General Meeting

SOTA General Meeting

December 5, 2007

President

Welcome!
Last meeting of the semester
Service
TWU Christmas Gift
PM Pals: Saturday 12/8 8:30am-1:00pm, sign up by TODAY

Education
Speaker for 1/22

Parliamentarian
Meeting with Dean of Health Sciences

TOTA Liaison
November Meeting
Upcoming meetings Dec 19th, Jan 16th, Feb 20th, March 19th, April 16, May 21st

Ways & Means
Results of bake sale

Socials
Possible social before semester ends
E-mail http://us.f309.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=celyn06@aol.com if you have suggestions for next semester

Vice-President
Recognition Night
T-shirts
Elections
Survey

Thank you for your participation this semester! Our speaker for January will be on 1/22, and our first general meeting of spring 2008 will be on 1/29.

PM Pals

Hi, SOTA members. If you're available this Saturday from 8:30 to 1:00, December 8th, this is the service opportunity for you! PM Pals, a program at St. Luke's United Methodist Church that provides respite to families with children with special needs, is giving parents a chance to do their Christmas shopping. Lots of coffee, breakfast, and lunch will be provided. Your main responsibility is to play with a kid for 4 hours! E-mail or call Bevin by 12/5 (yes, it's late notice), they are still in need of volunteers. See contact info below.
Thanks!Pam

Hello Volunteers!Come celebrate the Christmas holidays with PM Pals! If you haven't already RSVP'd for December PM Pals, we would love to have you! We are trying to invite all the families and need more volunteers to reach our goal. Thanks so much for all you do throughout the year! Bevin BarrettPM Pals CoordinatorSt. Luke's United Methodist Church713-666-3837 (hm)713-402-5014 (wk)

Upcoming Gulf Coast TOTA Events

Here are the Gulf Coast TOTA Meetings for the Spring Semester:

Jan 16th  Student Research Presentations (If you want to be a presenter contact Dr. Smith)

Feb 20th Kinesiotaping for Pediatrics

March 19th Representative Assembly- Dr. Francie Baxter

April 16 Ethics- Dr. Reed

May 21st Cancer Surviors

Texas Medical Center News

ROAD TO RECOVERY—U.S. Army veteran Xavier Negrete chats with his occupational therapist Tracey Kessel during a graduation celebration of a newly formed day treatment program that helps veterans wounded in battle to recover as a group, not just individually. The program is in place at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.


November 15, 2007
Wounded Veterans Tackle Rehabilitation Together

By BOBBI GRUNERMichael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
bobbi.gruner@med.va.gov

news article

Ronald McDonald House

Many thanks to the volunteers and for Pam for organizing everything!

Here are some pics from tonight!



Check out the video!

Speaker: Dr. David Eagleman

Dr. David Eagleman from Baylor College of Medicine

presenting on Sensethesia

Video of lecture
click link above for the video, incomplete video of lecture : only 30mins

audio clip
click link above for the audio, complete lecture: 50m 37s

November Social!

Hi Everybody!

It's time for another SOTA social :)
So come relive your childhood and relieve some stress...by roller
skating to some oldies but goodies and disco tunes!!!

Where:Dairy Ashford Roller Rink!!!
When: Thursday November 15, 2007
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Cost: There is $3 skate fee and skate rental is $3.

Here is the link for their website so you can check it out for
directions and such. I suggest car-pooling...SAFETY IN NUMBERS!!!

http://www.skatedarr.com/

Hope to see yall there!

Joy
SOTA Social Chairperson

Ronald McDonald House

Hello!

This very daunting event of cooking chili for 100 people is right around the corner, next Tuesday evening to be exact. The plan is to have dinner ready by 7pm and be out of there by 9pm. This would necessitate being at the Ronald McDonald house (directions below) by 6pm or even earlier. However, I know the MOT 3's have FW class until 6:00pm and some will be doing their presentations. If you can arrange with the instructor to leave early, please do so. I've spoken with Dr. Rydin and I will be leaving class by 5:30 in order to start setting up at the RM House (if you want to ride with me, let me know). If you can't be there by 6pm, please send me an e-mail to let me know when you will be there. NO MATTER WHAT, PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL TO CONFIRM THAT YOU WILL BE COMING.

The plan is to prepare and serve dinner for around 100 people, approximately 65 parents and 35 children. I had hoped to do some sort of activity for the children during or right after dinner, but I think we're already a bit out of league cooking for such a large group. If you have any interest in putting together a craft or other activity for the kids to do, let me know.

If you have signed up to bring food, please put it in the peds lab before Monday. I will put a box in there tomorrow (Thursday) labeled "for Ronald McDonald House".

If you have any questions, please e-mail or call me at 210-913-0810.

I'm so glad you've all volunteered to do this and I look forward to spending next Tuesday night with you all,

Pam

Map to the Ronald McDonald House:

Animated characters with disabilities

The new campaign is available to view online at http://www.creaturediscomforts.org/.



To see video of news report click HERE

Fieldwork finished!

I hope everyone's fieldwork went well. I learned so much from the OTs at Quentin Mease. My CI let do so much more that I expected, from scapula modes, SOAP notes, interventions, planning, goal writing, and interacting with patients one on one. Not only that, I even got to learn some Spanish while I was at it. Since it was a county hospital, most patients were only Spanish speaking. It was difficult to communicate, but I picked up a few words here and there..."derecho, izquierdo, descanse, siéntese" (right, left, rest, sit).

Here's useful website for Therapeutic Recreation Activity and Treatment Idea Page

General Meeting recap 10/31

Scott

• Welcome
• Thank you for coming to the meeting
  

Joy
Upcoming social
Skating rink
Thursday Nov. 15th
$3 for skate rental
Dairy Ashford
Carpool

Adrianne
Slide show from TOTA
Next meeting
Wednesday Nov 14th
6:30 pm @ Shriners Hospital
Free food
Free for TOTA
If not member, $10
Free parking
Student travel funds
For TOTA or AOTA

Pam
November 20th Ronald Mc Donald House
Star of hope donate on own
Christmas gift for Salvation Army or TWU students
PM Pals
Thanks to everyone who came to Rebuilding Together

Stephanie
Nov. 20th David Engelmann
12:00 in room 4314
On Sensethesia

Lauren and Jamie
Naughty or Nice Bake Sale
Dec. 3rd
Sign up for Naughty or Nice things to bring
Quantity = 1 batch
More items for sale from TOTA
Polos - $20
Tote bags - $8
Translators $5
Wrap Up
Ideas for fundraisers
Suggestions @ officers meetings

General

Need liaisons for next semester for SOTA
MOT 1’s start thinking about running for a SOTA position

From Karla's Corner

Both of my fieldwork II experiences have been fun and great learning experiences. My first was Occupational Therapy Center - Kelly Jones the second LBJ Hospital - Acute Leslie Schiff.
I feel very lucky to have had great CIs that have not expected me to know much of anything and know that this is a learning experience. When starting each of these experiences, both of my CIs were open to me asking questions and using some work time to look up things I did not know. I feel like I have learned a lot; however, I have continually gone back to my books and my huge collection of papers from our classes. This has been super fun...and I am very ready for a real job!!

-Karla

Fuddruckers fundraiser & social

Here are the pics from the event!

TOTA slideshow

My Montage 10/15/07

Halloween, General meeting

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!

General Meeting October 31st as 12pm! Room peds lab. Be there or be scared! Boooo.....

From Jordan's Corner

My FW II Experiences:

Phys Dys- Methodist in the Med Center Supervisor: name available upon request
The hospital was a great learning environment. Somewhat fast, so I thought at the beginning, and seeing a wide variety of diagnosis. Lots of stroke, hip replacements, debility, a few amputations and cognitive/mental disabilities. Great staff (5 previous TWU students) and great real life-like areas to train/practice with your patients. (living room, apartment, two different walk in bathrooms and kitchen area) However, my CI was NOT good!! She was spiteful and belittling! She did not teach well at all and rolled her eyes at many of my questions. She put me on the spot in front of patients and other staff members. I cried on multiple occasions and seriously thought about quitting! Are you excited!! I have reported her to the directors at Methodist (Others actually saw how badly I was being treated and reported her and then I just confirmed it) and have e-mail Sher Harnish about the situation. As far as I know, she will not be getting any more TWU students, but if any of you should get her please e-mail and I will give you a pep talk before during and after your rotation!!

Peds-Helling Children's Center Supervisor-Lynnette Molkentin
I LOVE this place!!! Everyone is sooo kind and helpful and really encourages me! There are 4 SLP, 1 PT and 2 OTs. Everyone is fairly young and works well together. Most of the kids are developmentally delayed, autistic, dyspraxic or have a specific syndrome. We so some SI, Therapeutic Listening, some NDT, general strengthening/increasing endurance/coordination and fine motor skills. It is on the East side so most of the children and parents speak spanish, but I'm getting by not knowing much at all! (Seriously Hola and muy bien are almost all I know.) My CI is super sweet and is always here for me when I need to review something or ask a question. They gave me the day off to go to TOTA and we get off at 3 on Fridays. We have two gyms and then each therapist has an office that you treat the kids in when you are doing handwriting or fine motor/visual motor stuff. I love it here and would recommend it to anyone!! I have been given an offer here and I am seriously considering working here!! Maybe I could be your CI haha!!:)

Hope this is helpful!

Jordan
(MOT5)

5 Year old's visual field Deficit & love for golf

5 year old prodigy, Kyle Lograsso, love for golf and losing his eye sight in one eye.

From SonnyRadio

From Alvin's Corner

Greetings to all! First of all, I'd like to thank Violeta for keeping this site up and running. I've thoroughly enjoyed all the updates and the informative posts!

My name is Alvin Chung. I'm a TWU MOT student who's currently doing my 2nd internship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. I'm here to share a bit about my fieldwork experience: some basic info that can help you to get ready (though we can never truly be ready for FW; we can at least try!) for fieldwork and some other "factors" that may foster or hinder your experience. I'll get right to them...


1. THY SHALL KNOW YOUR MANUEL MUSCLE TESTING (MMT) THROUGH AND THROUGH

This is one of many basic tools necessary to complete an initial evaluation. You must first know the proper position for testing each upper body (UB) muscle group in gravity and g-eliminated plane as below:
Shoulder - flexion, extension, lateral abduction, internal/external rotation)
Elbow - flexion & extension
Wrist - flexion & extension
Once you know how to test them, you must give each position a grade. Pay attention to gravity vs. gravity-eliminated & full ROM vs. part of the ROM when testing and grading. (The grading system varies from facility to facility. My current affiliation used Trombly (OT for PhysDys)).

Learn the textbook one well and your clinical instructor (CI) may teach to a quick gross test depend on the setting you will be in. This is a crucial weapon to keep in your arsenal! Fire away!



Well, I'll post one at a time. Second Commandment to come tomorrow!


-Alvin
alvinchung2@gmail.com

Upcoming Gulf Coast TOTA Events

November 14: Occupational Therapy Practice in Mental Health Theodora Randle, OTR

December 19: Holiday Celebration

Networking begins at 6:30 pm with the meeting and professional development beginning at 7:00. Members attend at no cost. Non-members $10

Meetings are held at Shriner's Hospital: 5th floor auditorium, free parking in the garage attached to the hospital.
Light dinner provided.

TOTA conference

Here's the pics from this past weekend's TOTA Conference

TOTA conference

(click above album for more pics)

sota speaker

Wendy Welch Gillen from AOTA coming to speak with us today(10/16)from 12-1 in room 4314.

Blind painter

One leg amputee racer

Man seeks life in fast lane after losing leg

Inspirational clip

For those of you bombarded with homework and exams, here's a little picker upper...for what we are all working hard to become.

Orientation pics

Sorry about the delay. But I finally got around posting the pics from Orientation.

orientation 2007

(click pic above for full album)

SOTA Meeting

Wednesday October 3rd at 12:00 p.m. in room 4314

CPR certification $15/students

American Red Cross
CPR Mas Training
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Greater Houston Area Red Cross
Main Office

Offers
CPR/AED Adult Training
2700 Southwest Freeway
4 Sesions: 8 am, 10 am, 12 noon, 2pm
2 Secciones en Español: 8 am and 12 mediodía
• Cost: $20 General Admission• $15 Seniors/Students
______________________________
Alternative Training Locations:

Pasadena Area Red Cross Branch Office
September 29, 2007
3216 Spencer Hwy, Pasadena, Texas 77504
Spanish First Aid w/ CPR – Adult, Child & Infant
Session: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Cost $ 37.00
713-943-7000

East End Area Red Cross Branch Office
September 29, 2007
7037 Capitol Ave., Houston, Texas 77011
CPR Infant/Child ONLY/English & Spanish
Sessions: 8:30 am - 1 pm
Cost $ 20.00/$15 Seniors/Students
713-921-4474

Galveston Area Red Cross Branch Office
September 29, 2007
Moody Methodist Church Gym
2803 53rd St, Galveston, Texas 77550
Adult CPR w/AED / Session: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Cost $20.00/$15 Seniors & Students
409-763-5971

Western Area Red Cross Branch Office
October 20, 2007
Scout Hut @ St. Peter’s Methodist Church
20775 Kingsland Blvd, Katy, TX 77058
Adult CPR and AED
Session: 8:30am - 1pm
Cost $ 20.00/$15 Seniors/Students
281-822-4220



To Register or for More Information

Log on to houstonredcross.org or call
(713)313-1614 or secure fax (713) 526-5871

Link to event: MASS CPR TRAINING

TOTA conference (repost)

Mark your calenders for the TOTA conference

Mountain Central Conference
October 12-14, 2007
The Woodlands Waterway Marriott
Hotel and Conference Center
The Woodlands, Texas

TOTA's Mountain Central Conference is the annual educational conference and business meeting of the association. Our 2007 conference will be held October 12-14, 2007, at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in The Woodlands,Texas. Make your plans now to join us for this outstanding event.

Membership may be acquired at anytime during the year. The membership year begins when a member joins and ends the day before the one-year anniversary of joining. The cost for a one-year membership is as follows:

Annual Membership:

Occupational Therapist $120
Occupational Therapy Assistant $95
Student $30

Sign up by application here or online here.

For the list of the EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS:
click --->HERE<---

TOTA Mixer

Top 4 Reasons to Attend the Student Mixer at TOTA:

Friday October 12 7pm Woodlands Waterway
4-Free Food
3-Goody bags
2-A panel of speakers that will talk candidly with the students
1-There will be an after party/get together afterwards so that everyone can mingle and catch up (Planned by Alvin and Karla-- so you know it will be a good time!!)

To sign up, just check the student mixer bubble on the registration form.
Per Jenifer Matsu; "Students only need to register for one conference day...it's doesn't matter if it's friday...they also need to be TOTA members to attend the mixer."

sounds like a lot of fun! So don't forget to mail your registration in by Sept. 28th!

Adrianne Herbst
Corresponding Secretary
SOTA Houston

Creating opportunities for the [people with disabilities]

Event offers career and housing help to benefit group often left unemployed
By MELANIE MARKLEY
Houston Chronicle

The article HERE

Meaningful and purposeful activities

By Taylor Gandossy

(CNN)

News article, click HERE

TBI in war veterans - how therapists help

Bryan Malone, left, and Eric O'Brien are recovering from brian injuries suffered in Iraq.

CNN article click HERE

Komen

Hello SOTA members! (students and faculty)

Here is information on how to sign up to participate in the Komen Houston Race for the Cure that will happen on Saturday, October 6th, 2007 at Sam Houston Park -- Downtown .

I have started a team and here is the information you need to sign up:

1. Go to http://www.komen-houston.org/


2. Click Race for the Cure tab (in the middle of the screen)


3. On right hand side of screen click Join a Team


4. Under Team Name type: SOT- TWU-Student Occupational Therapy Association;
   under Team Division choose School/College/University


5. Then click Search for a Team


6. You should be able to find our team (my name will appear as team captain, Lauren Disler) and on the right hand side of the screen click Join


7. Fill in the required information and pay the $30.00 entry fee ($25.00 for breast cancer survivors, $50.00 if you choose to participate in Sleep in for the Cure)

Myself and Jamie have participated in past Race for the Cure and we both found the experience to very moving and a great way to give back to our community. Please let me or Jamie know if you have any other questions.

Very important: If you register online by midnight September 30th your Race packet is mailed FREE! (this includes race packet, bib, t-shirt)


Have a wonderful rest of the day!


Sincerely,


Lauren Disler, Jamie Hardy
SOTA Ways & Means Coordinators

SOTA General Meeting

Welcome Students & Faculty (Scott)

SOTA Officers for Fall 2007 & Spring 2008
· President: Scott McCoy
· Vice-President: Jessica Ng
· Recording Secretary: Kim Thomas
· Corresponding Secretary & TOTA Liaison: Adrianne Herbst
· Treasurer: Anne Booth
· Historian: Violeta Chen
· Parliamentarian: Anna Petry
· Ways & Means Coordinators: Lauren Disler & Jamie Hardy
· Service Coordinator: Pamela Stewart
· Education Coordinator: Stephanie Wiggins
· Socials Coordinator: Joy Kirkendall

Graduate Assistantships (Dr. Bowyer)

TOTA Presentation (Adrianne)
· Dues
· Next TOTA meeting
· MCC Conference October 12-14 in The Woodlands!

SOTA Dues (Anne)
· $20 for the year
· Collect money AFTER meeting adjourned

Service Opportunities (Pamela)
· Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk September 15 @ 10:30am
· National School Backpack Awareness Day September 19
· PM Pals & Parent’s Night Out programs

SOTA Speakers (Stephanie)

Polos and Fundraisers (Lauren & Jamie)
· Polos for Level I Fieldwork
· Ordering information coming soon!
· Fundraising ideas

SOTA Website (Violeta)
· sota-houston.blogspot.com
· information, pictures, etc.

Socials (Joy)
· e-mail for ideas
· we will try to have one on last Thursday of each month

Open SOTA Positions (Jessica)
· MOT I Liaisons (2 positions)
· SGA Liaisons (2 positions)
· Faculty Liaisons (2 positions—one from MOT I’s and one from MOT III’s)

Finally…(Scott)
· Thank you to Chipotle on Shepherd Dr. for donating the burritos!
· We will be sending them a “Thank you” card in the next week.
· Have a great semester and good luck with everything!!!



Tentative Fall SOTA Dates (We will contact you if dates change)
· September 25: Officer meeting
· October 3: General meeting
· October 17: Speaker
· October 23: Officer meeting
· November 14: General meeting
· November 21: Speaker
· November 27: Officer meeting
· December 5: General meeting

Rebuilding Together Houston

Hey MOTs! Hope those of you who made it enjoyed the first SOTA meeting of the year! For those of you who didn't make it, you're probably wondering who I am: I'm the service chairperson for SOTA, so if you're interested in volunteering somewhere at sometime this year, please contact me!

Here's a little more information of Rebuilding Together Houston. There is one house project in the Fall and another in the Spring. For this Fall, the work days have been identified as October 20 th and 27th, with November 3rd being held as a rain day. The web site for this effort is: http://www.rebuildingtogetherhouston.org/. You do not need to have home-building skills or tools, just the time and desire to serve the low-income, elderly, or disabled whose homes need some revitalizing!

Please e-mail me, pstew15@gmail.com, back or find me at TWU, and let me know if a) you are interested in this opportunity, and b) if you would prefer the Fall or Spring.

Great! Hope the second week is going a little bit smoother than the first!

-Pamela

Thanks Chipotle

We would like to give a big thanks to Chipotle on 2027 S Shepherd Dr Ste A Houston, TX 77019 Phone: (713) 529-4950 for donating their burritos to our organization!

IMPORTANT: SOTA Meeting Date Change

Hi everyone,

Due to the Immunization Clinic and other conflicts, the SOTA meeting has been changed to Wednesday Sept. 5 at 12. The meeting will be held on the 8th floor in
the Legacy Room.

I hope to see you all there,
Adrianne Herbst
SOTA Houston
Corresponding Secretary

AOTA/NBCOT National Student Conclave

Launch Your Career at
The AOTA / NBCOT National Student Conclave

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Saturday, November 17 - Sunday, November 18, 2007
Marriott Pittsburgh City Center

Resources
Download Student Conclave Program - pdf, 2.1 mb
Registration Instructions- pdf, 75 kb
Register Online
Download Registration Form- pdf, 37 kb
Hotel and Travel Information- pdf, 75 kb

A Dolphin with a Prothetic Tail

See the article: HERE

See video HERE

SOTA Meeting

Hi everyone,

The first meeting of the Student Occupational Therapy
Association is this coming Tuesday, September 4th in
room 4314. The meeting will be held from 12-12:50 pm.

Chipotle is providing us with FREE BURRITOS!!!

We will be discussing the events for the year
including speakers, OT polos and t-shirts, volunteer
opportunities, the upcoming Texas Occupational Therapy
Association (TOTA) conference and much more!!!

We will also be accepting dues at the meeting.

I hope to see you all there!

-Adrianne Herbst
SOTA- Houston
Corresponding Secretary

Occupational Therapy - Water Bottle Exercises

Short demonstration of three strength-building exercises using water bottles as weights.

Memory Walk Alzheimer's Association

We are recruiting volunteers for the Memory Walk.

When:September 15th

Where:Buffalo Bayou Trail starting at the Hobby Center Downtown 800 Bagby Street, Houston TX 77002

Why: We need help with last minute details, loading equipment etc. at the office the Friday before 5 pm. Set up begins at 6.00 a.m and the walk and tear down ends at about 10.30 a.m
We need volunteers to help with registration, manning information booths, handing out water during the walk and with the walk location set up and tear down.
Other walks will be also be held at the following locations. You can volunteer , walk or donate:

Who: Sign up on the website or contact Pamela Stewart: pstew15@gmail.com or 210-913-0810

Locations:

1. Houston Walk : September 15, 2007 (New walk location)Buffalo Bayou Trail starting at the Hobby Center Downtown 800 Bagby Street, Houston TX 77002 Register for the Houston Walk
2. Katy Walk : September 8, 2007 LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch, 23501 Cinco Ranch Boulevard, Katy TX 77494Register for the Katy/West Houston Walk
3. Beaumont Walk : September 29, 2007Crockett Street Entertainment District, Beaumont TX 77701 Register for the Beaumont Walk
4. Galveston County/Bay Area Walk : October 13, 2007Stewart Beach Pavilion, East Beach, 201 Seawall Blvd., Galveston TX 77550 Register for the Galveston County/Bay Area Walk
5. Baytown Walk : October 20, 2007 Bayland Park, 2651 South Hwy 146, Baytown TX 77520 Register for the Baytown Walk
6. North Harris/Montgomery County Walk : October 20, 2007 (New walk location) Montgomery County College, 3200 College Park Drive, Conroe TX 77384 Register for the North Harris/Montgomery County Walk
7. Fort Bend Walk : October 27, 2007AMC First Colony Theatre, 3301 Town Centre Blvd., Sugar Land TX 77479 Register for the Fort Bend Walk
8. Brazos Valley : November 10, 2007Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheatre, 1013 Colgate Street, College Station, TX 77842 Register for the Brazos Valley Walk

-Pamela Stewart

Meet the Class of 2009!

_______Amber Pratt__________Amy Karydas

_____Andrea Dulworth________Asmeeta Momin

_____Candace Waters________Caroline Johnston

_____Christine Alvarez________Christine Haines

____Courtney Hesseler________Crystal Cao

_______Edie Starks_________Elizabeth Chase

_____Heather Glasson__________Ik Bang

______JayLynn Minor________Jennifer Garcia

_______Jenny Tou___________Jocelyn Bey

_____Katherine Miles_________Kendra Smart

______Kristen Evans________Kristen Baumgarten

______Kyra Welborn__________Lacey Moore

______Leigh Hughey_________Leslie Weichert

______Lindsay Ballew_________Maggie O'Neill

_____Melissa Gonzalez

______Paula Vennell__________Rachel Robinson

______Raynhea Smith_________Robin Baldau

______Sergio Salazar__________Susan Posey

______Theresa Tioseco______Veronica Castillo