Behavioral Activation Strategies to Improve Client Engagement | OT CE Course
This course is discounted for TNOTA members.
Behavioral Activation Strategies to Improve Client Engagement
Self Paced Online Course
$20 ($15 for TNOTA Members)
1 Contact Hour
This course was recorded at the 2021 Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference
Behavioral activation is an approach for treating depression through engagement in activities that promote positive mood. With roots in theories of cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral activation strategies can be beneficial tools for occupational therapists to improve clients’ mood and occupational engagement.
This occupational therapy professional development course will review the body of evidence demonstrating that behavioral activation can decrease symptoms of depression and anxiety and improve function, well-being, and quality of life. This course will also summarize important behavioral activation theories, including the cycle of inactivity and neurological mechanisms of behavioral activation. The primary focus of this course is to introduce clinicians to behavioral activation strategies to use in their occupational therapy sessions. These strategies utilize ideas of movement, mastery, pleasure, social support, personal values, setting goals, solving problems, grading activities, and scheduling activities to activate clients’ behavior. Finally, clinicians will practice the application of these strategies through case studies and examples.
Presented by: Katy Schmidt, OTD, OTR/L
Behavioral activation is an approach for treating depression through engagement in activities that promote positive mood. With roots in theories of cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral activation strategies can be beneficial tools for occupational therapists to improve clients’ mood and occupational engagement.
This occupational therapy professional development course will review the body of evidence demonstrating that behavioral activation can decrease symptoms of depression and anxiety and improve function, well-being, and quality of life. This course will also summarize important behavioral activation theories, including the cycle of inactivity and neurological mechanisms of behavioral activation. The primary focus of this course is to introduce clinicians to behavioral activation strategies to use in their occupational therapy sessions. These strategies utilize ideas of movement, mastery, pleasure, social support, personal values, setting goals, solving problems, grading activities, and scheduling activities to activate clients’ behavior. Finally, clinicians will practice the application of these strategies through case studies and examples.
Presented by: Katy Schmidt, OTD, OTR/L