Four Ravens Occupational Therapy

08/25/2023

08/25/2023

Peer-to-Peer is a great course for folks who want to learn how to better navigate the world as a person with a mental health condition while connecting with peers. Register for this free 8-session course here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0BNU6IMY21aZRQSSklKZ2qTZ9rVMf2zJiRWctsC37Ievl9g/viewform

08/25/2023

Today, we are excited to shine a spotlight on our next practitioner, Maggie Hotch, MOT, OTR/L. Maggie’s practice, Four Ravens Occupational Therapy, is located in Klukwan/Haines, Alaska with additional clinic locations in Juneau, Alaska. She also serves clients in Haines Borough School District, Galena School District’s IDEA Home School program, and the Dahl Memorial Clinic in Skagway, Alaska. Maggie implements cognitive rehabilitation, community participation, safety/client-centered care plans, interprofessional collaboration, and caregiver training for rural-dwelling children and adults. Her practice specialty areas include Autism Spectrum Disorder, mental health challenges, learning disabilities, executive function challenges, Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, job support, and community support.

Maggie’s career in mental health OT is greatly influenced by her past experiences. During her time at Chemawa Indian School, a needs assessment for program development “highlighted the urgent needs for mental health supports for Indigenous Youth from over 60 tribes… In rural Alaska, mental health services are difficult to access with our nearest ER being a 4.5-hour ferry ride or small plane ride away and often individuals experiencing mental health crisis are housed in the local jail.” Upon moving to her husband’s Native village of Klukwan in 2005, Maggie noticed that her new home state of Alaska has a very high su***de rate “which highlighted the needs for mental health to be at the forefront of [her] work.”

Her accomplishments/accolades are extensive and commendable, including a chapter publication in “A Political Practice of Occupational Therapy” detailing her work with Indigenous Youth at an off-reservation boarding high school, the Oregon Occupational Therapy Association Award of Merit in 2010, successful accreditation of the OTA program at Linn Benton Community College as faculty and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, and recent reviewer of the Willard and Spackman textbook. Her advice to future mental health practitioners is to “don’t wait for someone to give you permission to practice in a manner that is true to the philosophical foundation of our profession. We are already allowed!” Congratulations Maggie Hotch! Thank you for your encouragement, dedication to the OT profession, and unwavering drive toward enhancing mental health.

01/29/2023

Please join Tlingit & Haida's Community and Behavioral Services Division for a community lunch and learn workshop and resource fair on stalking awareness and prevention.

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝗡𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝟮 𝗣𝗠 (𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭:𝟯𝟬 𝗔𝗠)
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 • 𝟯𝟮𝟬 𝗪. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗲 • 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘂, 𝗔𝗞

Online link: tinyurl.com/8K58S92S
Meeting ID: 876 0652 8150
Passcode: 893066

01/28/2023

With tremendous gratitude for the dedication this lady gave to our practice for the last three years, we wish our dear Lioba (pictured here with therapy dog Latseen) all the best in her new venture in Homer!

01/21/2023

Job post is available on LinkedIn and AKOTA!

11/04/2022

'Tis the season for Jack-o-lantern quesadillas! Cooking is always a great way to develop executive functioning and food prep skills!

*Photo posted with permission from client and his mother.