AOTA

NEW!  Earn CE Credit with the SIS Quarterly Practice Connections!

SIS Quarterly Practice Connections are a new and convenient way to learn key information from all of the AOTA Special Interest Sections. This new resource focuses on the role and application of research and other evidence to occupation-centered practice in all areas of interest. Increase your understanding of practice across the lifespan and specialty areas to enhance your skills as a collaborative practitioner.

AOTA CE now offers credit for reading this new practice centered publication and completing the included assessment activity.

 Earn .1 AOTA CEU (1.25 NBCOT PDU/1 Contact Hour)

Learning Objectives

Following this course, the learner will be able to:

1.     Describe various areas of transition experienced by occupational therapy practitioners and clients

2.     Identify occupational therapy opportunities and interventions benefitting clients and/or one’s professional roles as related to transitional services and experiences

3.     Explain qualities and skills of occupational therapy practitioners that are instrumental in promoting successful transitions for clients, families, and self.

Exam questions for this course authored by Marie Morreale, OTR/L, CHT

Contents

Children & Youth

Use of Assistive Technology With Transition-Aged Youth

Andrea D. Fairman, PhD, OTR/L, CPRP; Roxanna Bendixen, PhD, OTR/L;

Hayley Younkin; & Julie R. Krecko

Paradigm Transitions in Pediatric Practice: Tools to Guide Practice

Patricia Laverdure, OTD, OTR/L, BCP; Francine M. Seruya, PhD,

OTR/L; Pam Stephenson, OTD, MS, OTR/L; & Joanna Cosbey, PhD, OTR/L

Health & Wellness

When an Adult Child With a Developmental Disability Goes to College: A Transition for Parents

Varleisha D. Gibbs, OTD, OTR/L; & Adele Breen-Franklin, OTD, JD, OTR/L

Mental Health

Support Models to Enhance Community Transitions

Margaret Swarbrick, PhD, OT, FAOTA

Productive Aging

Fostering Health-Related Quality of Life in Community-Based Stroke Survivors

Lynne Anderson Clarke, OTD, MS, OTR/L; & Rachel Prewitt, MOT, OTR/L

Rehabilitation, Disability, & Participation

Transitioning From Clinician to Manager

Penny Rogers, DHA, MAT, OTR/L, CEAS I; Catherine Killian, MEd, OTR/L;

Ellen Hudgins, OTD, OTR/L; & Terry Pollard, MA

The Meaning of Context: Connecting the Home Environment and Outpatient Occupational Therapy

Emily C. Burgard, OTD, OTR/L; Dory Sabata, OTD, OTR/L, SCEM, FAOTA; &

 Andy J. Wu, PhD, OT

The Impact of Occupational Therapy Services for Individuals Transitioning Through Neuro-Oncology Care

Ni He-Strocchio, OTD; & Sheila M. Longpré, MOT, OTR/L

Work & Industry

Returning to Work After Traumatic Brain Injury

Amanda Acord-Vira, MOT, OTR/L, CBIS; Steven Wheeler, PhD, OTR/L, CBIS;

& Diana Davis, PhD, OTR/L

Addressing Sensory Integration for Work Participation

Beth Pfeiffer, PhD, OTR/L, BCP

Education

Transitioning From Clinician to Fieldwork Educator

 Lynne Margaret Chapman, MS, OTR/L, LICDC

Learning Level: Intermediate

Target Audience: Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants

Content Focus: Category 1: Domain of OT; Category 2: OT Process: Intervention

CE Find Key Words: Collaboration, OT practice, research, transition