Symbols of OT Profession
In 1999, the American Occupational Therapy Association appealed to U.S. practitioners to commit to this to ensure that interventions being used were already proven to be effective through research.
Evidence-Based Practice
This electronic device emerged in the late 1980's as a new occupation.
Home Computers
This Leader in OT was most famously known for developing MOHO (model of human occupation). He is an author of one of our books and passed away in 2010.
Gary Kelhofner
In 1989, this bill revamped standards for occupational therapy..
The Veterans' Administration Bill
This act, established in 1996, required protection of patient health information.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
Specialty-Certification Exams
The ADA act of 1990 shifted to include this type of setting in occupational therapy
Work setting
This leader in OT launched the journal of occupation in 1993.
Ann Wilcock
This type of telecommunication provided health professionals the opportunity to extend medical care, maintain records and transfer information from one provider to another...
Telemedicine
This act, implemented in 1997, aimed to reduce the budget, but resulted in a reduction in the number of OT positions available, which resulted in low enrollment in OT programs.
What is the Balanced Budget Act?
In 1999 The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education made the official decision that all occupational therapy programs would need to be at this level to retain accreditation by January 1, 2007.
post-baccalaureate
This term is used to describe the employment of or the method of employment of, a therapeutic agent
Modalities
This leader in OT developed the first occupational science PhD program at USC.
Elizabeth Yerxa
Medicare
This supreme court decision required that states place individuals with disabilities into the community, rather than in an institution, when certain criteria were met.
What is the Olmstead Decision?
In 1980, 77% of AOTA members belonged to one of the original five of these groups which gives members additional opportunities for leadership and gained knowledge in areas relevant to them, such as “rehabilitation and disability”, “developmental disabilities”, “productive aging”, “mental health”, and “sensory integration and processing”.
special interest sections
This paradigm combined the use of scientific findings and a holistic approach to using occupation as therapy.
This leader of OT was an advocate for occupational science being the foundation of OT.
Florence Clark
In 1990, social awareness of disability increased with the passage of this..
American with Disabilities Act
What is IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?