Thank You #NBCOT and everyone who supports innovative education and therapeutic practices #CertifiedOTR Jill Maglio, MS, OTR/L, Ph.D. candidate, recipient of the NBCOT Innovation Award, established Holistic Circus Therapy (HCT), a private practice that combines occupational therapy with circus arts to address the unique health needs of individuals and communities. HCT provides professional development training and direct client services that use circus activities as evidence-based tools to increase the occupational participation of service recipients. HCT's social innovation branch, CircusAid, provides free services to help people displaced by war and natural disasters attain transferable life skills to promote success in unstable physical and political environments. CircusAid programs focus on the intersection of circus and OT for addressing the negative consequences of displacement, especially mental health issues and trauma. Since 2015, CircusAid has worked in Greece, France, and Indonesia, engaging over 5,000 political and environmental refugees in social circus programs. Learn more about Jill, HCT, and CircusAid here: http://ow.ly/Z6kY50M3RZG #circus #occupationaltherapy #professionaldevelopment #training #socialcircus #occupationalscience #occupationaljustice #socialjustice https://www.instagram.com/p/CmMpi0EuVwF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
