit
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Continuing education not directly related to the delivery of occupational therapy services :
     .50 Continued Competence Credit

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This free occupational therapy CEU course is being offered by Aspire OT.