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Patricia Motus | OT Mentor & Podcast Host

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💯YES OTP friends‼️YOU CAN CHOOSE to work in ⚡️BOTH⚡️settings‼️

NO NEED to CHOOSE JUST ONE PRACTICE SETTING‼️

Many OTPs ask me how to get started in non-traditional settings, 1 piece of advice I always offer is to simply “GO TRY IT!”

Consider These…

✨Start Part-Time
✨Identify a Need
✨Find an organization
✨Volunteer Your Time
✨Run Monthly Virtual Groups or Sessions

I support all levels of Occupational Therapy Students & Practitioners willing to explore, elevate, emerge & expand into unique and non-traditional roles in Uncommon practice settings🌟

💙 Reach out for Mentorship options & support in branching out into non-traditional OT practice settings, I look forward to collaborating with you 🤝

⬆️ Link in Bio ⬆️

Check out #theuncommonotseries 🎙 for up close conversations with OTPs currently working in these role-emerging and non traditional settings. Be inspired⚡️

Big OT Love 💙
Patricia✨

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#otsofcolor
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#rehabilitationprofessionals
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#valueofoccupations
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#otmentorship
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#cotad
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#otjobs
#COTAlife
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⏰Ready to Explore Non-Traditional OT practice settings❓

Are you Looking for a path or some direction❓

I support all levels of Occupational Therapy Practitioners willing to explore, elevate, emerge & expand into unique and non-traditional roles in Uncommon practice settings🌟

Mentoring Paths include Finding a Career Direction and Creating a Career Roadmap🌟

Offerings are 1:1 & in small groups & tailored to meet each practitioner's needs🌟

Start by Completing a Brief Form 📝

⬆️ Link in Bio ⬆️

Book a Mentorship session & connect with me!

Big OT 💙
Patricia✨

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Are you an OTP curious about these "out of the box" settings❓

Share a 💙 if you love the direction our profession is going ⚡️

Looking for a path or some direction❓

I support all levels of Occupational Therapy Students & Practitioners willing to explore, elevate, emerge & expand into unique and non-traditional roles in Uncommon practice settings🌟

💙 Reach out for Mentorship options & support in branching out into non-traditional OT practice settings, I look forward to collaborating with you 🤝 Are you an OTP curious about these "out of the box" settings❓

Start by Completing a Brief Form 📝
⬆️ Link in Bio ⬆️ or by Booking a complimentary ☎️ to connect with me!

Add to the List Of Emerging settings 👇🏽

Tag an OTP friend👇🏽with a passion for Nin-Traditional OT practice settings⚡️

📝 Sign Up for my Mailing List and receive the latest List of Uncommon OT Practice Settings ⬆️ Link In Bio ⬆️

Big OT 💙
Patricia✨

#nontraditionalot
#occupational_therapist
#occupationalscience
#aotavision
#otdiversity
#otgoals
#otstudents
#otpractitioner
#otlens
#otactivity
#iloveot
#preoccupationaltherapy
#otsofcolor
#otjourney
#otpodcaster
#rehabilitationprofessionals
#communitybasedot
#valueofoccupations
#meaningfuloccupations
#otmentorship
#otmentor
#cotad
#otgroups
#otjobs
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I DID IT! 🎤💜✨ That’s a wrap on my very first keynote presentation! 🥳 🙌🏽

I couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful audience than the one I had at the Barbara A. Rider Colloquium at Western Michigan University!

WMU, the Midwestern warmth, kindness, and hospitality you showed me felt like one big, warm hug—and it was exactly what I needed. 💜

What an incredible experience to share my Uncommon Occupational Therapy journey, reflect on the many paths our profession can take, and be in community with so many curious, passionate, and inspiring occupational therapy students, OT practitioners, educators, and future leaders 🫶🏽

Together, we explored non-traditional occupational therapy careers, professional identity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and the limitless possibilities of taking our OT lens beyond traditional practice settings.

I’m leaving with a full heart💜renewed inspiration, and so much gratitude.
🙏🏼Thank you from the bottom of my heart for welcoming me, embracing my story, and reminding me why I love this profession so much.

One OT lens. So many possibilities. Same lens, different lines. 🚇💜

Here’s to continuing to explore, connect, and expand what’s possible in occupational therapy!🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

Big OT 💛
Patricia ⚡️

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I am feeling SO grateful and honored for this one 💛⚡️

A huge THANK YOU to Western Michigan University’s Department of Occupational Therapy for inviting me to be the keynote speaker for the Barbara A. Rider Colloquium this year!🥳🙏🏼

My keynote, “Bridging Practice and Possibility: The Uncommon OT Journey,” gives me the opportunity to share something I care deeply about, the many ways our OT skills can take us beyond the traditional paths we may first imagine⚡️

Over the years, my own OT journey has taken me into some unexpected spaces, and those experiences have continued to remind me that our profession is incredibly expansive⚡️

✨Sometimes the path is not linear.
 ✨Sometimes the role does not already exist.
 ✨Sometimes you have to trust your OT lens, follow the need, and create something new.

🫶🏽 I am so thankful for the opportunity to share my own story, the highs and lows, the pivots, the lessons, and hopefully inspire students and practitioners to think bigger about where OT can belong⚡️

Because there are SO many Uncommon OT paths out there and I want more practitioners and students to know they have permission to explore them⚡️✨

Thank You 🙏🏼 WMU @WesternMichiganUniversity for creating space for this conversation and for giving me the opportunity to help shine a light on innovation, possibility, and the many ways we can use our OT lens to make an impact.

I look forward to being in community in Kalamazoo (my very 1st time in Michigan!!) and really hope to see some of you there on Friday! 🙌🏼

Big OT 💙
Patricia⚡️

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Barbara A Rider Colloquium OT Community OT Transitions Innovative OT Practice Flyer for Barbara A Rider colloquium with picture of keynote speaker taken in Kalamazoo, Michigan by @transitionsot

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Are you an innovative or entrepreneurial OT practitioner?

This is for YOU!

@aotainc recently approved a new Community of Practice (CoP) just for us!!

The open house is on November 12th 7PM Eastern/4PM Pacific.

Everyone is welcome to come - you don’t have to be an AOTA member to join the Open House. (The ongoing monthly meetings are for AOTA members.)

This CoP connects members interested in innovative, entrepreneurial, emerging, and nontraditional occupational therapy practice and will provide opportunities for networking, mentorship, peer learning, resource sharing, member-led presentations and collaborative problem-solving.

It’s exciting to see what started with an idea, passion, and a shared vision become something real and supported by AOTA.

CoP co-facilitators:
@whole_life_healthy_ & @kristafrahmagency

Share this with your OT network, let’s pack the Zoom room! 🙌 by @transitionsot

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⛔️Content warning: Sexual Violence‼️

💜 Like so many people, I have been deeply affected by the story of Jane Doe and the case surrounding the Cornell 7.
Jane Doe, a former Cornell student, has filed a civil lawsuit alleging that she was drugged and sexually assaulted by multiple fraternity members in 2024. The criminal investigation into the case has since been reopened by the Tompkins County District Attorney.

💜 As a human being, I have tremendous compassion for Jane Doe. I cannot imagine the courage it takes to speak publicly through a legal process about an experience this painful and deeply personal. Her story has stayed with me because, throughout my career as an OT, I have worked with survivors of domestic violence, interpersonal violence, trauma, and homelessness.

💜 That work has taught me something I wish more people understood: violence does not end when the immediate event is over.

💜 Trauma can reach into almost every part of someone’s life—their sense of safety, relationships, sleep, education, work, self-care, routines, community participation, and even the occupations that once brought them joy, purpose, and a sense of who they are.

💜 This is where I believe occupational therapy has such an important role.

💡As OT practitioners, we can provide trauma-informed, survivor-centered care that asks not only “What happened?” but also “What do you need to begin participating in your life again?”

💡We can help survivors rebuild routines. Reclaim choice and control. Develop strategies for emotional regulation. Return to school or work. Reconnect with relationships and community. Rediscover meaningful occupations. And, perhaps most importantly, we can meet people where they are rather than deciding for them what healing is supposed to look like.

⚡️We can also advocate.

💡We can listen without judgment. We can believe that survivors deserve to be heard. We can recognize when environments and systems create additional barriers. We can respect someone’s choices, boundaries, and timeline. And we can advocate for spaces where safety, dignity, autonomy, and participation are protected.

💜After years of working with survivors, I have learned that heal by @transitionsot

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✨ If you’re an OT or OTA student, emerging practitioner, educator, or someone thinking beyond traditional OT practice and seeking funding, share this episode with someone who needs to hear it!!⚡️

🎙️On this episode of The Uncommon OT Series, I sit down with Lawrence Liff, MA, Chief Development Officer, and Satvika Garg, PhD, OTR/L, Chief Scientific Officer at AOTF, to talk about opportunities that more OT students and practitioners need to know about.

We dive into AOTF scholarships, funding opportunities, eligibility, and the application process — with a special focus on those of us interested in non-traditional and emerging areas of occupational therapy.

Your path doesn’t have to look like everyone else’s to have value.
One of my biggest takeaways from this conversation: don’t disqualify yourself before you even apply.

Larry and Satvika share practical advice on how to communicate your experiences, leadership, service, interests, and future goals — and how those pieces can help tell the story of who you are becoming as an OT.

🎧 Listen to The Uncommon OT Series wherever you get your podcasts.

SAVE this post for scholarship season + SHARE it with an OT/OTA student 🙌🏽

Big OT🫶🏽
Patricia ⚡️

occupational therapy, OT scholarships, AOTF scholarships, occupational therapy students, OTA students, non-traditional OT, emerging practice, unconventional OT careers, OT research, OT leadership, occupational therapy funding⚡️ by @transitionsot

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✨ Think your Occupational Therapy path is too “non-traditional” for a scholarship? Think again 🤔

On the latest episode of The Uncommon OT Series, I sit down with Lawrence Liff, MA, Chief Development Officer, and Satvika Garg, PhD, OTR/L, Chief Scientific Officer at AOTF, to talk about opportunities that more OT students and practitioners need to know about.

We dive into AOTF scholarships, funding opportunities, eligibility, and the application process — with a special focus on those of us interested in non-traditional and emerging areas of occupational therapy.

Community-based practice. Advocacy. Entrepreneurship. Research. Leadership. Technology. Program development. Innovation. 💜💚

Your path doesn’t have to look like everyone else’s to have value.
One of my biggest takeaways from this conversation: don’t disqualify yourself before you even apply.

Larry and Satvika share practical advice on how to communicate your experiences, leadership, service, interests, and future goals — and how those pieces can help tell the story of who you are becoming as an OT.

🎙️ Episode 109 is out now!

If you’re an OT or OTA student, emerging practitioner, educator, or someone thinking beyond traditional OT practice, share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.

🎧 Listen to The Uncommon OT Series wherever you get your podcasts.

SAVE this post for scholarship season + SHARE it with an OT/OTA student 🙌🏽

Big OT🫶🏽
Patricia ⚡️

occupational therapy, OT scholarships, AOTF scholarships, occupational therapy students, OTA students, non-traditional OT, emerging practice, unconventional OT careers, OT research, OT leadership, occupational therapy funding, American occupational therapy foundation, OT community

The Uncommon OT Series Podcast

Hosted by Patricia Motus, Occupational Therapist

Like, Share, Save, Love and Leave me a review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ by @transitionsot

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"At AOTF, we know that innovation happens everywhere."- Satvika Garg, PhD, OTR/L, Chief Scientific Officer

Whether you're a practitioner working in a community program, private practice, acute care, public health, technology, education, or another non-academic setting, your ideas are critical to shaping the future of evidence-based occupational therapy practice.

🎧 Tune in to the latest episode of the @transitionsot Uncommon OT Series Podcast to hear from AOTF's Chief Scientific Officer, Satvika Garg, PhD, OTR/L, and Chief Development Officer, Lawrence Liff, MA, about how the foundation is creating pathways for students and practitioners to engage in research, mentorship, and scholarship opportunities.

Learn why some of the most important ideas in occupational therapy are emerging from non-traditional settings and why your voice belongs in the conversation.

🎙️Listen at the link in our story!

#OccupationalTherapy #OTP #OTResearch #OTClinician #UncommonOT by @transitionsot

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It’s official! 🎉 After months of organizing, asking the hard questions, listening to YOUR answers, and just plain working hard — our Community of Practice for Innovative and Entrepreneurial Occupational Therapy Practitioners is LIVE. 💡

⭐️This one’s for every occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant ready to think bigger, build a private practice or business of their own, and stop waiting for permission to innovate in the field of occupational therapy.

A huge, heartfelt congratulations to our Ad Hoc Committee 👏

Ann Marie Dundas @whole_life_healthy_
Sarah Larsen @balancedhomeorganization_pdx
Krista Frahm @kristafrahmagency
Tomeico Faison @tomeicofaison
Aja Black @ajaeblack
Arameh Anvarizadeh @drarameh

— your dedication made this real. We see you and we appreciate you!

Now the fun part starts. 👀 We want this occupational therapy entrepreneurship community to be shaped by YOU.

💬 Tell us in the comments:
 ✨ What topics do you want us to cover — private practice, side hustles, program development, consulting?
 🎤 Which OT entrepreneurs or speakers would you love to hear from?
 🙋‍♀️ What’s the #1 thing you need support with as an entrepreneurial OT?

Stay tuned for more info on our upcoming Open House — details dropping soon! 🚀

Big OT 💙
Patricia⚡️

occupational therapy entrepreneurship, OT private practice, occupational therapy community of practice, innovative occupational therapy practitioners, OT business owners, occupational therapy professional development, Transitions, non traditional ot entrepreneurial by @transitionsot

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24 days ago

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 💜🩵

I want to take a moment to celebrate three incredible guests of Hispanic heritage who have joined me on The Uncommon OT Series — Alondra Ammon, Vanessa Yanez, and Mabel Martinez-Almonte.

One of the things I love most about doing this podcast is being able to highlight the many different ways occupational therapists are showing up in our communities, creating change, and expanding what OT can look like.

⭐️Vanessa Yanez, PhD, OTR/L brings such an important perspective to oncology and cancer survivorship through her work as an occupational therapist, researcher, educator, advocate, and cancer survivor.

Vanessa Monique Yanez is an Afro-Latina, first-generation college graduate, occupational therapist, educator, and researcher with more than a decade of experience across diverse healthcare settings. She earned her PhD from Texas Woman’s University and MSOT from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Dr. Yanez co-founded and directed a private practice serving pediatric and adult populations, expanding access to rehabilitation services for underserved communities. She’s Assistant Professor at Keck Graduate Institute, teaching research design and lifestyle medicine, and contributes to the profession through scholarship, advocacy, mentorship, and professional service. Her scholarly and clinical work is rooted by a commitment to improving equitable cancer care.

Alondra Ammon, MOT, OTR/L has brought occupational therapy into community-based mental health and housing stability, supporting individuals as they transition from homelessness and work toward greater independence and stability.

⭐️Alondra Ammon, PhD, is a first-generation Salvadoran/Haitian American occupational therapist from Maryland whose journey is defined by resilience and a passion for healthcare equity. She enlisted in the U.S. Air Force as a dental assistant and hygienist, where she discovered her calling to serve others. She earned her B.S. in Kinesiology from San Francisco State University and a master’s in occupational therapy from Samuel Merritt University, where she co-led the Student Occupational Therapy Association, was awarded the Outstanding by @transitionsot

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