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The Graduate Community
Elevate your practice with our sex-focused Lecture Series, led by seasoned Sexuality OT Leaders. The Graduate Community provides ongoing education, advanced therapeutic strategies, and connection with an international community of OT trailblazers to help you stay at the forefront of sexuality and occupational therapy.
Once you enroll in the Certified Sexuality OT (CSOT), you get immediate access to the Graduate Community and continued access year to year through CSOT renewal every July.
Join Our Graduate Community
Ready to become a trailblazer in occupational therapy? Completing the Certified Sexuality OT (CSOT) courses is your gateway to the Graduate Community and mastering the integration of sex into your client care. This certification empowers OTs to push boundaries and provide truly holistic care, ensuring you stay at the forefront of your field.
For currently enrolled or certified CSOTs, remember to maintain your credentials and access to the Graduate Community by renewing your certification each July. Keep your practice vibrant and your knowledge up-to-date!
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Checkout our incredible line up of speakers and topics. The Graduate Community Lecture Series establish new norms for OT education on sexuality and relationships for our OT clients.
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Kathryn receives an email once a week from people looking for an OT in their state who can address sex with them and three times a week from OT/OTAs looking for community. Get yourself listed on this directory to connect with other CSOTs and patients.
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Share ideas, build collaboration connections, and experience how much fun CSOTs have when we get together. Virtual networking sessions immediately follow each Lecture Series.
In person networking events are coordinated by ISOT. If you’re interested in organizing a meet up in your area, let us know and we will tell this community. -
Our founder Kathryn’s hometown is Philly and she’s already scheming for a fabulous party to celebrate CSOTs and the coolest OT/OTAs in the profession!
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OT/OTA professors are at the helm of developing innovative curricula in areas not yet defined by ACOTE standards. Join our exclusive small group discussions, facilitated by pioneers who've navigated this uncharted territory, and connect with fellow innovators a few times a year. Shape the future and redefine standards in this exciting, evolving field!
2024-2025 Lecture Series Line Up
Each Graduate Community Lecture is one hour followed by one hour of virtual networking & idea sharing in small groups.
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Kinkclusive Practice
Identities, Places, and Community Spaces
9.19.2024 at 7pm ET
with Jess Bauzá de García (she/her)
Theme: What’s Your Fantasy?This lecture equips participants with foundational knowledge essential for kink-competent OT practice in the various scenarios kink can be relevant for an OT. It covers terminology, standards, space dynamics, and risk management, with clinical interventions and bias mitigation strategies woven throughout. Participants will get to learn through doing by practicing basic kink techniques on themselves.
Recorded for viewing by Graduate Community only for 7 days only.
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Promoting Occupational Equity
and Justice by Addressing Sexuality & Intimacy Among Youth with Disabilities
10.15.2024 at 6pm ET
with Elizabeth Schmidt (she/her)
Theme: Super HeroThis lecture will provide an overview of the sexual health disparities that exist for people with neurodevelopmental disabilities and recommendations for the proposed solution: accessible, inclusive sexual health education. Topics will include policies and laws, capacity to consent, occupational therapy practitioner’s role, and recommendations for accessible sexual health education, including case application and a variety of resources.
Recorded for viewing by Graduate Community only for 7 days only.
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The Ethics of Sexual Consent
for Various OT Client Case Examples
11.18.2024 at 7pm ET
with Dr. Jacob Greenfield (he/him)
Theme: LeatherConsent is more than just yes and no which can make it tricky for an OT to navigate. Understanding consent and promoting conversations with clinical teams about consent are crucial components of providing comprehensive and holistic care to clients. This course consists of discussion related to what consent is, facilitating conversations related to consent, and analyzing cases through an ethical lens.
Recorded for viewing by Graduate Community only for 7 days only.
12.10.2024 at 10:00am EST
with Kathryn Ellis (she/her)
Theme: Heaven & Hell
Humans achieve desire and arousal through engagement in occupation. This lecture will discuss desire and arousal from an OT lens, including discussion about patters, roles, rituals, and activity demands. Come ready to learn using yourself for experiential learning. Learners will have a deeper understanding of desire and arousal and how to develop intervention that builds desire and arousal.
Recorded for viewing by Graduate Community only. Recording available without expiring.
Sexuality OT
Program Development
1.14.2025 at 10:00am EST
with Kathryn Ellis (she/her)
Theme: Cowboy Carter
Most of us are the only OT/A at our setting who are advocating for sexual health programing. It can feel really isolating. In this session, participans will learn foundational program development components and strategies. Strategies and support will be applicable across settings anywhere OT/OTAs are justifying, starting, or growing sexual health programings. Come prepared with your idea and at the end of the session, you'll have ideas on next steps and likely some fellow collaborators
Recorded for viewing by Graduate Community only. Recording available without expiring.
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Gender Euphoria
and Queer Joy: Gender Affirming Care for OTs
February 2025
with Dev Neu (they/he)
Theme: LavenderThe LGBTQIA+ community includes transgender & gender expansive individuals whose diverse experiences may require unique considerations when addressing engagement in daily occupations. Occupational therapy practitioners must understand how to navigate the diverse needs of their LGBTQIA+ clients. During this lecture, learners will establish a foundational understanding of common LGBTQIA+ terminology, gender affirming care, OTs role in gender affirming care, and considerations for practice regarding implementing gender affirming care.
Recorded for viewing by Graduate Community only for 7 days only.
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Maximizing Participation
in Sex and Intimacy After Spinal Cord Injury
March 2025
with Jasmin Torres (she/her)
Theme: ConfidentThe following lecture will delve into the impact of spinal cord injuries on engagement and participation in sex and intimacy. A brief overview of physiology/special considerations will be provided, followed by specific treatment and intervention recommendations based on levels of injury. Case examples will be incorporated throughout the lecture to guide learning and reflection.
Recorded for viewing by Graduate Community only for 7 days only.
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Pornography
What OTs Need to Know for Clinical Practice
April 2025
with Emily Rothman (she/her) & Kathryn Ellis (she/her)
Theme: RedLet's break the silence around porn viewing as an occupation. OTs will learn about sexually explicit media (i.e., pornography). Why do people look at sexually explicit media? Is any pornography made ethically? Is pornography addictive? What is the impact of pornography on youth, mental health, sexual functioning, and relationships? These questions--and more--will be addressed.
Recorded for viewing by Graduate Community only. Recording available without expiring.
Access the Graduate Community Lecture Series by Enrolling in CSOT
and Renewing Your Credentials every July.
Graduate Community FAQs
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The Graduate Community is exclusive to CSOTs and includes in person and virtual networking and idea sharing opportunities, a listing on the CSOT Directory, and The Graduate Sessions. The Graduate sessions are lectures that happen 8 times a year, featuring talks led by leaders and experts in OT, sexuality, and intimacy.
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The Graduate Community Lectures Series are webinars that happen 8 times a year, featuring talks led by leaders and experts in OT, sexuality, and intimacy. These lectures provide advanced education, practical strategies, and a supportive community to help you stay at the forefront of sexuality and occupational therapy.
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The Graduate Community Lecture Series are available to attend by any person that enrolls into CSOT / renews their certification each July.
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Yes, recordings of past webinars are available for the Graduate Community to view. This allows you to catch up on any lecture you may have missed or revisit topics for further learning. Some lectures are available for 7 days only, while some are available evergreen.
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The Graduate Community Lecture Series cover inclusive sexual practices, desire and arousal as occupations, ethical consent, sexual equity for disabled youth, program development, gender-affirming care, post-spinal cord injury intimacy, and the role of pornography in occupational therapy.
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Once you are enrolled in the Certified Sexuality OT or renew your credentials you will receive information on how to register for upcoming webinars. Registration details are typically sent via email and available on on your member portal.
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NO! Immediate access to the Graduate Community is a perk included in your initial CSOT enrollment and ongoing CSOT renewal each July.
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At this time, the Graduate Community Lectures are not offered for CEUs and attendance is not required for the annual July renewal. CEU approval for Graduate Lecture Series and continuing education requirements for CSOT renewal will likely occur in 2027.
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