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10/27/2025 - SIS Virtual Event - OTPs in Mental Health
Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
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10/27/2025 - SIS Virtual Event - OTPs in Mental Health  

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Date & Time: October 27, 2025, 7:00pm-8:00pm EST

Location: Virtual Meeting via Zoom

Number of Contact Hours: 1.0

 

Summary of Event: 

Title: Mindfulness Interventions in Occupational Therapy

This presentation combines practice, clinical video, and demonstration to teach occupational therapy mindfulness strategies that promote mental health in youth and adults. Individual, group, and combined treatment will be included. Emphasis will be given to individualizing practices to current occupational therapy clients with varied sensory, attention span, mental health, behavioral, and/or developmental challenges. 

Presenter: 

John Pagano, Ph. D., OTR/L

Bio/Background of the Speaker:  

Dr. Pagano is an international speaker, Adjunct Clinical OT Professor at Quinnipiac University, and occupational therapist at Oak Hill School with over 40 years clinical experience. This presentation provides information from his upcoming poster presentation at the 2026 WFOT Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. Dr. Pagano is known for his humorous, interactive, and practical presentations.

Learning Objectives:

1) At the conclusion of this session participants will demonstrate two new occupational therapy practices and describe their use to improve mental health of clients in their current occupational therapy practice.