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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 12, Issue 3 (2024) Summer 2024
Letter from the Editor
Finding Harmony in Academic Life: Blending the Teacher-Scholar Model
Shirley P. O'Brien
Applied Research
The Use of Occupational Therapy Interventions in a Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Lucy Weathers, Sarah Schwartzberg, Kenneth Pettit, Fang Wang, Shilpa Gorantla, and Saad Ghafoor
Effectiveness of an Occupational Therapy-Led Social Skills Group Using Parent Training: A Pilot Study
Sheryl Eckberg Zylstra, Yvonne L. Swinth, Aimee Sidhu, and Julie Anderson
Understanding the Needs of Gender-Diverse Youth and Young Adults and Their Staff Members in Homeless Shelters and Supported Housing
Sharon Gutman, Ashley Choi, Alexis Kearney, and Margaret Swarbrick Dr
Occupational Therapists’ Consideration of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity when Working with Adolescents: A Preliminary Study
Kristin S. Willey, Dana Howell, and Camille Skubik-Peplaski
Current Landscape of Interventions that Promote Self-determination in Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Secondary Transition: A Scoping Review
Chia-Yang Chiang and Tsu-Hsin Howe
Pawsitive Purpose: The Impact Of Autism Assistance Dogs on the Occupations of Autistic Children
Morgan Starkweather, Amie E. Germain, and Christine A. Kivlen
Preparation and Use of Physical Agent Modalities Among U.S. Occupational Therapists: A Mixed-Methods, Exploratory-Descriptive Study
Keith Gentry, Tammy LeSage, Devin Hebble, Lilly Adams, and Ashlyn Watts
The Experiences of Routine Powered Mobility Users in an Assisted Living Facility: A Case Study
Richelle Louise Gray
Breastfeeding as Co-Occupation: Occupational Therapy’s Role in Promoting Health and Well-Being
Lisa Joelle Sutton, Julie D. Kugel, Dragana Krpalek, and Arezou Salamat
A Retrospective Study of Healthcare Needs of Unpaid Caregivers in the United States
Ranelle M. Nissen, Jessica McHugh Conlin, Mackenzie L. Feldhacker, Whitney Lucas Molitor, and Allison J. Naber
Primary Care Occupational Therapy: Diagnoses, Outcomes, Reimbursement, and Team Satisfaction
Sue Dahl-Popolizio, Tina M. Sauber, Mandi Ogaard, Martina Mookadam, Shanthi V. Cambala, and Felicia E. Trembath
Topics in Education
A Synthesis of Professional Socialization Literature and Educational Opportunities in Occupational Therapy
Jessica Nakos
Opinions in the Profession
Cultural Respect in Academia
Alondra Ammon
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: The COPM: Culturally Sensitive by Design
MaryAnn McColl, Susan E. Baptiste, Anne Carswell, Mary Law, and Helene Polatajko
Occupation and the Artist
Unification of Art and Spirituality
Erin Barrus
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Diane Powers Dirette, PhD, OTL, FAOTA
- Managing Editor
- Nancy Hock, Ph.D., OTRL, CHT
- Associate Editor
- Allison Chamberlain Miller, MS, OTR/L, CAPS
- Assistant Editors
- Debbie Amini, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA Molly Bathje, PhD, OTR/L 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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