The 2024 Fall Conference Begins In:
Occupational Therapists on Foster Care Transition Teams
Learner Outcomes:
- At the end of this presentation attendees will be able to state how OT services can benefit YTC.
- At the end of this presentation attendees will identify the gap of services that currently exists when transitioning out of foster care.
- At the end of this presentation attendees will know what the pilot data shows as areas of occupational performance deficits.
Abstract:
This presentation introduces the Occupational Therapists on Transition teams project funded by Vitalyst Health Foundation. The study seeks to provide evidence for occupational therapists' role in transition teams for youth aging out of the foster care system (YTC). YTC who reach the age of majority in the foster care system, face a myriad of challenges, disparities, and inequity throughout their lives, exacerbated by a history of trauma and instability. Outcomes of youth participating in transition programs are poor despite billions of dollars allocated for programming. Gaps, that can be filled by occupational therapy practitioners, in current transition services will be presented. Ultimately, the goal of this work is to reduce structural barriers to the first model of Medicaid reimbursement and implementation of occupational therapy for these adults. This system change has the potential to impact the lives of over 5,000 young adults, aged 18-26, currently receiving foster care transitional medical insurance through AHCCCS. This collaborative study includes the AZ Council of Human Service Providers, the Department of Child Services, and others. The research team will present an overview of the 3 year project including evaluation data from the first 10 participants. Discussion regarding interventions will be facilitated.
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Event Information
Start Time | 10-19-2024 9:15 am |
End Time | 10-19-2024 10:15 am |