Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists

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Occupational Therapy
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          Volume Four • Issue Three
                 May/June • 2002

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    Table of Contents

Limited resources, changing times: How we support continued professional education
Lisa Saunders-Green and Myrna King provide us with a formula for meeting occupational therapists’ educational needs despite an ever changing workplace structure.

Training health professionals regarding the needs of youth
Most services for youth focus on the problems rather than the potential for promoting healthy lifestyles. Debra Stewart, CAOT’s representative to the National Training Initiative in Adolescent Health, details the plans to put youth on health professionals’ agendas.

Adventures in research: The early steps Examining the Wilbarger Protocol for children with autism
Occupational therapists from the Child Development Service at the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre were faced with providing evidence regarding the use of sensory processing and play-based intervention strategies or lose their funding. Find out how they managed to find time for research despite caseloads that had doubled in recent years.

Occupational therapy in the school system: Evidently making a difference Sandra Sahagian Whalen describes the process of demonstrating that research supports the use of occupational therapy in the school system. Read about her progress and use her summary to influence decision makers in your area.

How occupational therapy makes a difference in the school system: A summary of the literature

Update: Enhancing Research Use Through On-line Action Research
Developing Expert Practice column editor Mary Egan describes overcoming the on-line hurdles of this on-line action research group.

Profile of Occupational Therapy Practice in Canada
The second edition is ready. Read about how you can use it in your day-to-day practice from CAOT’s Director of Professional Education and Development Donna Klaiman.

Occupational therapy: Skills for the job of living Pre-writing skills for children under five

News from the Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation

Membership statistics 

Midyear report

March Board Meeting Highlights

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