Occupational Therapy's Role in Addressing the School to Prison Pipeline Course Synopsis The School to Prison Pipeline (STPP) is an under-addressed national phenomenon in which youth of color and youth with disabilities are disproportionately funneled out of classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems This session will explore what the STPP is and unpack the role of occupational therapy in preventing at-risk youth from entering the pipeline Speaker Bio Stacey Vieyra-Braendle, MT-BC, is a student in Pacific University’s Occupational Therapy Doctorate program She originally hails from Kansas and received her Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from Arizona State University She worked for several years as a music therapist, primarily in a forensic psychiatric setting Stacey is passionate about occupational justice and continuing to serve un/underserved communities in her future clinical work Financial Disclosures: Ms Vieyra-Braendle does not receive an honorarium for this course Nonfinancial disclosure: There are no nonfinancial disclosures Chelsie Salvatera, M.S Ed., is a third-year student attending Pacific University's Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program She entered occupational therapy school with her B.A in Sociology from Grinnell College and M.S in Education from Johns Hopkins University As a future practitioner, she hopes to promote practices that increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the occupational therapy profession Financial Disclosures: Ms Salvatera does not receive an honorarium for this course Nonfinancial disclosure: There are no nonfinancial disclosures By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: 1) Describe what the School to Prison Pipeline is and its relevance to occupational therapy practice 2) List at least three opportunities that occupational therapists can address and disrupt the School to Prison Pipeline in various practice settings This course is an Introductory Level with content focus in Occupational Therapy Service Delivery and Professional Issues Completion of this course is recognized by the OT Oregon Licensing Board as contact hours This course does not necessarily imply the Occupational Therapy Association of Oregon supports the views of the presenter or the sponsors Please keep this course information for your records