I have been studying the history and concept of occupational therapy for the past 21 years, mentored mostly by people like the late Helen Hopkins, the late Gail Fidler, ADVANCE columnist Jane Sorensen, and Texas educator Kitty Reed. The founders' names, the places, are inscribed on my brain. Their philosophies are by this time in my blood. ...

That was AOTA President Penelope Moyers-Cleveland's question for her audience at the Presidential Address this year. Attendees received spider rings as they entered the hall to hear her speech, and Cleveland took the stage with a red cape that resembled interconnected spider webs. ''We need each other to implement the Centennial Vision,'' she ...

It's widely known within the profession that occupational therapy has an education ''problem.''  The issue isn't in the quality of its academics, nor in a lack of program levels or foci. The difficulty that is arising lies in how far and wide the scope of topics and skill sets can go in entry-level training.  That is, what ...

            Well, I hate to say this but it looks like the COTA title is going to hang around for a bit longer. I believe that Motion 3, as presented by the AOTA Representative Assembly, is going to die before it gets started due to lack of interest. Further issues stated that will help defeat ...

This topic has received numerous responses in my last two blog posts. Many of you have expressed a desire to have the COTA name changed for one reason or another. Well, have I got some big news for you today. I just attended a seminar yesterday (3-13-09) and learned that AOTA's Representative Assembly is currently in discussion about the ...