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February 22, 2011

Spring Forum – Wellness and Recovery for Mental Health Practice

Posted by on February 22, 2011. Filed in Events,Past Events,POTAC.
March 26, 2011
9:00 AMto4:00 PM

Preview – Spring Forum

Wellness and Recovery for Mental Health Practice

with Margaret (Peggy) Swarbrick, PhD, OTR/L, CPRP

Saturday, March 26, 2011
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Location

Dominican University of California
Guzman Lecture Hall, 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901

Wellness: A Model for Personal and Professional Practice
Wellness is a conscious, deliberate process that requires a person to become aware of and make choices that help promote a more satisfying lifestyle. Wellness includes eight dimensions and a wellness lifestyle includes a self-defined balance of health habits. The wellness approach is even more important as we watch too many people with psychiatric disabilities living in poverty, under- and unemployed and socially excluded. Read more »

January 30, 2011

Dynamic Cognitive Groups

Posted by on January 30, 2011. Filed in Events,Past Events,POTAC.
February 25, 2011
1:00 PMto3:00 PM

POTAC presents

Dynamic Cognitive Groups: How to Set Up a Group to Reach Your Population

Presenter: Susan Edelsberg, OTR/L, GCFP

Friday, February 25, 2011, 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Laguna Honda Hospital
375 Laguna Honda, Rm. A-300, San Francisco, CA 94116

Description of Program

A range of cognitive group exercises using a variety of sensory strategies will be presented in a hands-on, experiential format. Discussion will address how exercises can be adapted to fit your population. Read more »

December 10, 2010

Steering Committee Meeting – 12/11/10 – Host: Eileen Auerbach

Posted by on December 10, 2010. Filed in Events,Past Events,POTAC.
December 11, 2010
9:30 AMto11:30 AM

Saturday, December 11, 2010
9:30 am to 11:30 am

Host: Eileen Auerbach
Please e-mail Eileen for details.

October 12, 2010

Fall Friday Forum – An Introduction to the Executive Function Performance Test

Posted by on October 12, 2010. Filed in Events,Past Events,POTAC.
November 12, 2010
1:00 PMto4:15 PM

Fall Friday Forum

An Introduction to the Executive Function Performance Test

Presenter: Barbara Rodrigues, MS, OTR/L

Friday, November 12, 2010
1:00 – 4:15 PM

Location

San José State University
Central Classroom Building (CCB), Rm. 115

Description of Program

According to the Test Protocol Booklet[1], the Executive Function Performance Test (EFPT) was developed utilizing the Kitchen Task Assessment as a prototype. This top-down functional assessment test is used to provide a performance-based standardized assessment of cognitive function. Read more »

Footnotes
  1. Baum, C., Morrison, T., Hahn, M., & Edwards, D. (2003). Test Protocol Booklet: Executive Function Performance Test. St. Louis, MO: Washington University. [↩]
September 16, 2010

Steering Committee Meeting – 10/23/10 – Host: Rebecca Elder

Posted by on September 16, 2010. Filed in Events,Past Events,POTAC.
October 23, 2010
10:00 AMto12:00 PM
Saturday, October 23, 2010, 10 AM – Noon, at the office of Rebecca Elder’s soon-to-begin new job, which will be at the newly built Kaiser Permanente Psychiatric Health Facility at their Santa Clara campus.
Directions will be e-mailed to the Steering Committee (and guests, upon request, from moc.liamgnull@8redleber or moc.loanull@aeinee). There will be a tour of the new facility and a description of the new program right after the meeting.

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