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2024 ILOTA Annual Conference

* In-Person, Two-Day Conference on Friday and Saturday, November 22-23, 2024, at the NIU Naperville Conference Center

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"Intersections of Occupational Therapy Research to Advance Occupational Therapy Advocacy"
1:00 pm - Friday, November 22, 2024

"How does an occupational therapy practitioner find alignments with clinical practice, research, and political policy? What skillsets do occupational therapy practitioners possess that are applicable both in congress and in the clinic? Dr. Garcia Wilburn will present how her community engaged research principles and occupational therapy education have equipped her to be a trailblazer advocate. The presentation will include effective strategies in health care advocacy, a deeper understanding of the legislative process and drafting legislation, and critical healthcare issues introduced at the federal level that will impact state funding and practice."

State Representative Dr. Victoria Garcia Wilburn was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives on Nov. 8, 2022. She is an assistant professor at Indiana University–Indianapolis, and is an advocate for promoting state and federal policies that advance health equity and advance mental and behavioral health initiatives. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and Hope Academy Recovery High School, Indiana’s only high school for teens in recovery from substance use disorder. Dr. Garcia Wilburn was recognized as Occupational Therapist of the Year by the Indiana Occupational Therapy Association in 2018, awarded Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association in 2020, and inducted into the Indiana Latino Leadership Circle that same year. Dr. Garcia Wilburn earned her Bachelor of Science in occupational therapy from Boston University (2005) and her Master of Health Science (2012) and Doctor of Health Science (2014) degrees from the University of Indianapolis.

1:00 pm - Saturday, November 23, 2024

"If we survey the extensive natural disasters in our time - earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and tsunamis - and combine those victims with the human atrocities - the violent inner cities, wars, genocides, human trafficking, homelessness, rapes and child abuse - we would have a staggering number. A look at suffering humanity leads to the realization that trauma is perhaps one of the largest opportunities in the twenty-first century. Learn the concepts of neuroscience that Dr. Lori Basey, with over 30 years of clinical experience, has been utilizing with marginalized populations across the globe. And even for therapists who aren’t on the front lines of natural and man made disasters, you can learn concepts that will enhance the work that you do with the population that you serve as all are suffering from a loss."

Dr. Lori Basey knows no limits when working with traumatized populations and mobilizing others to respond to devastation. She is a keynote presenter, delivering presentations to thousands and quoted throughout the globe in publications such as the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Daily News America, Orange County Register, People, Times of Mumbai, Daily Oklahoman, and Sierra Leone Times. Dr. Basey has been broadcasted within the United States and internationally, and had an article published in Advance, a therapeutic magazine. Since 1991, she has specialized in acute psychiatric care, including trauma-informed therapeutic intervention following the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building bombing as well as the 9/11 disaster in NYC and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. She is an expert consultant in trauma associated with war, exploitation, and natural disaster.

ILOTA staff members, as well as official photographers/videographers, will photograph and record events and educational sessions throughout the Conference and will be identified by Conference name badges. The photographers and audio/video recordings taken at Conference are used exclusively by ILOTA for promotional purposes and continuing education offerings. Photographs and recordings may be used in the Association’s publications, social media, or on its website, and they may appear in programs or other ILOTA promotional materials. If you are at an event or session at which our ILOTA photographer is present and you do not wish to be photographed, please identify yourself to the photographer and your request will be honored.