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December 2021
Hope you all have a happy holiday!!!
Coming up:
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Announcements
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December Events Re-cap
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OT Student Insights
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ASD Corner
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Newsletter Submissions
Announcements
SOTA's 2022 Formal- Friday 1/28/22 from 7:30 pm -11:30 pm at The Meadow Club with a 4 hour
open bar, cocktail hour, bu!et, and desserts. Tickets are $80 per person which you can Venmo to
@alana-paz (Stony Brook campus only) and to @abby-conway-3 (Southampton campus only)
RSVP by 1/5/22 by filling out the google sheet which you can find by clicking on "SOTA's 2022
Formal"
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Panera Bread Fundraiser- It will be in the beginning of February at the Hampton Bays Panera.
The date is still TBA so keep an eye out for a more detailed announcement from our fundraising
chairpersons!
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Fundraising Ra!e for SOTA is ongoing since 11/1/21- By clicking on "Fundraising Ra"e" it will
take you to the Ra"e letter which can be filled out to have the business advertised in the
SOTA newsletter for their donation! The donations can consist of jewelry, electronics, gift
certificates, toiletries, etc. (Proceeds also go towards our social events such as formal) For each
donation made you will get .5 SOTA hours. The donations can be dropped o! in
Professor Prochilo's o#ce.
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Gigi's Playhouse- an organization that provides free educational, therapeutic-based and career
development programs for individuals with Down syndrome, their families and the community,
through a replicable playhouse model. It is located in Patchogue. We are starting a program that
provides children and families with OT based programming from SOTA students! There will only
be 5 participants for each monthly session. However, we will make sure not to have the same
people go every month so that everyone who wants to can get a chance to participate. Click "Gigi's
Playhouse" to sign up for the January session!
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AOTA Conference & Expo- San Antonio Texas 3/31/22- 4/03/22 check out the website by clicking
on "AOTA Conference & Expo" for details on registration!
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December Events Re-cap
12/3- Tree Decorating- done by the Southampton campus! How beautiful is this!! Great job to all
that helped out! :)
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12/3- Annual Windmill Lighting Ceremony- Southampton campus social event that consisted of
food/beverages, music, and a holiday photo booth! All in celebration of the lighting of the
windmill along with a tour!
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12/6- Cabo Fresh Fundraiser- 33% of the proceeds were donated to our Occupational Therapy
Program! Thank you for everyone who was able to make it! Every bit counts to help out funding
of social events like our formal coming up in January!
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12/7- Home Health OT guest speaker with Rachel Mallari-Green, OTR/L- you can reach out to
her through rb_mallari@yahoo.com for any questions or concerns about this OT niche!
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12/8- Adopt a Family- All donations were due this day! To everyone who donated, thank you for
your kindness!
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12/16- SOTA's General Body Meeting- Topics of discussion were on upcoming social events such
as formal, as well as fundraising and community service opportunities as we transition into the
new year. As a reminder, attendance/participation in any events gets you SOTA hours! You can
keep track of your hours by going to the excel spreadsheet in the community service tab in
blackboard. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out
at Megan.Casey@stonybrook.edu (Southampton) or JenniferJoy.Tiongco@stonybrook.edu (Stony
Brook).
OT Student Insights
A review of “An Occupational Therapist's Role in Person-Centered Design"
| Rebecca Langbein | TEDxJe!ersonU
by Jennifer Joy Tiongco, Stony Brook SOTA President
Rebecca Langbein, who was a third-year doctorate student in occupational therapy at the time,
presented this TedTalk. Langbein comes from a background of engineering, and maintained her
passion for it. Her dream is to blend together both her passions for engineering and occupational
therapy in order to design technologies and environmental structures that are inclusive and
capable of accommodating people from all walks of life. She starts her talk by describing
occupational therapy as a field in which we work with our clients to empower them, looking at
their skills, current tasks, and what can be modified. She describes occupational therapy and
engineering together as an “inter-professional dream team.”
Langbein gives an example of a client she had worked with during her clinical rotations who had
rheumatoid arthritis. The client worked as a paralegal and, due to the nature of her work, was
required to type a lot. Her diagnosis made it di#cult for her to complete this task for her job.
Langbein saw the need for finger splints, but the client had addressed her distaste with the
appearance of the finger splints and how she much rather wear jewelry that suits her taste.
Therefore, utilizing her knowledge and skills from occupational therapy and engineering,
Langbein was able to design a finger splint that could very well look like jewelry.
Langbein puts it this way:
“What if we designed hearing aids that didn’t make the people who wear them feel self-
conscious? … What if we designed desks and seats for classrooms that could be comfortable for
children who may need adaptive seats and for children who don’t need them?… A world where
needing an adaptation, doesn’t mean surrendering one’s sense of self,” (TED, 2019, 5:04).
These powerful statements by Langbein serve as a reminder of our goal as occupational
therapists in thinking beyond just accessibility. Addressing the client’s needs, desires, and goals
is what makes our profession client-centered and truly empowering to those who may otherwise
feel limited and less than as a result of injury or disability. Another topic she highlighted in the
talk is the role of occupational therapists within environmental structures, such as parks and
recreation. She states that we have the skills, power, and knowledge to work alongside other
professions and make an impact on a community level. Occupational therapists can work
alongside transportation companies, public parks, and other people with the skills to bring
broad changes in the system. Through this, all people may feel empowered to participate in the
activities and occupations they want to do.
Overall, Langbein shed light on the importance of interdisciplinary care within our field, one that
is beyond the scope of clinical care. As a future occupational therapist, not only can I make an
impact within the lives of the clients that I work with, but also within my community as a whole.
Reference:
TED. (2019, November 19). An Occupational Therapist's Role in Person-Centered Design |
Rebecca Langbein | TEDxJe!ersonU [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=HD6PdW5vHkQ
ASD Corner
by Francesca Prainito and Lynzie Smith, ASD
Representatives
Newsletter Submissions
Please consider contributing to the SOTA newsletter! You can do so by
sharing topics that interest you with your fellow OT students! I would
love to see what resources you all are using, hear your opinions, and
see what artwork you have as well! In addition you also will receive .5
SOTA hours for each submission :)
***January Newsletter submissions deadline is 1/20/22
**P.S. If any Stony Brook Campus Students are interested in learning more
about the newsletter, there is still time to join the team! :)
Email me @laura.vicari@stonybrook.edu
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