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​​Human Trafficking, Immigration, and the Emerging Role of Occupational Therapy Practitioners​ 

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​​Human Trafficking, Immigration, and the Emerging Role of Occupational Therapy Practitioners​ 

Thursday, August 22, 2024
5:30 pm (CT) | 6:30 pm (ET)
$40 (Free for TNOTA Members)
2 Contact Hour

This course is created by the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association.

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Occupational therapy practitioners and students can contribute unique value to the anti-human trafficking movement. Foundational information relative to OT includes human trafficking basics, types of trafficking, immigration perspectives, biopsychosocial deficits in trafficked persons, research sources, and current approaches. Learn methods to educate therapy staff/students, develop novel fieldwork/capstone projects, and “small things to do” to increase awareness and combat trafficking. 

Target Audience: Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy students

Presented by: ​​Toni Thompson, DrOT, OTR/L, NDT Therapy Ed 
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Learning objectives
After completion of this occupational therapy continuing education course, participants will be able to:
  • Review world immigration of refugees, and immigrants.
  • Summarize the interplay of trafficking and immigration policy.
  • Provide overview of types of trafficking based on United Nations 3-P Protocol.
  • Summarize recent OT anti-trafficking projects and approaches.
  • Provide ways for OT practitioners and students to fight trafficking in every-day actions.
Instructor bio
​​Toni Thompson, DrOT, OTR/L, NDT Therapy Ed 
TNOTA Guest Instructor

Toni Thompson earned her Occupational Therapy degree with high honors from the University of Illinois and completed her DrOT at Nova Southeastern University in 2017. Her work experience includes the Peace Corps/Ecuador; the National Cerebral Palsy Association in Caracas, Venezuela; adult mental health in FL and IL; and some work in skilled nursing care. While at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Tampa for 22 years, she developed various OT and multi-disciplinary programs, earned certification in NDT-Pediatrics, Sensory Integration and Praxis Test, and Assisting Hand Assessment, and fabricated over 10,000 pediatric orthoses. She has presented at multiple state, national, and international OT, prosthetic-orthotic, and human trafficking conferences. She authored three chapters in OT cultural competence works, over 40 professional articles in OT, PT, travel, and orthotic-prosthetic publications, and the first human trafficking CEU directed to OT practitioners (American Occupational Therapy Association). Along with 2 practitioners, they established the Facebook group “Occupational Therapy Human Trafficking Network” that serves as a dynamic base for OT involvement in anti-trafficking with a multi-disciplinary approach. Volunteer experiences include OT projects in Jamaica, Uruguay, Guatemala, Peru, and a 2 week service project at an orangutan sanctuary in Borneo. Currently, she mentors doctoral students on capstone projects in human trafficking and cultural humility. For 26 years, she has served as instructor and content creator for TherapyEd exam preparation services, and now provides caregiver services for family members with unique medical challenges.​



Completion Requirements
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In order to receive the certificate of completion, participants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • Complete payment or TNOTA membership log in for course enrollment
  • Attend the live webinar for the full duration
  • Complete the Attendance Attestation exam with a 100% score
  • Pass the course exam with a score of 80% or greater
Please note that no credit or certificate will be issued unless all criteria is met.  Partial credit will not be issued.  
cancellation policy
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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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This occupational therapy continuing education course is being offered as part of Aspire OT's State Association Partnership Program. This course is free for TNOTA Members.