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 2019 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. (24th ed.; American Occupational Therapy Association, in press).

Official documents are periodically reviewed, and documents more than 5 years old may be superseded by newer versions or rescinded. A complete list of the most current documents is available at https://www.aota.org/practice/manage/official.aspx

Incorporation Papers and Bylaws

Articles of Incorporation (2013)

Certificate of Incorporation (1917)

Bylaws (2016)

Glossary (2016)

Accreditation

2018 Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE^®) Standards and Interpretive Guide (effective July 31, 2020)

Concept Papers

A Descriptive Review of Occupational Therapy Education (2016)

Scholarship in Occupational Therapy (2016)

Ethics

Enforcement Procedures for the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (2019)

Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (2015)

Guidelines

Guidelines for Documentation of Occupational Therapy (2018)

Guidelines for Occupational Therapy Services in Early Intervention and Schools (2017)

Guidelines for Supervision, Roles, and Responsibilities During the Delivery of Occupational Therapy Services (2014)

Guidelines for Reentry Into the Field of Occupational Therapy (2015)

Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, 3rd Edition (2014)

The Practice of Occupational Therapy in Feeding, Eating, and Swallowing (2017)

Specialized Knowledge and Skills Papers

Specialized Knowledge and Skills of Occupational Therapy Educators of the Future (2009)

Position Papers

Complex Environmental Modifications (2015)

Continuing Professional Development in Occupational Therapy (2016)

Fieldwork Level II and Occupational Therapy Students (2018)

Importance of Collaborative Occupational Therapist–Occupational Therapy Assistant Intraprofessional Education in Occupational Therapy Curricula (2017)

Importance of Interprofessional Education in Occupational Therapy Curricula (2015)

Importance of Primary Care Education in Occupational Therapy Curricula (2017)

Obesity and Occupational Therapy (2013)

Occupational Therapy and Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Health (2016)

Occupational Therapy’s Commitment to Nondiscrimination and Inclusion (2014)

Occupational Therapy’s Perspective on the Use of Environments and Contexts to Facilitate Health, Well-Being, and Participation in Occupations (2015)

Occupational Therapy’s Role in Case Management

Occupational Therapy’s Role in Medication Management (2017)

Physical Agents and Mechanical Modalities (2018)

Role of Occupational Therapy in Primary Care (2014)

Role of Occupational Therapy in Wound Management (2018)

Scope of Practice (2014)

Telehealth in Occupational Therapy (2018)

Value of Occupational Therapy Assistant Education to the Profession (2019)

Standards

Standards for Continuing Competence (2015)

Standards of Practice for Occupational Therapy (2015)

Statements

Academic Terminal Degree (2017)

Assistive Technology and Occupational Performance (2016)

Cognition, Cognitive Rehabilitation, and Occupational Performance (2019)

Driving and Community Mobility (2016)

Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention in Occupational Therapy Practice (2017)

Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Education: Value and Purpose (2016)

Occupational Therapy for Children and Youth Using Sensory Integration Theory and Methods in School-Based Practice (2015)

Occupational Therapy in the Promotion of Health and Well-Being (2013)

Occupational Therapy Services for Individuals Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence (2017)

Occupational Therapy Services in Facilitating Work Participation and Performance (2017)

Occupational Therapy Services in the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being (2016)

Occupational Therapy’s Role in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (2018)

Philosophical Base of Occupational Therapy (2017)

Philosophy of Occupational Therapy Education (2018)

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 (2015)

Vestibular Impairment, Vestibular Rehabilitation, and Occupational Performance (2017)

Societal Statements

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Disaster Response and Risk Reduction (2017)

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Health Disparities (2013)

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Health Literacy (2016)

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Livable Communities (2016)

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Stress, Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2017)

AOTA’s Societal Statement on Youth Violence (2016)

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. (2017). Reference manual of the Official Documents of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (22nd ed.). Bethesda, MD: AOTA Press.