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Tuesday, April 01, 2025, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CDT
Category: SIGS

Event Name/Course Title: Good Morning Routine: Developing and Experiencing a Trauma Informed Occupation Based Group

Date of Event  Tuesday April 1 2025

Format: In Person Meeting

Event Location:

HealthPartners Neuroscience Center 

295 Phalen Boulevard 

St. Paul MN  55130

Start Time: 5:30pm

End Time: 7:00pm

Timed Agenda:

5:15 -conference room available for arrival/ checking in

5:30 -introductions

5:45 – 6:30 -presentation and experiential

6:30- 7:00- Q&A

 

Event Description:

This session will present the development of a routine, trauma-informed and occupation-based group ideal for starting the day in any mental health treatment setting. The group was developed based on Karen Moore’s Sense-ability group stages, the NeuroSequential Model, Trauma Informed Care, and Sensory Integration and Modulation. As occupational therapy practitioners, we know the importance and power of our routines in grounding and preparing individuals for participation in occupation, yet sometimes it can be hard to teach this concept. This session will explore how to build an experiential group based on routines. Within this time, you will get to experience the group while learning how it was developed, how it is executed in a child and adolescent behavioral health setting, and how it can be applied to your setting even if you are working in other practice areas.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Identify 2 theoretical models that can guide the establishment of a routine, predictable group

2. Describe how to create a routine-based group for a mental health treatment program

3. Generate 1 idea for routine-based group at your site 

Speaker's Biographies:

Nicole Konz is an occupational therapist with over a decade of experience in the mental health field working across the spectrum of services including forensics, inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive residential, intensive outpatient, and community based.

She has zoned her focus in on trauma informed care and intercultural development and expanding her view to assess and implement change on a systems level. She is currently working two positions that situate her well for that influence. Full time she serves the State of Minnesota as an Occupational Therapy Practice and Professional Development Coordinator, a role dedicated to staff training and development, student intern coordination, cross coverage of rehabilitation services, and system wide process improvement. She is also cofounder and manager director for a nonprofit organization, Purpose Artisans, community based occupational therapy providing programs, events, and training that promote social justice through the arts.

Claire Mireau has been in practice since 2011, is a therapeutic pain specialist, and received her Ph.D. from Nova Southeastern University. After practicing in physical rehabilitation for a year, she went on to work in mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and outpatient chronic pain treatment. Along with providing direct patient care, she worked extensively in program development and advocacy for occupational therapy’s role in mental health and SUD treatment services. Currently, she is the Rehabilitation Therapies Director for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services, where she has grown OT services through program development, leadership, advocacy, and research. 

Target Audience:  OT, OTA, Student

Level of Content: Introductory 

Contact Hours: 1.5

Fee: None

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