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Student Members Save on Textbooks
Aug 25, 2008; Anonymous ... Hey, AOTA student members! Did you know you can save money when you purchase your textbooks through AOTA? Visit the AOTA Web site and check out the AOTA online store to find the ...
Homework Tips Added to Backpack Day Resources
Aug 25, 2008; Anonymous ... National School Backpack Awareness Day is Wednesday, September 17. The event provides a great opportunity to showcase occupational therapy services in your community and opens the door to show parents other ways that practitioners can help their children to live life to its fullest. To better ...
Student Conclave
Aug 25, 2008; Anonymous ... AOTA Updates Students-good news! Back by popular demand, the AOTA/NBCOT National Student Conclave will be held November 14 to 16 in suburban Chicago. This year's Conclave will give you more advanced-level educational sessions, more time to network, more exhibitors to meet and discuss ...
SIS Name Change
Aug 25, 2008; Anonymous ... During the AOTA Representative Assembly meeting in Long Beach in April, a motion for a proposed name change from School System Special Interest Section (SSSIS) to Early Intervention & School SIS (EISSIS) was adopted. The intent of the motion was to acknowledge and support occupational ...
Membership Highlight
Aug 25, 2008; Anonymous ... The Special Interest Section Quarterly newsletters feature articles on specialized areas of practice. The following are just a few of the topics that appear in the September issues. All Quarterly newsletters are available online to members, starting with the 1998 issues. You can find them at ...
AOTA BULLETIN BOARD
Aug 25, 2008; Harlow, Emily ... Consumer Guides-Available in Both English and Spanish Sold in units of 10 (English or Spanish): $60 for Members, $70 for Nonmembers After Your Hip Surgery: A Guide to Daily Activities Order #1110B-BB After Your Knee Surgery: A Guide to Daily Activities Order ...
AOTA at National Conventions
Aug 25, 2008; Anonymous ... The political season is heating up with the Democratic and Republican conventions on the horizon, and occupational therapy will be represented at these important events. Amy Lamb, OTD, OTR/L, chairperson of the American Occupational Therapy Political Action Committee, and Christina Metzler, ...
Call for AJOT Reviewers
Aug 25, 2008; Anonymous ... The American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) is seeking researchers, scholars, educators, and seasoned practitioners to be peer reviewers for the journal. We are particularly seeking reviewers holding expertise in * systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-syntheses; * ...
New Listserv Available to AOTA Members
Aug 25, 2008; Anonymous ... In response to member requests, AOTA has created a new listserv for occupational therapy practitioners who have interest or practice specialty in cancer rehabilitation. The new Oncology listserv is available to all AOTA members and is sponsored by the Physical Disabilities Special Interest ...
AOTA Exhibits at Fall Shows
Aug 25, 2008; Strzelecki, Molly V ... Connections AOTA will exhibit at two major association conferences this fall. From September 4 to 6, visit the AOTA booth (#3809) at the AARP 50+ Expo and 50th Anniversary in Washington, DC. At this conference AOTA will also co-present a 30-minute interactive presentation on Home Fit: ...
AOTA Seeks Members for Disciplinary Council Pool
Aug 25, 2008; Anonymous ... Applicants with broad geographic and practice experience are being sought for a pool of AOTA Disciplinary Council members to be available should a Council hearing be requested and convened. A Disciplinary Council hearing is a first-level appeal of a decision and sanction by the AOTA Ethics ...
Autism Policy Update
Aug 25, 2008; Kohl, Ralph; Nanof, Tim ... Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have garnered a great deal of national attention over the past several years, and as incident rates have dramatically increased, the call for coverage and effective treatment of these disorders has increased as well. A 2007 study released by the Centers for ...
Safe Transportation for Students Who Use Wheelchairs on the School Bus
Aug 25, 2008; Shutrump, Susan Englert; Manary, Miriam; Buning, Mary Ellen ... SUMMARY Practitioners' responsibility for students who use wheelchairs extends to ensuring that the students travel to and from school as safely as possible. You're a school-based occupational therapist who serves several children who use wheelchairs. As a member of the ...
Health Promotion
Aug 25, 2008; Talley, Vibeke ... Q: As an occupational therapist working for a continuing care retirement community (CCRC), I have noticed that many residents in independent living have sedentary and isolated lifestyles in spite of the multiple activity offerings. I would like to start a program that encourages an active and ...
Networking Know-How
Aug 25, 2008; Strzelecki, Molly V ... Debbie Helmer, OTR/L, CLT, knows how to fill a void when she sees one. When Helmer returned from a 2-week certification course through the Academy of Lymphatic Studies last year, she had a bounty of new knowledge of lymphedema programs and ways to better care and treat clients with ...
Facilitating Health Literacy
Aug 25, 2008; Costa, Donna M ... Many of the skills people use to manage their daily lives are contingent on health literacy-the ability to read and understand a prescription label, understand a physician's orders, read education brochures provided by health care providers, comprehend a written consent form before a medical ...
Molly Asks
Aug 25, 2008; Strzelecki, Molly ... A monthly column in which Associate Editor Molly Strzelecki profiles your peers. Joyce Ford, COTA/L, is one of a rare few occupational therapy assistants who owns a private practice, Body Repairs, LLC, in Baltimore, Maryland. Her practice specializes in chronic pain, stress management, ...
Education Special Interest Section
Aug 25, 2008; Gupta, Jyothi ... It has been a good year for the Education Special Interest Section (EDSIS) committee as we look for ways to help realize the American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA's) Centennial Vision (see the March 2008 issue of the EDSIS Quarterly for details). As a group, we continue to serve our ...
Designing Learning Experiences That Lead to Critical Thinking and Enhanced Clinical Reasoning
Aug 25, 2008; Torcivia, Elizabeth M; Gupta, Jyothi ... ABSTRACT Critical thinking is the foundation for clinical reasoning, and the relevance of both in today's practice arena cannot be emphasized enough. Burgeoning information, requirement of evidence-based practice, health care fiscal realities, and focus on outcomes are some of the ...
Medicare Update
Aug 11, 2008; Anonymous ... AOTA Updates Congress succeeded in overriding the president's veto, paving the way for the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331) to become law. This legislative victory is a result of AOTA's and our members' grassroots action on this issue and ...