Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L was interviewed by OT student from Boston University, Rachel Heidling, about how she’s been an “agent of change” by supporting complementary and integrative medicine in occupational therapy practice. Listen to full 15 minute interview here.

You Can Help! Sign this Petition for AOTA to Approve OT and Complementary & Integrative Health Continuing Education
Would you like the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) to approve OT & Complementary and Integrative Health continuing education classes? Sign the letter below in the comment section with your name and credentials and any additional comments by August 31, 2016! (You need to scroll down past all the other signatures to sign in the…

You Can Help! Sign this Petition for the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) to Include Complementary & Integrative Health as an OT Curriculum Standard
Would you like Complementary and Integrative Health to become standard in OT education curricula in the United States? Sign the letter below in the comment section with your name and credentials and any additional comments by August 31, 2016! (You need to scroll down past all the other signatures to sign in the “Leave your…

Meet a HOT Practitioner: Meg Nalezny
HolisticOT.org has a growing online community comprised of highly skilled holistic practitioners who integrate mind, body, spirit medicine, prevention, and wellness into their practice. Join us as we learn more about a holistic occupational therapist in our practitioner directory. We feature our members so folks can become better acquainted with what Holistic OT is all about and how it can be helpful…

OT Fieldwork with a Focus on Holistic/Integrative Health Care Resource Page
Hello Occupational Therapists! We are creating an OT Fieldwork Resource Page for students interested in finding placements with a focus on Holistic/Integrative Health Care in OT practice. Please let us know if you would like to be on the list as a Fieldwork Instructor. We are all passionate about occupational therapy and especially integrating…

OTs Present at Holistic Healing & Medicine Panel for Integrating Cultures through Occupational Therapy
Holistic Occupational Therapists, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L and Mandy Lubas, OTR/L will be speaking at the Integrating Cultures through Occupational Therapy’s (ICOT) Holistic Healing & Medicine Panel at California State University Dominguez Hills on Thursday, April 21, 2016. They were invited by Megan Rose Dominguez, ICOT Co-President and OT students who believe that holistic practitioners represent…

Members Share What they Love about Holistic OT
Thank you, Holistic OTs, for sharing what you love and are grateful for about the Holistic OT Community! “For many years I felt quite alone in my pursuit of how to integrate holistic approaches, what are commonly referred to as Complementary/Alternative Medicine, into OT practice, because I could not find advocacy from my state or…