OT WEEK 2020
How You Celebrated OT Week 2020 Last year we reflected on and highlighted how occupational therapists work to support all people to engage in activities they find meaningful. Through the hashtag #ThisIsOT, people shared stories from their occupational therapy journey, learnings to offer, team photos, information on their practice area, and why they love OT. In 2020, given the onset of droughts, bushfires, and the global pandemic, our OT Week theme was: Resilience: Supporting our communities to rebuild, recover, and reengage. In supporting people to participate in activities they find meaningful, occupational therapists are vital in helping our communities through disaster recovery. This year the event not only shined a spotlight on the value of occupational therapy in our communities, but also served as a call to arms to support those hardest hit.
The Early Links OT team having fun at their OT Week event
OT Week event in West Moreton, Ipswich, Queensland
Pam Samra and Hannah Terry on the sunny Gold Coast, representing Mental Health OT
The University of Newcastle, Department of Rural Health, held its first face to face catch up to celebrate OT Week
OT staff at Osborne Park Hospital, Perth. Anne Pressley led a presentation on ‘OT in a COVID-19 World’, followed by an accessible gingerbread house building competition CONNECTIONS SUMMER 2020 15
