This paper identifies 10 professional questions that the author has labeled milestone issues in the history of the American Occupational Therapy Association. Subjects encompassed by these issues are medical control, certified occupational therapy assistants, licensure, proficiency testing, entry-level degrees, treatment media, maintenance of competency, whether occupational therapists serve pat...

OBJECTIVES The development of occupational therapy leaders is a long-held goal of many members of the American Occupational Therapy Association and of state associations. The initiation of mentor programs is a common means to accomplish this goal. These programs take time and effort, and, although occupational therapists have described how mentorship programs work in the literature, there are f...

The "Guide to Classification of Occupational Therapy Personnel" has been developed as a resource for the American Occupational Therapy Association and for health care administrators and others requiring the services of occupational therapy personnel. The guide to common job roles of occupational therapy describes the qualifications and performance expectations of associated roles. The job roles...

this article is a review on occupational therapy in iran. occupational therapy started in the rehabilitation faculty of iran medical university as a bs degree in 1973. about 2000 students were graduated in occupational therapy and are active in different parts of the country. they assist disabled individuals to achieve maximal independence. in this article a summary of the history and education...

background: stroke is a prevalent cause of disability in adults. the fall is the most common balance and motor impairments, which affects the quality of life in stroke patients. this study aims to employ random effects hurdle model for evaluating the balance improvement in stroke patients under the occupational therapy. methods: in this longitudinal study with repeated measurement during one ye...

Application of the seven principles of universal design of instruction in occupational therapy education is intended to meet the diverse learning needs of students and provide full access to educational experiences without disadvantaging some students (Bowe, 2000; Burgstahler, 2001; McGuire & Scott, 2002). The intended outcome is success for all students. Further, universal design of instructio...

Dominic Harmon, MD, is Consultant, Department of Pain Medicine, Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, Republic of Ireland. The World Health Organization (2002) has identified chronic conditions such as chronic pain as increasing at an alarming rate. Given the incidence and consequences of chronic pain (Breivik, Collet, Ventafridda, Cohen, & Gallacher, 2006) and occupational therapy’s potenti...

OBJECTIVE Cancer is one of the four leading causes of death in children. Its courses of diagnosis and treatment can cause physiologic symptoms and psychological distress that secondarily affect children's quality of life and participation in daily activities. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of play-based occupational therapy on pain, anxiety, and fatigue in hospitalized chil...

Dreyfus and Dreyfus's (1986) five-stage model of skill acquisition is integrated with findings from the American Occupational Therapy Association/American Occupational Therapy Foundation Clinical Reasoning Study. This model is presented as an organizing framework for staff development. Strategies for the recognition and retention of experienced clinicians who can serve as mentors for newer coll...

BACKGROUND Participation is mostly cultural and familial based, and there is not any assessment scales for evaluating kids' participation in Iranian context, therefore the purpose of this study was developing children's participation assessment scale for Iranian children. METHODS Development of this scale occurred in two phases; phase I: planning: following reviewing the literature and adopti...