Please click on the link below and complete the Arizona Occupational Therapy Workforce Survey. The purpose of this survey is to gather insight regarding current professional trends and demographics of practitioners within Arizona. Your perspective is important as we forecast the outlook of the occupational therapy profession in Arizona. Only collective responses will be provided in a final report for the ArizOTA newsletter. Your individual responses will remain strictly confidential.
We truly value your opinion.
Please return by December 20th to:
The Arizona Occupational Therapy Association PO Box 5214 Peoria, AZ 85385 ~ OR ~ FAX to: 480.963.5805 ~ OR ~ Scan and E-mail to: President.Elect@arizota.org
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Event dates:
January 30-31, 2009
Location:
Grace Inn
10831 S. 51st St.
Phoenix, AZ 85044
January 30, 2009
AAC Assessment: Good to Great
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies can provide individuals with complex communication needs access to effective, functional communication. However, negotiating the broad array of AAC systems available to find the appropriate solution can be perplexing. This workshop will address AAC assessment for professionals at all levels, be it the specialized assessment team, or the general practitioner – no matter what their role in the assessment process.
January 31, 2009
Technology Tools for Students with Special Needs: An Essential Guide for Classroom Support
- Participants will understand the SETT framework and its applications to classroom environment
- Participants will consider assistive technology on the IEP: a Practitioner’s Paradox
- Participants will develop an essential toolkit approach: examples, uses, procedures
- Participants will identify classroom applications
This event is being sponsored by the Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Click here to download the conference brochure and for registration information.
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October 24, 2008
Sheely Farms Elementary School
Sara Fleishman and Midwestern University Students
Backpack Awareness Day Events Included:
1. Introduction speaker about the proper way to wear the backpack.
2. Children weigh themselves and their backpacks.
3. Children will be given a note that states the backpack's percentage weight (English and Spanish available).
4. Game to guess the weight of a sample backpack. Prize given to the student that is the closest!
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AOTA’s Representative Assembly (RA) is gearing up for its annual meeting in Long Beach, California from April 8th through the 11th. All of the reports are already available on AOTA’s Web site www.aota.org in Leadership & Governance, Representative Assembly, RA Meeting (http://www.aota.org/Govern/RA/RAMeetings.aspx ). Also, in the March 10th OT Practice , most of the motions are listed for this upcoming RA meeting. Some of the topics to be debated include the three member motions below as well as motions to create a voluntary fieldwork credentialing program (COE), health care reform (Speaker), and OTA initiatives (President & OTA Representative).
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What is the Arizona Early Intervention Program Redesign?
The Arizona Early Intervention Program will simplify the way it provides early intervention services. By establishing new contracts, the State will: establish teams of individuals with a range of expertise that can support families and be more flexible, timely and responsive to families' priorities and interests.
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Penny Moyers, EdD, OTR/L, AOTA President, opened up the ArizOTA 2007 Fall Conference with her presentation: Cascading a Chain Reaction, Leading Leaders on the Centennial Vision. Penny presented AOTA’s Centennial Vision for 2017 and challenged occupational therapy practitioners to be leaders by turning “extraordinary ideas” into “extraordinary actions.” Occupational therapy practitioners were charged with keeping up with the “knowledge revolution” to make sure our profession lasts, being involved with research and evidence-based practice and building the profession’s capacity to serve and advocate for our clients by mentoring occupational therapy students and entry-level graduates.
For AOTA President Penny Moyers' Centennial Vision Journal, go to: http://www.aota.org/News/Centennial/PennyMoyersCVJournal.aspx
ArizOTA Award Winners
- Distinguished Achievement Award: Christina Griffin, MAEd, OTR/L, FAOTA
- 2007 OTR of the Year Award: Lorraine Paquette, MAEd, OTR, CHT, LMT
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Welcome to ArizOTA! I am responsible for ensuring that ArizOTA serves to enhance professionalism and provide support to occupational therapy practitioners in Arizona. During my term, ArizOTA will aim to provide: Networking and Professional Support through Special Interest Sections (SIS) The Mentor Connection providing a Members Only section on the ArizOTA website for occupational therapy practitioners and students to identify possible mentors in their practice area. Legislative Updates directly affecting occupational therapy practice in ArizOTA. Monthly ArizOTA Updates by e-mail.
As you know, all of these items on the ArizOTA agenda would not be successful without the commitment of your ArizOTA board members and committees. However to guarantee optimal success in ArizOTA’s endeavors, we need you! Get involved with ArizOTA! I look forward to meeting you and working with you at future ArizOTA events. Nina Castillo, MS, OTR/L
“Becoming a member of your state association and of AOTA is a place to start. Our profession needs the collective strength and knowledge of members so that when we speak to payers or funding agencies or policymakers, we speak with a powerful, committed voice. Getting involved…can be as simple as performing an in-service in your facility to increase awareness of occupational therapy, providing fieldwork opportunities for students in your community, or talking with colleagues who may not know about the vision to make them aware and encourage them to spread the word.” –Penelope Moyers, EdD, OTR/L, BCMH, FAOTA
Brachtesende, A. (2007). The Centennial Vision Moving Ahead to 2017. OT Practice, 12(12), 23-25. |
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