ADVANCE Outlook: OT

2013 AOTA/AOTF Annual Awards

Jill Glomstad — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:14:00 GMT

On the evening of April 27, the American Occupational Therapy Association and the American Occupational Therapy Foundation presented their annual awards to occupational therapy practitioners who have made outstanding contributions to the profession in...(read more)

AOTA's Annual Business Meeting

Jill Glomstad — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:38:00 GMT

On the afternoon of Saturday, April 27, AOTA conducted its Annual Business Meeting during the association’s annual conference in San Diego. The meeting included some notably highlights from various leaders in the Association. AOTA Treasurer Ben Herz,...(read more)

The 2013 Slagle Lecture

Jill Glomstad — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:03:00 GMT

On Friday, Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA, gave the Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture. His talk, titled "A Fork in the Road: An Occupational Hazard?" looked at contemporary OT practice through a historical lens. He couched his metaphors in terms of one of the...(read more)

AOTA Conference Kicks Off

Jill Glomstad — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:33:00 GMT

The 93rd Annual AOTA Conference and Expo kicked off yesterday to great fanfare, with the University of Southern California marching band leading off the Welcome Ceremony and Keynote Address. AOTA President Florence Clark greeted thousands of conference...(read more)

RA Task Groups Wrap Up

Jill Glomstad — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:06:00 GMT

The Representative Assembly task groups met online April 1-12 to discuss the 3 motions that will come before the full RA at the AOTA Annual Conference and Expo in San Diego next week. Here's a rundown of what they'll bring to the RA when the full body...(read more)

RA Task Groups Begin Online Deliberations

Jill Glomstad — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:17:00 GMT

AOTA's Representative Assembly meets every spring at the annual conference to discuss proposed actions for the association. Prior to that, RA members are divided into task groups to analyze each agenda item in-depth. These smaller groups do the hard work...(read more)

Autism Awareness

Jessica LaGrossa — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:33:00 GMT

Today, April 2, is the 6th annual World Autism Awareness Day. On this day, the United Nations encourages people from all over the world to "shine a bright light on autism as a growing global health crisis." Autism Speaks encourages you to "Light It Up...(read more)

Career Resources

Jill Glomstad — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:23:00 GMT

A career is always a work in progress. Whether you are a high-school student weighing what you want to be "when you grow up," a college student preoccupied with landing that first job out of school, or a veteran clinician who's been in the field a decade...(read more)

Help Yourself

Jill Glomstad — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:26:00 GMT

In the normal course of business here at Advance, I get a number of email notifications from AOTA and other organizations offering handouts, webinars, funding opportunities, calls for papers, virtual chats and other (usually free) resources for OTs and...(read more)

Intimate Photos of Disability

Jessica LaGrossa — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:11:00 GMT

I was proud to recently stumble across a collection of intimate photos portraying "impaired perceptions" by photographer Brian Steel, a former classmate of mine from college. Brian was diagnosed with congenital fiber-type disproportion--short fiber syndrome--when...(read more)

Schools Must Provide Sports for Students with Disabilities

Jill Glomstad — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:16:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of Education today issued a statement declaring public schools at the K-12 level must provide opportunities for students with disabilities to participate in athletic programs. A U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) report in 2010 found...(read more)

OT Featured on CNN.com

Jill Glomstad — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:58:00 GMT

In its ongoing series on "Best Jobs," CNNMoney recently profiled occupational therapy. The hook? The profession's 2% unemployment rate. In the video profile ( http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/01/03/n-occupational-therapy-low-unemployment.cnnmoney...(read more)

In Print or Online? It's Up to You.

Jill Glomstad — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:31:00 GMT

[Guest blogger Elizabeth Rosto Sitko is a managing editor of our sister publication, ADVANCE for Long-term Care Management .] Last week, Newsweek published its final print issue . As a magazine enthusiast (I subscribe to many, I've studied them, and I...(read more)

Tips for Healthy Holidays

Jill Glomstad — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:09:00 GMT

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, in West Orange, NJ, recently provided several tips for staying safe and healthy during the holidays. "In trying to get it all done, we often rush around and ignore our surroundings, our bodies, and the basic rules...(read more)

An Underemphasized Lesson of the Sandy Hook Elementary Shootings

Jill Glomstad — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:11:00 GMT

[Guest blogger Rich Krisher is an editor of our sister publication, ADVANCE for Nurses .] Friends, friends of friends and total strangers emotionally raw over the mass murder of students and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, expressed...(read more)