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The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal with a mission to publish high quality articles that focus on applied research, practice, and education in the occupational therapy profession.Would you like to help support our mission?
As an open access journal, we would be grateful for any contribution amount. Please click here to donate today.OJOT announces a Call for Artists for the Occupation and the Artist feature!
Please click here for more information (PDF will download).Current Issue: Volume 13, Issue 1 (2025) Winter 2025
Letter from the Editor
State of the Journal: The Importance of Human Occupation
Diane Powers Dirette
Applied Research
Exploring the Relationship Between Handwriting Legibility and Praxis in Third and Fourth Grade Students
Denise K. Donica, Larymi Beck, and Kathryn Mumford
Psychosocial Occupational Therapy Interventions for Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Scoping Review
Sabina Khan and Christianah Edema
How Acute Care and Inpatient Occupational Therapists Describe their Experiences with Secondary Traumatic Stress
Julie Suto, Ashley E. Lane, Rocio Torres, and Emily K. Simpson
An Occupational Therapy Work-Self-Efficacy Intervention for LGBTQ+ Young People in Transitional Housing
Emily K. Simpson and Monika I. Robinson
The Lived Experience of Therapists During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study Using Photovoice Methodology
Alison De la Montaigne, Catana Brown, Sarah A. Anderson, and Tamara Turner
Linking the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to Occupational Therapy Skilled Nursing Home Interventions
Janel Anne Belarmino, Laura Novak, and Vanessa D. Jewell
Comprehensive Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema Management Programs Addressing both Psychosocial and Physical Needs: A Scoping Review
Amanda Wheeler, Claudine Campbell, and Chenchen Cui
Topics in Education
Professional Behaviors as Forced Assimilation: A Critical Reflection on the U.S. History of Education and Beyond
Quinn P. Tyminski, Karla Reese, and Linn Wakeford
From Theory to Practice: Integrating Safe Patient Handling and Mobility into Occupational Therapy Curriculum (Part 1/2)
Kimberly Santorufo and Asha Roy
From Theory to Practice: Integrating Safe Patient Handling and Mobility into Occupational Therapy Curriculum (Part 2/2)
Kimberly Santorufo and Asha Roy
Establishing Reliability and Validity for a Professional Development Tool for Graduate Health Care Programs
Lisa Handler and Amiya Waldman-Levi
Opinions in the Profession
Addressing the Needs of Jewish Clients and Students through a Trauma-Informed Approach
Amiya Waldman-Levi, Robin Akselrud, Zahava L. Friedman, Lola Halperin, Shifra K. Leiser, and Rivka Molinsky
Letters to the Editor
Openness to Critique is Essential
Brenda L. Beagan, Niki Kiepek, Heidi Lauckner, and Paula W. Rushton
Occupation and the Artist
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Diane Powers Dirette, PhD, OTL, FAOTA
- Managing Editor
- Nancy Hock, Ph.D., OTRL, CHT, FAOTA
- Associate Editor
- Allison Chamberlain Miller, MS, OTR/L, CAPS
- Assistant Editors
- Debbie Amini, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA Molly Bathje, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller, Ph.D, DrOT, OTRL, CDP, FMiOTA, FAOTA Beth Elenko, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, CLA, FAOTA Bryan Gee, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, CLA, FAOTA Shirley P. O'Brien, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
- Copy Editor
- Cynthia J. Cunningham, PhD
- Art Editor
- Erin Barrus, MS, OTRL, BFA
- Assistant Copy Editor
- Aditi Tuell, MS, OTR/L, CHT, CLT You may at ot-ojot@wmich.edu
Occupation and the Artist
Would you like to learn about the art featured on the cover? The “Occupation and the Artist” section of OJOT highlights the use of art in the practice of OT and in the occupations of both consumers of OT services and its practitioners. Click here to explore this unique feature of OJOT.
Sponsor Profile
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