Niagara Frontier District Meeting with Jeff Tomlinson, NYSOTA Legislative Chair
Jeff Tomlinson, NYSOTA Legislative Chair will be visiting Buffalo on Thursday October 21st to meet with NYSOTA members and OT practitioners.
MEETING WITH MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (3-5pm)
This afternoon meeting will address mental health practitioners, students, and faculty. This meeting will focus on the future of mental health occupational therapy in New York State and strategies to secure our roles in mental health services (i.e how can we achieve QMHP status for OTs). NOTE: We must encourage all mental health practitioners and educators to attend this very critical meeting.
MEETING WITH ALL OT PRACTITIONERS, STUDENTS, FACULTY (6-8pm)
This evening meeting will address broader OT issues, questions, and concerns related to general OT practice and legislation. Jeff will update us on the status of our OT Practice Act, and efforts by NYSOTA to see this act passed.
Practitioners, students, and faculty are strongly encouraged to attend this very important event. For information, contact David Merlo at 851-1312 or merlodm@ecc.edu
