FOUNDATIONS OF OT
This profession helps people participate in meaningful daily activities and occupations.
What is occupational therapy?
The organization that became AOTA was founded in this year.
What is 1917?
In schools, OT practitioners often support these abilities needed for classroom participation.
What are fine-motor, sensory, self-care, and school-participation skills?
This is the first major part of the occupational therapy process.
What is evaluation?
This national professional association represents occupational therapy practitioners in the United States.
What is AOTA?
These are the meaningful activities that people want, need, or are expected to do.
What are occupations?
This organization was originally called the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy.
What is the American Occupational Therapy Association, or AOTA?
This practice area helps people regain function after injury, illness, or surgery.
What is physical rehabilitation?
Following evaluation, the OT practitioner develops this individualized roadmap for services.
What is the intervention plan?
Beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice, veracity, and fidelity are principles in this professional document.
What is the AOTA Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics?
The OTPF identifies these nine broad areas of occupation.
What are activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, health management, rest and sleep, education, work, play, leisure, and social participation?
This founder helped establish habit training and is often called the mother of occupational therapy.
Who is Eleanor Clarke Slagle?
This practice area addresses emotional regulation, routines, coping, and social participation.
What is mental health?
These standardized and nonstandardized methods help gather information about a client.
What are assessments?
This accrediting council establishes standards for entry-level OT and OTA education.
What is ACOTE?
This term describes accomplishment of a selected occupation resulting from the dynamic transaction among the client, context, and occupation.
What is occupational performance?
This historical movement emphasized humane care, purposeful activity, and structured daily routines.
What is moral treatment?
These are four settings where OT practitioners may serve older adults.
What are skilled nursing, assisted living, home health, and community settings?
This part of the process examines progress and whether goals or targeted results were achieved.
What are outcomes and reevaluation?
Most states require an OT practitioner to hold this legal authorization to practice.
What is state licensure?
This document describes occupational therapy's domain and process.
What is the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, or OTPF?
The world wars increased demand for OT services for this population.
Who were injured and recovering service members?
This emerging practice area emphasizes prevention, health promotion, and interventions with groups or communities.
What is community and population health?
Client-centered practice requires the active involvement of this person or group throughout services.
Who is the client, including relevant family or caregivers?
NBCOT administers this examination for graduates seeking entry into OT practice.
What is participation in everyday life through engagement in occupation?