Integrating Accessible Travel & OT Practice

 

Speakers: 

• Dr. Karen C. Dwire, OTD, OTR/L, ITA, & Certified Accessible Travel Planner (CATP)
• Dawn Araujo, MSOT, ITA, & Certified Accessible Travel Planner (CATP)

Dr. Karen C Dwire, OTD, ITA, CATP is an Occupational Therapist with over 23 years of expertise. She has mixed her occupational remedy experience with a ardour for journey planning to positively impression the way in which folks journey, no matter age or capacity.Her final ardour and pleasure lie in empowering different rehab and journey professionals to change into expert in reserving journey for people with differing skills, particular wants, and medical complexities to assist broaden a optimistic impression on journey and accessibility for all.

Dawn Araujo, MSOT, ITA, CATP has over 25 years of expertise as an occupational therapist and over 50 years as a journey fanatic. Under the mentorship of Dr. Karen Dwire and alongside many different OTs, Dawn has mixed her remedy skillset with a ardour for journey and a ardour for serving to others to change into an impartial journey agent with a specialization in accessible journey planning.

Learning Objectives:

Following this course, members will be capable to:

1. Recognize the various accessibility wants of vacationers throughout bodily, cognitive, sensory, and psychological well being domains.
2. Describe key accessibility legal guidelines and international incapacity frameworks related to journey and tourism.
3. Apply occupational remedy methods to assist and adapt journey objectives inside numerous therapy settings.
4. Explore rising roles and profession pathways for occupational therapists in accessible journey, advocacy, and consulting.
5. Identify alternatives for OT college students and new graduates to launch specialised careers by means of packages like TravelOT Launch & Go.

Course Description:  

This session explores how occupational remedy practitioners can combine accessible journey planning into scientific and group follow. As journey turns into a extra inclusive and important occupation for people with disabilities, OTs are uniquely certified to handle travel-related limitations by means of their skillset in adaptation, accessibility, and advocacy. This presentation may even spotlight profession growth alternatives—together with distant consulting, journey planning, and mentorship—for brand new graduates and college students through packages like TravelOT Launch & Go.

This occasion is free for members; $40 for non-members – Two CE Credits