WVOTA ANNUAL Meeting and CONFERENCE

WHERE:         West Virginia University, Morgantown  West Virginia  

WHEN:                 Friday Oct. 17 th  2008                                      TOPICS  WVOTA Meeting ,   Committee Reports

                              Saturday Oct.  18 th  2008                                                                                                                                   

QUESTIONS:    Call Mary Hager (304-776-4515)Conference

                            Sarah Black (304) 545-7853  - Conference Vendor's

                                                                                                        

DirectionsFrom Charleston  

Take I-79 N toward MORGANTOWN.    154 mi

Take EXIT 155 toward WV-7/WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.    0.2 mi

Merge onto OSAGE RD/CR-19/24 N toward STAR CITY/W.V.U./OSAGE.       0 .5 mi

Turn SLIGHT RIGHT.     0.1 mi            

 
 

Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto US-19/JERRY WEST BLVD/WV-7.   1.4 mile

Turn LEFT onto WV-705/PATTESON DR. 0.7 mi            

Turn RIGHT onto UNIVERSITY AVE.    0.1 mi            

 Turn LEFT onto MEDICAL CENTER DR.  0.0 mi            

 End at Health Sciences Center on Medical Center Dr, Morgantown, WV 26505

 

 
 

 

Click Here WVOTA Annual Conference 2008

Special Session Friday

(4 contact hours)

Friday 8-9 PM-October 20, 2006  WVOTA Meeting

For more information go to  www.WVOTA.org

 Friday 1:00-5:00

SPECIAL SESSION FRIDAY OCTOBER 17 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM at WVU

                                   “LOW VISION SEMINAR”

 

 

Saturday Schedule   October 18th

 

Saturday 6.0 Contact Hours For Full Day  

7:15  to 8:15 Registration 
8:30 to 8:30 Welcome
8:30 to 9:30

Charles Willmarth, Director, State Affairs Group"How You can make a Difference"    

 

9:30  to 10:30 Martin Douglas "Legislation and Licensure"
   
10:30  to  11:00 Steven Wheeler, Elizabeth Baker Devereaux Lectureship
11:00  to  12:00  Poster Session by WVU Students 
12:00  to  1:30       Lunch (provided) and W.V.O.T.A. Auction (Scholarship Fund)
      Items for Auction are welcome
11:00  to  2:00  Exhibit Viewing

 

Physical  Disabilities Track

 

1:30-2:00      Donna Colaianni, "Promoting Occupation-Based Practice  in Physical Disabilities"

2:00-2:30     James Phifer, “Issues Affecting Successful Community   Participation for Traumatic Brain Injury”

2:30-3:00      Break

3:30-4:00     Chuck Willmarth, AOTA "Legislation concerning Physical            Disabilities"
3:30-4:00     Suzanne Holzen, "Our Hands-Having the Basics to

4:00-4:30 Deborah Shamblin, "PPA's of Osteroarthritis: Protect Joints       Prevent Injury, Adapt Techniques"

 

Pediatric  Track  

 

1:30-2:00    Anne Cronin, " Inclusion of Children with Special Needs Into            Early Childhood Facilities"

2:00-2:30          Chuck Willmarth, AOTA "Legislation concerning Children"

2:30-3:00      Break

3:00-4:00         Mary Hager, "Motor, Motor Everywhere"

400-4:30       Diana  Davis, "Early Childhood Programs in West Virginia"

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