2024 Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship

31st Annual Lectureship

Every Moment Counts: Occupational Therapy’s Distinct Value in Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention

February 9, 2024 | Time: 1 p.m. | TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences - Dallas Center

Susan Bazyk, PhD, OTR/L, an occupational therapy researcher and practitioner, is the founder of Every Moment Counts, a multi-pronged mental health initiative to help children and youth feel good emotionally and succeed at school, at home, and in the communities where they live. Her presentation will focus on the application of a public health approach to mental health and occupational therapy’s distinct value in mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention in diverse settings.

• The lecture is open to OT practitioners and TWU OT students 
• A panel session will follow the lecture.
• Registration is required.

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Schedule:

1-1:15 p.m. - Welcome and introductions

1:15-2:30 p.m. - Lecture

2:30 - 2:45 - Intermission

2:45-3:30 p.m.- Panel discussion

3:30-4:30 p.m. - Reception at TWU

4:30-6:30 p.m. - Optional dinner at Casa Rosa

TWU does not provide CEU for this lecture. Licensees are responsible for documenting their continuing education. Be sure to check the OT Rules in Texas to verify that the activity falls under one of the categories of education in §367.2, Categories of Education.  Licensees are responsible for choosing CE that meets requirements as per Chapter 367. [ptot.texas.gov/OT-Decision-tree-for-CE]. Attendees may be able to use the program and/or email confirmation as partial evidence of attendance—a signature from another on-site attendee is often helpful, or perhaps a screenshot if attending online.

Speaker

Susan Bazyk, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 

Susan Bazyk, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA is Professor Emerita of the Occupational Therapy Program at Cleveland State University and founding director of Every Moment Counts: Promoting Mental Health Throughout the Day – a multi-pronged mental health promotion initiative. She is nationally recognized for her research and leadership in building capacity of occupational therapy practitioners and interdisciplinary school professionals to address the mental health needs of children and youth.

In addition to authoring the book, Mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention with children and youth: A guiding framework for occupational therapy (2011), Bazyk has authored over 40 journal articles and book chapters in leading OT textbooks.

 As a Fulbright Specialist, Bazyk has presented on her work in New Zealand (2020) and will serve as a Specialist in Ireland in October 2023. Her recent awards include the 2023 NBCOT Innovation Award, the 2018 Award for Innovative and Emerging Practice from the American Occupational Therapy Association, the 2017 Outstanding Research Award for the College of Sciences and Health Professions at CSU and the 2016 Crain’s Cleveland Business Health Care Hero Award.