"Intraprofessional Team BUilding" in the September 1987 issue (pp. 576582) was a pertinent and stimulating article ro me. Our Psychosocial Occupational Therapy Department at Christ Hospital and Medical Center consists of seven occu pational therapists (OTRs) and nine occupational therapy assistants (COTAs) who work together on occupational therapy teams. A typical team includes one therapist as...

This paper explores the extent to which third-party reimbursement dictates occupational therapy practice. A literature review was used to examine the history and meaning of reimbursement in regard to occupational therapy. It was found that the profession has altered its definition, practice, management, ethics, and professional response as a result of changes in reimbursement. Reimbursement pol...

Although occupational therapy services have been rendered in prisons historically, only one occupational therapy program currently exists in a county jail: the Allegheny County Jail Project (ACJ Project). The offenders who populate county jails experience occupational deprivation. The participants of the ACJ Project have benefited from occupational therapy intervention that was initiated during...

To prepare practitioners and researchers who are well equipped to deal with the inevitable myriad changes in health care and in society coming in the 21st century, a new focus is needed in occupational therapy education. In addition to proficiency in clinical skills and technical knowledge, occupational therapy graduates will need outcome competencies underlying the skills of critical reflectio...

"Intraprofessional Team BUilding" in the September 1987 issue (pp. 576582) was a pertinent and stimulating article ro me. Our Psychosocial Occupational Therapy Department at Christ Hospital and Medical Center consists of seven occu pational therapists (OTRs) and nine occupational therapy assistants (COTAs) who work together on occupational therapy teams. A typical team includes one therapist as...

Occupational therapists strive to be mindful, competent practitioners and continuously look for ways to improve practice. Applied behavior analysis (ABA) has strong evidence of effectiveness in helping people with autism achieve goals, yet it does not seem to be implemented in occupational therapy practice. To better understand whether ABA could be an evidence-based option to expand occupationa...

Iranian Rehabilitation Journal has the chance to issue a special issue on Occupational therapy and rehabilitation which has the perspective of health promotion. In this issue we will have 14 articles from the history to effectiveness of different skills/interventions of occupation therapy. We cover articles from child hood to adults to aged people. Evaluating the assessment tools such as the Pa...