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What is OT: Nailing Your Occupational Therapy Elevator Speech

 

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What is OT? Nailing Your Occupational Therapy Elevator Speech 

FREE Live Webinar: 
Thursday, April 30, 2026

5 pm (PT)
6 pm (MT) 
7 pm (CT)
8 pm (ET)

Free | 1.0 Contact Hour,

Educational level: Introductory 

Category 3: Foundational Knowledge 

If you need assistance or accommodations, please contact us at Info@AspireOT.us
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This webinar will be held on Zoom

Join Niccole and Kim as they celebrate the end of Occupational Therapy Month.

This webinar does have a self-paced version you can register for if you miss the webinar.

Occupational therapy is a valuable profession that has been serving individuals, groups and populations for over a hundred years, despite that the profession remains largely under-recognized.  The literature indicates that occupational therapy practitioners have difficulty effectively defining and explaining what occupational therapy 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 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.
Instructor bio

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Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR
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 has an extensive background in clinical program development, leadership, administration and reimbursement and academia. Kimberly developed and served as clinical lead for an outpatient occupational therapy pain program for 5 years.

She has co-authored two continuing education articles on the subject of chronic pain and opioid guidelines. Kim was honored to serve as co-authors for AOTA's official position statement "The Role of Occupational Therapy in Pain Management" published in 2021. She has served as contributing author to an occupational therapy textbook on the same subject of OT in the treatment of pain. She has traveled across the country serving as instructor for various topics in occupational therapy.  Kimberly has served as a mentor for the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association and currently serves es on the TNOTA Advocacy Committee.

DISCLOSURES
Financial: Kim is compensated as a Founding Partner of Aspire OT
Non Financial: Kim serves as one of the  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

6-15 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
  • 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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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 area)
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, South Carolina and Tennessee.

  • CE Broker Tracking Number: 20-1005600
  • 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.
  • Refer to our FAQ for more information.

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 not directly related to the delivery of occupational therapy services :
     1.00 Contact hour
Occupational Therapy Assistant
     Continuing education not directly related to the delivery of occupational therapy services :
     1.00 Contact hour

Course Author

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