BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a7bc10cc7b970d3ca5c6fc6004ced17a1111 CATEGORIES:District Event SUMMARY:Occupational Therapy: A Glimpse Into Hand Therapy, hosted by TNOTA's West District DESCRIPTION:
Oc cupational Therapy: A Glimpse Into Hand Therapy
February 24, 2021
6:00pm centra l/7:00pm eastern
This webinar is being offer ed as part of our partnership with Aspire OT
< p>Topic: Occupational Therapy: A Glimpse into Hand Therapy
Presenter: Leslie M. Sutton, OTR/L, CHT
About this course: Th e presentation will introduce the field of hand therapy and how it develope d as a specialty of OT. It will cover the organizations involved in hand t herapy and how they help chart the clinician on the path of hand therapy as well as support the hand therapist. A glimpse into the members of the han d therapy team, diagnosis, interventions utilized frequently in hand therap y will also be addressed.
Course Objectives:
About the Presenter:
Leslie graduated from OT school at University of LA - Monroe in Dec ember of 2000. She began her career at the Green Clinic in Ruston, LA perf orming work conditioning, FCEs, and hand therapy. She and her husband move d to Alabama in 2002 and she became the hand therapist for Decatur General Rehab Access joining ASHT and actively pursuing her further love of hand th erapy. In 2006, they moved to Memphis, TN where she joined OrthoMemphis an d passed the CHT exam while on maternity leave with her first child. The f amily moved to Louisiana in 2010 and Leslie continued her career working in hands in Mandeville and Covington, LA. In 2013, they returned to Memphis and Leslie worked in the school system for 3 years before rejoining the sta ff at OrthoMemphis, now Orthosouth. During that time she was honored to be accepted into the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists. Lesl ie left Orthosouth this year during the COVID pandemic to be able to care f or her school aged children and is currently working PRN in Lakeland school district.
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