SOTA Meeting

April 2026

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Icebreaker

NBCOT Question

When developing play activities for a child with acute juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, what types of activities should the OT avoid?

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1. Light touch
2. Vestibular
3. Resistive
4. Elevated temperatures

Answer

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c. Resistive

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Membership

Points are due on April 17th!

President

Officer Election is TODAY!

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Thank you to everyone who applied!

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Voting will open at the end of the meeting!

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Vice President

Dress Up Days!!!

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Monday: Why is this in my closet??

Tuesday: OT’s gone wild!!

Wednesday: Big fan of OT!

Thursday: Dynamic duo day!

• I will be sending the welcome doc to the incoming cohort in the next week or 2
• I will send out mentee/mentor match forms in May!

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GOOD LUCK ON ELECTIONS!

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• St. Vincent’s: $2,181.69
• NBCOT: $5,090.62

Treasurer

Please fill out attendance<3

Secretary

Social

Beach yoga:

• Come stretch the stress of finals away!
• Saturday April 18, 9:00 AM
• Access 1C
• Bring a beach towel and good vibes:)

Birthdays

Fundraising

• Walking Taco THIS WEDNESDAY (finally!)
• Freckleberry Profit Share - April 15th

LET’S FINISH THIS SEMESTER OUT STRONG!

Teaside Tapioca - $50

Total raised this semester: $785.75

Community Service

Today: Banner and Poster Making

April 11th: New Life Equine Therapy

April 8-12th: UH Cougar Open

April 16th: UH Inpatient Skills Workshop

Weekly: NICU & Gulf Breeze Donation Drive

STV Volunteering & Galveston Food Bank

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Community Service

Donations:

• You can have a max 4 donation points
• Money break down:

$1-$10 = 1 point; $10+ = 2 points

• Item Break down:

1 item = 1 hour

Point Reminder: 8 points due April 17

8 ser

Bake Sale Donations:

• 12 items = 1 pt
• 24 items = 2 pt

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• hours spent baking

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Historian

Professional Dev.

• Huge thank you to our cohort for participating in the Coffee Shop Profit Share and the Casa de Misericordia donation drive.

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• The committee is working on refining fundraising and community service opportunities for next semester.

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• Brief meeting of Laredo members during our upcoming lab session regarding next steps and new initiatives.

Laredo Liaison

PTE

• Soda bar tomorrow from 3-5 in HEC Lobby! Stop by!
• Induction this Friday!

St. Vincent’s

Be on the lookout for our merch drop!

AOTA

• Occupational Therapy Month
• 2026 theme: “Enriching Lives Through Meaningful Engagement”
• AOTA INSPIRE 2026 Annual Conference & Expo
• Thursday, April 23-Saturday April 25, 2026

Events

TOTA

• Pelvic Floor Therapy 101: An OT Perspective on Whole Body Health
• Saturday, April 18, 2026, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM CDT
• Creating Wellness Programming for Community-dwelling Older Adults to age in Place
• Thursday, April 30, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Virtual Events

COTAD

Frontera de Salud

Member of the Month

To honor one member each month who is dedicated to community service, professional development, social participation within our community!

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drum roll please…

Member of the Month

Sophia Godinez

• Monday, May 18th
• Monday, June 15th
• Monday, July 20th
• Run by Class of 2028 Officers

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Location: SHP 1.102

Officer Election

• Only first years who have paid dues
• Read statements thoroughly before making selections
• Don’t discuss your selections
• Link will be sent in the GroupMe
• Voting will close at 9pm tonight
• Best of luck to the candidates!!!

Voting!

We love our members!

Have a great afternoon!

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