The last SOTA meeting of the semester

The last SOTA meeting of the semester and the last SOTA meeting ever for MOT IVs was held on April 28th, 2009. MOT IIs elected new SOTA officers, which will be announced by Caroline in 2 days, and Dr. Smith and Lacey were presented with a token of appreciation for their hard work from the SOTA members.
Job well done, everybody.

Last SOTA General Meeting of the Semester

Here are pictures from the last general meeting of the semester.
During the meeting, hot chocolate was offered, and we made a gingerbread tree to donate to the student life office. Deb was almost in tears as she received it.
Thank you, Veronica, for taking all the pictures.

Last SOTA Officer Meeting of the Semester

The last officer meeting of the semester was held on Nov. 25th. We looked back at what we have accomplished and discussed what's ahead of us in the coming semester.
Great job, officers!!!

SOTA Guest Speaker: Dr. Jackie Low

On October 14th, Dr. Low spoke to us about the AOTA National Conference and Expo that will be held in Houston next April. She talked about the importance of attending the conference and the need for volunteers and how to become one.

People Power Committee Co-Chairs:

Margarette Shelton, PhD, OTR

Teri Powers, MA, OTR

Sophie Rydin, PhD, OTR

Low Vision Conference

Wearing macular degeneration glasses

With students from Denton

With our mentor, Dr. Smith

Here are some pictures from the Low Vision Conference in San Antonio.

First SOTA General Meeting of the Semester

The first SOTA general meeting was held on September 9, 2008. We voted on the new color for our polo shirts and approved the new budget for the current academic year. A lot of information was given, so if you have any questions, please contact the officer for the subject appropriate to your question.

The first SOTA General Meeting of MOT 09.

Here are the pictures from our first SOTA general meeting in July 1st.

More Pictures from the Newsom Lecture

Here are some more pictures from the Newsom Lecture in April. Enjoy!!

Newsom Lecture 2008

Newsom Lecture

It's a bit late, but here are the pictures from the Newsom lecture (April 23, 2008)

Local TOTA Meeting: Kinesiotaping

The meeting when great last night. The topic was about Introduction to Kinesiotaping. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring a consent to record, so I was unable to record the lecture. However, I did manage to take pictures of students that attended. I'll post those a little bit later.

Here's the summary of the lecture by Beth from The Cares Group::

Sponsored by Patterson Medical (merged with Sammon's Preston)

• New prefabricated finger splints for mallet finger and swan neck deformity
• 
• 3pointproducts website

Introduction to Kinesiotaping

History

• Developed by Dr. Kenzo, a chiropractor, from Japan about 30 years ago
• Originally used only for atheletics

Reasons for Kinesiotaping

• Endogenous analgesic effects: to increase ROM, decrease pain, decrease inflammation
• *Muscular support: to support muscle movement, increase ROM
• Lymphatic: to remove congestion, avoid injury, increase circulation, decrease inflammation, and decrease pain
• Joint function: to support alignment of joint

*Lecture's focus was on muscular support

Muscle Function

• Improve contraction of weaker muscles
• Decrease fatigue
• Decrease over extension and over contraction
• Increase AROM
• Relieve pain

Basic Application Concept

Origin to Insertion (muscle) : to support weak muscle; for chronic conditions

Insertion to Origin (muscle): to relax and rehabilitate over used muscle; for acute conditions (i.e. muscle spasms, edema, or injury)

Application

• Test area of skin with kinesiotape for a least 1 day before using
• Cut the tape lengthwise, since the stretch only works in one direction, not cross sectionally
• Apply on dry, clean, oil-free, and hair-free skin (clean with rubbing alcohol)
• If patient has sensitive skin, especially with young or old patients, use milk of magnesia
• Apply anchor end by rubbing it to active through heat
• Upon remove of tape, it has a 10% stretch, but can be stretched to 140%
• You can use Tegaderm to help keep the ends from fraying
• Can be worn for 6-7 days, but will loose elasticity at 3-4 days (recommended)

Removal

• Remove at 3-4th day
• Start at upper portion of tape and go down with the direction of the hair growth
• You can use baby oil or soak tape with water to help remove

Shapes

• I - most commonly used
• Y - most commonly used
• X
• Fan cut - normally used for lymphoedema, only effective for 3-4 months at a time
• Button hole (long strip with a row of diamond holes) - fingers go through the holes

Here's a website to show you some instructions with Kinesiotaping pics

The official website: Kinesiotaping

Pics from the meeting!

Student Presentations - Evidence Based Practice

Here are the pics & video from the student presentations given at the local TOTA meeting at Shriner's on January 16, 2008! Thanks Jessica for taking the pics! Enjoy





(42:47) - Click image above to play

Presenter's Question

Scott McCoy - How does positioning affect the incidence of decubitus ulcers in nonambulatory patients?

Sheryn Fox - Does functional electrical stimulation increase function in the tetraplegic hand?

Adrianne Herbst - Is serial casting an effective means to reduce contractures associated with elbow fractures?

Kirk Coward - Does the use of pressure garments help to reduce hypertrophic scarring in burn patients?

Tamara Snow - Is splinting and effective conservation treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome?

Katy Dow - Does static splint wear for the hand decrease pain for patients with rheumatoid arthritis?

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.

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

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.....

sota speaker

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

SOTA Meeting

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

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

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

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

SOTA Summer General Meeting

Welcome (Scott)

Ÿ Introduction of Officers

Ÿ "Thank you"s to new officers

Orientation (Scott)

Ÿ August 23rd, from 7am-5pm

Ÿ Split into shifts (7am-12pm and 12pm-5pm)

Ÿ Sign-up sheet

Big Brother/Big Sister Program (Jessica)

Ÿ e-mail

Selling and Loaning Books (Anna)

Ÿ Sign-up for books you want to sell or loan

Ÿ E-mail list to MOT I's

Service Activities (Pam)

Ÿ SOTA's emphasis on service

Ÿ Service opportunities coming up

Susan G. Komen (Lauren)

Ÿ Dates

Ÿ What can volunteers do?

TOTA Conference (Adrianne)

Ÿ Dates of Conference and what's there

Ÿ TOTA meetings coming up

Treasurer's Report (Anne)

Ÿ Will e-mail out report as soon as possible

Website (Violeta)

Ÿ sota-houston.blogspot.com

Ÿ What's on there now?