Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists

11/16/2025

🧠 Systematic Desensitization and Exposure Therapy

📅 Nov 27: Lunch & Learn – Foundations of SD Therapy (Noon–1 pm MT)
📅 Nov 28: Full-Day Workshop – Exposure Therapy for PTSD & Chronic Pain (9 am–5 pm MT)

👩‍🏫 Presenter: Michelle Scott, OT Reg. (Ont.)

Learn OT-specific strategies for trauma and chronic pain using SD and exposure therapy. Gain practical skills, case-based training, and tools to advance your practice.

✅ Register for one or both sessions!
🔗 https://saot.ca/event/systematicdesensitizationtherapy/

11/14/2025

🧠 Primitive Reflex Integration In-Depth
Brain and Sensory Foundations—Tools for Optimal Outcomes

📅 Jan 30, 31 & Feb 1, 2026 | 9am–4:30pm MT
⏰ Registration closes Jan 8, 2026 (or when full)
🎓 Instructor: Sonia Story, M.S.

Learn to assess and integrate primitive, postural, and rhythmic reflexes to strengthen brain and sensory-motor foundations for all ages. Develop skills to improve learning, emotional regulation, physical balance, and coordination.

💡 Course Highlights:
• Brain Tune-Up protocol for stress release
• Integration of 11 key reflexes
• 5-Step Balance process for goal attainment
• Neuro-sensory-motor skill building for children and adults

📚 Training manual included. 18 contact hours
🔗 More info & register: https://saot.ca/event/brain-and-sensory-foundations-first-level/

11/12/2025

🌿 SAOT Annual General Meeting & Awards 2025
📅 Online via Zoom | 💚 Free Registration

✨ Special Presentation:
Using Technology While Still Keeping the Art in OT Practice
with Dr. Linda Miller, BSc. OT., ME Des., OTD, CCPE, OT Reg (AB)

Technology is transforming occupational therapy — but how do we keep the art alive?
Join us for an inspiring session exploring how innovation can enhance practice while preserving connection, creativity, and care.

🕕 Agenda
6:15 p.m. Registration
6:30 p.m. AGM & Awards
7:15–8:00 p.m. Presentation

🔗 Visit SAOT.CA and Register today! https://saot.ca/event/saot-agm-2025/

11/11/2025

🌺 Lest We Forget
On this Remembrance Day, SAOT honors and remembers all those who have served and sacrificed in times of conflict.

We reflect on the courage, dedication, and resilience of veterans, and we pay tribute to their commitment to peace and freedom.

Let us take a moment today to remember their contributions and the lasting impact on our communities.

11/07/2025

💧 Edema Management Seminar
📅 November 29–30, 2025
👨‍🏫 Presenter: Glyn Murgatroyd, BPE, BScOT

SAOT members save $50! 💚

Build strong foundational skills in edema management — from theory and assessment to compression therapy and hands-on practice.

🩺 Learn & Practice:
• Comprehensive lower leg & vascular assessments
• Doppler & photoplethysmograph techniques
• Compression bandaging with vendors from 3M Canada and Essity
Perfect for OTs, PTs, nurses, and students who want to enhance their clinical reasoning and confidence in edema management.

💲 Fee: $450

🔗 Register here: https://www.theraskills.ca/seminar.html?Step=2&SK=1104

11/04/2025

🧡 November is Indigenous Disability Awareness Month — a time to recognize the experiences, strengths, and resilience of Indigenous Peoples with disabilities.

SAOT honours the voices and leadership of Indigenous persons and communities who advocate for inclusion, accessibility, and culturally safe supports.

10/31/2025

🎃👻 Happy Halloween from SAOT! 👻🎃

Wishing all our Occupational Therapy professionals, clients, and communities a spooky, safe, and fun-filled Halloween! 💛

Whether you’re dressing up, handing out treats, or enjoying some fall festivities, may your day be full of fun, laughter, and a little magic.

10/30/2025

Sharing for OTs in the Edmonton area looking for a fun and immersive Indigenous experience

December 14, 2025

10/30/2025

💛 Celebrate OT Month! Honouring the knowledge, passion, and dedication that occupational therapists bring to helping people live life to the fullest.

10/30/2025

SAOT OT Month event in Edmonton. So great to see so many OT peeps! We packed the house at Boston Pizza. What a fun way to build our OT community!

10/29/2025

💛 This OT Month, we recognize the vital role OTs play in helping people live meaningful, everyday lives.

10/28/2025

THIS THURSDAY!
Overview of Care-First Automobile Insurance
& Care-First Automobile Regulations
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 1 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: Online
REGISTER - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qkhiQ_MyTueV9iEze8cTGQ?fbclid=IwY2xjawNt0t5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFBT3hJdTBzWXpsSFp4bVI0AR49q41YB09TeMBfgvdTRV5lMKP3SzWLGdLfK-rzwVMjycEOxRgm2U69qJys9Q_aem_Wr9ijd2JcEqHJJr0Cpd9pw&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=REGISTER%20HERE&utm_campaign=Inclusive%20Assessment%20%26%20Intervention%20-%20May%2017%2C%202024 #/registration

On January 1, 2027, Alberta will introduce a new auto insurance system that will provide better health benefits to Albertans while ensuring long-term auto insurance affordability for citizens and stability for the province’s system. The new Care-First system will provide improved medical, rehabilitation, and income support benefits for all Albertans injured in an accident, regardless of fault, while continuing to hold at-fault drivers accountable through higher premiums. Albertans injured in an accident will be able to access these enhanced benefits more quickly, with more certainty and without the need to sue in court.

Occupational therapists are invited to attend a webinar on October 30 from 1 pm to 2:30 pm (MST), where Treasury Board and Finance officials will provide an introduction to the elements of Care-First Automobile Insurance that are of key interest to health care providers and also provide an introduction to two new regulations.

The webinar will focus on providing an introduction and overview of Care-First and the important role of health care providers and additional health stakeholders. Health care providers will play a critical role in ensuring Albertans have the care that they need within Care-First.

In addition, a review of two new regulations – a Benefit, Treatment and Care regulation and a Permanent Impairment regulation will be provided.

Webinar Agenda
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Overview of Care-First and the Case for Change
3. The role of Health Care Providers in Care-First
4. Overview of Two New Regulations: Benefits, Treatment and Care Regulation and Permanent Impairment Regulation
5. Q&A

Background Information - New Regulations

For your reference, please find additional information on the two regulations that will be discussed at the Webinar:
•Benefit, Treatment and Care Regulation
https://open.alberta.ca/publications/benefit-treatment-and-care-regulation-draft?fbclid=IwY2xjawNt1RZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFuS0JodVZuNTZ1WHcycDhmAR6tzygVHRfEubDadEJhRE_ybu_SV-VVUGTAwSJ6jVzzmAJqO8dxLBwDfuanXw_aem_iCYHwCZ3J31rHrQ9UPQmgg
•Permanent Impairment Regulation
https://open.alberta.ca/publications/benefit-treatment-and-care-regulation-draft?fbclid=IwY2xjawNt2JNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFuS0JodVZuNTZ1WHcycDhmAR5WDSqdULJ-706buT61wb2FyBH0MtTMnXy0tH_WhlFw3GIWwK8MP1Ks45beBw_aem_SQ_p8X8gRVOftf2JtN378w