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What is accessible design?

Sara Story, EdD, OTD, OTR/L, BCG, CAPS

November 4, 2021

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Acute Care, Community and Home Health Gerontology and Aging Neurological and Physical Disabilities Professional Issues

Why is a neutral posture so important when setting up a home workspace?

Sara Loesche, MS, OTR/L, CHT

September 8, 2020

Why is a neutral posture so important when setting up a home workspace? Read More

Acute Care, Community and Home Health Mental Health, Health and Wellness Professional Issues

Are there any quick mindfulness and self-care breathing exercises for healthcare professionals?

Nicole Steward, MSW, RYT

May 5, 2020

Are there any quick mindfulness and self-care breathing exercises for healthcare professionals? Read More

Mental Health, Health and Wellness Professional Issues

For treating in the home, does there need to be an MD order if insurance is not involved?

Barbara Kornblau, JD, OT/L, FAOTA

May 1, 2020

If an elderly patient is seen in the home by an OT, does there need to be an MD order if insurance is not involved? Read More

Acute Care, Community and Home Health Gerontology and Aging Professional Issues

Can you give an example of a pediatric treatment provided via telehealth, the session length, and how much parents need to be involved?

Aditi Mehra, DHSc, OTR/L

May 1, 2020

Can you give an example of a pediatric treatment provided via telehealth? What is the typical length of the session? How much do the parents need to be involved? Read More

Acute Care, Community and Home Health Early Intervention and School-Based Pediatrics Professional Issues

Can I earn all the CEUs for my state license renewal online at OccupationalTherapy.com?

Fawn Carson, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, Nika Ball, MOT, OTR/L, ATP

March 13, 2020

Can I get all of the continuing education to renew my state license online at OccupationalTherapy.com? Read More

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Demystifying the Evidence: Strategies for Integrating Research into Adult Rehabilitation Settings

Lisa Juckett, MOT, OTR/L

June 1, 2019

How do we integrate research into practice? Read More

Neurological and Physical Disabilities Professional Issues

Delivering Culturally Competent Care: Strategies for Clinicians

Kathleen Weissberg, OTD, OTR/L

May 1, 2019

Why is cultural competency important? Read More

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Fieldwork Educator

Amy Mahle, MHA, COTA/L

May 1, 2018

Why should you be a fieldwork educator? Read More

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Getting A Grip On Research

Rondalyn V. Whitney, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

February 1, 2018

Why should we bother with evidence based practice? Also, what are the different levels of evidence? Read More

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Theory of Occupational Adaptation: Making Connections between Theory, Practice and Research

Lorrie George-Paschal, PhD, OTR/L

November 1, 2017

It says the section of the OAPG that guides the client in actual generation of an occupational response, what does it mean by actual generation? When an adolescent persists hanging out "with the... Read More

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The Way You Do The Things You Do: Occupational Therapy and Malpractice

Barbara Kornblau, JD, OT/L, FAOTA

May 1, 2017

What if there is something that I am not sure I should be doing? How can I know whether it is something that may cause malpractice or not? Read More

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Forging Researcher-Clinician Alliances to Advance Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Research

Mary Khetani, Sc.D., OTR, Simone Gill, PhD, OTR/L, Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon, ScD, OTR/L

March 6, 2017

How do I become engaged in interdisciplinary research? Read More

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Get Paid to Travel: What You Need To Know To Get Started As A Traveling Occupational Therapist

Laura Latimer, MOT

January 16, 2017

Do recruiters need to know that you may be using two agencies? Do they get competitive with each other? Can you ever use two recruiters from the same agency? Also, I have not been working for some tim... Read More

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