Suicide, the Silent Epidemic

A Clinical Focus on Students, Military and LGBT Youth

Featuring nationally recognized speakers Lisa Firestone, PhD, Janet Kemp, RN, PhD, and Caitlin Ryan, PhD.

Friday, March 9, 2012
9 AM to 4:30 PM

Coconut Grove Grand Ballroom
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Santa Cruz, CA

Registration fee: $60 (before 2/15/12), $75 after that date.

Download a brochure or register at www.calcianoyouthsymposium.org

Occupational Therapist

Mental Health Association of San Mateo County

OT position (30 hours/week) available at the Mental Health Association (MHA) of San Mateo County (a nonprofit organization providing shelter, housing, and socialization opportunities for those affected by mental illness, some with co-occurring disorders). The OT assesses, makes recommendations, and assists clients directly with the goal of living stably and independently in the community. For more information, e-mail resume and salary requirements to Michael Radding, Associate Director, at gro.cmsahmnull@rleahcim.

Outpatient/Community-Based Occupational Therapist

VA – San Francisco

Full-time outpatient and community-based OT position available working for the VA at the Substance Abuse Day Hospital and the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center in San Francisco. This OT’s primary role is to assess human behavior and plan and implement individual and group OT programs for psychiatric outpatients. Salary range and more detailed job information can be found at www.usajobs.com – in applying, note Job Announcement Number HYB-588488-SE and Control Number 306606100. Contact the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, VA Medical Center at 415-221-4810, x. 4819, with any questions about this position. For more information, see www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/306606100.

Winter Friday Forum

The Role of Occupational Therapy in Chronic Pain Management

by Rochelle McLaughlin, MS, OTR/L and Marisa Moore, MS, OTR/L

Presented by POTAC and San Francisco General Hospital

Friday, March 2, 2012
2:00 – 5:00 PM

San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Avenue, Rms. 7M30A/B, San Francisco, CA 94110

Presenters’ Bios

Rochelle McLaughlin, MS, OTR/L teaches Mindfulness-Based Occupational Therapy at SJSU and at the Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center. She works for Stanford Hospital’s Farewell to Falls Program, and she is an author and researcher.

Marisa Moore, MS, OTR/L works at Stanford Hospital in psychiatry, medical/surgical, and with the Stanford Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Pain Program.

Program Description

In this presentation we will consider the way we choose to participate in each moment of our lives, that is, the quality and meaning of participation in our occupations, and how this impacts our overall health and wellbeing. For individuals with chronic pain, a focus on moment-to-moment, nonjudgmental awareness during daily activities will include turning toward the unpleasant as a way to learn, grow, and open oneself to transformation by what is discovered. When practitioners become aware of their own suffering and pain, they can meet their clients in a more empathetic space and help them learn practical life skills to guide them in the moment. These practices will help cultivate a certain kind of existential awareness that can lead to improved health and wellbeing for our clients and ourselves so we can participate more meaningfully in occupations despite chronic pain. Read more »

San Francisco General Hospital is seeking a Occupational Therapist  (Job class 2548) to work 4 days a week (weekdays) from 8:30 am – 5 pm in the Psychiatric Occupational Therapy department on the locked, in-patient units as well as with the Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES). This is a fully-benefitted position with yearly salary $70,876 – $99,736.

Apply at www.jobaps.com/sf. You may also contact Annette Pinto by phone at 415-206-4945 or email gro.hpdfsnull@otniP.ettennA prior to filling out your application.