Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists

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Occupational Therapy
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   Volume Five • Issue Six
November / December • 2003

  
    Table of Contents

Year-end editorial
Mary Clark Green

Your 2003-2004 CAOT Board of Directors
Contact list

In Touch with Assistive Technology
Gift ideas for children with disabilities
Fruity Loops is not a breakfast cereal but an electronic music creation software for people who cannot play regular musical instruments. This is just one of the many gift ideas that Elizabeth Steggles and Lindsay Kunkel have compiled from therapists’ suggestions.

Tools for Living Well: Latest updates
Mary Lou Boudreau, project coordinator, gives us an update on a project that is helping many seniors prevent falls.

Moments
Rediscovering leisure: Timing and client choice
Mary Edwards has found that at times we do not always see the immediate impact of our interventions. And then there are moments when we least expect it, that we are granted a chance to glimpse the power of our work.

Creating a sustainable and diverse occupational therapy workforce in Canada
CAOT Executive Director Claudia von Zweck outlines a multilevel campaign for the development of occupational therapy.

Watch your practice
How sincere are our efforts?
Lorian Kennedy cautions us on our responsibility for the final outcome of our assessments, to ensure that we do not harm people who rely on our knowledge and skills.

Introducing the new Canadian Guidelines for Fieldwork Education in Occupational Therapy
During the 2003-2004 academic year, these guidelines will be introduced to sites for fieldwork educators and site representatives to familiarize themselves with the guiding principles and the partners’ responsibilities.
Read more about their development.

Sense of Doing
The importance of doing…
Helene Polatajko asks if doing nothing would really work for us?

On Your Behalf

• National Forum Project: New knowledge in HIV and rehabilitation. An initiative of the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation
• Report from the 2003 Leadership Forum

News from the Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation

Back to the books – Professional development at home
Sandra Robertson describes how distance education has changed
her outlook on continuing education.

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