Official Documents Available From the American Occupational Therapy Association

Abstract

Official documents are documents “approved by the membership or other official body of the Association in conformance with applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation, or the Bylaws for the use of the Association and its membership” (AOTA, 2015). Items in bold are new for 2016 and are available in this supplement to the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. All official documents are printed in the Reference Manual of the Official Documents of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (21st ed.; American Occupational Therapy Association, 2016).

Incorporation Papers and Bylaws

Articles of Incorporation (2013)

Certificate of Incorporation (1917)

Bylaws (2016)

Glossary (2014)

Accreditation

2011 Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE^®) Standards

Concept Papers

A Descriptive Review of Occupational Therapy Education (2016)

The Role of Occupational Therapy in Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: A Concept Paper

Scholarship in Occupational Therapy (2016)

Ethics

Enforcement Procedures for the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics

Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (2015)

Guidelines

Guidelines for Documentation of Occupational Therapy

Guidelines for Supervision, Roles, and Responsibilities During the Delivery of Occupational Therapy Services

Guidelines for Reentry Into the Field of Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, 3rd Edition

Specialized Knowledge and Skills Papers

Specialized Knowledge and Skills in Adult Vestibular Rehabilitation for Occupational Therapy Practice

Specialized Knowledge and Skills in Feeding, Eating, and Swallowing for Occupational Therapy Practice

Specialized Knowledge and Skills of Occupational Therapy Educators of the Future

Specialized Knowledge and Skills for Occupational Therapy Practice in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Specialized Knowledge and Skills in Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention in Occupational Therapy Practice

Position Papers

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Complex Environmental Modifications

Importance of Interprofessional Education in Occupational Therapy Curricula

Fieldwork Level II and Occupational Therapy Students: A Position Paper

Obesity and Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy’s Commitment to Nondiscrimination and Inclusion

Occupational Therapy’s Perspective on the Use of Environments and Contexts to Facilitate Health and Participation in Occupations

Physical Agent Modalities

The Role of Occupational Therapy in Primary Care

The Role of Occupational Therapy in Wound Management

Scope of Practice

Telehealth

Value of Occupational Therapy Assistant Education to the Profession

Standards

Standards for Continuing Competence

Standards of Practice for Occupational Therapy

Statements

Academic Terminal Degree

Assistive Technology and Occupational Performance (2016)

Cognition, Cognitive Rehabilitation, and Occupational Performance

Driving and Community Mobility (2016)

Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Education: Value and Purpose (2016)

Occupational Therapy for Children and Youth Using Sensory Integration Theory and Methods in School-Based Practice

Occupational Therapy in the Promotion of Health and Well-Being

Occupational Therapy Services for Individuals Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence

Occupational Therapy Services in Early Childhood and School-Based Settings

Occupational Therapy Services in Facilitating Work Performance

Occupational Therapy Services in the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being (2015)

The Philosophical Base of Occupational Therapy

Philosophy of Occupational Therapy Education

Role of Occupational Therapy in End-of-Life Care (2016)

Scope of Occupational Therapy Services for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder Across the Life Course

Societal Statements

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Health Disparities

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Health Literacy

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Livable Communities (2016)

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Stress and Stress Disorders

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Youth Violence

References

American Occupational Therapy Association. (2015, November). Policy A.17. Official documents of the Association. In Policy manual (2015 ed., p. 19). Bethesda, MD: Author.

American Occupational Therapy Association. (2016). Reference manual of the Official Documents of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (21st ed.). Bethesda, MD: AOTA Press.