{"id":73,"date":"2020-08-31T19:21:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T23:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2025-08-16T03:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T07:42:23","slug":"international-school-backpack-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/promoting-occupational-therapy\/international-school-backpack-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International School Backpack Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 27, 2025<\/h1>\n

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The International School Backpack Awareness Day provides us with the opportunity to demonstrate the value of our services in promoting health to students of all ages.<\/p>\n

Let’s help students safely return to their classrooms after the pandemic!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Will you be hosting an event? If so, we would love to know. Please tag us on Instagram and Twitter (@promotingOT).<\/h4>\n

Boston University occupational therapy students celebrate International Backpack Awareness Day 2022 & 2023 by educating college students on the proper weight of backpacks.<\/p>\n

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See below for photos of Boston University entry-level OTD students preparing for a backpack event at a local school prior to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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October 27, 2025 The International School Backpack Awareness Day provides us with the opportunity to demonstrate the value of our services in promoting health to students of all ages. Let’s help students safely return to their classrooms after the pandemic! Will you be hosting an event? If so, we would love to know. Please tag […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13994,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/327"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/promotingot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}