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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).Attention Authors:
Please visit the Policies page for an upcoming change to the publication fee policy.Current Issue: Volume 11, Issue 4 (2023) Fall 2023
Letter from the Editor
Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistant: We are Proud of These Titles
Diane Powers Dirette
Applied Research
Examining the Delivery Mode of Mental Practice in Reducing Hemiparesis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Teresa M. Green, Nicole M. Fromm, Farida Sita Gayle, Jinna Lee, Wanyi Wang, and Asha K. Vas
Thermoplastic Material Selection and Barriers to Custom Orthotic Fabrication: A Survey of Occupational and Physical Therapists
Priya Bakshi, Daisy Castillo, Heidi Mitchener, Zoee Lagerhausen, Lauren Paisley, Amanda Quinlivan, and Brandi Andreae
Providing Personalized Interest-Based Activities to Prevent Delirium: A Multicomponent Quality Improvement Initiative in an Acute Care Setting
Qianwen Liu, Elena V. Donoso Brown, Shauni Johnson, and Autumn Moss-Corcoran
Establishing Initial Content Validity, Interrater Reliability, and Intra-rater Reliability of the Revised Visual Activity Sort for At-Risk Adolescents and Young Adults
Sharon Gutman, Katie O'Day, Ashley Choi, Alexis Kearney, and Sandra Rogers
Exploring the Use of Ecological Momentary Assessment within a Telehealth Intervention for Families of Children with Autism
Anna Wallisch, Lauren Little, Allison Wainer, and Winnie Dunn
Connected Rhythm: A Scoping Review of Therapeutic Drumming as an Intervention for Autistic Individuals
Zahava L. Friedman, Jorge Ochoa, Dina Prisco, and Francine M. Seruya
Exploration of Occupational Therapy Practice for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Dominican Republic
Katherine Lally, Michelle Messer, and Vanessa D. Jewell
Addressing the Long-Term Influence of Neurotrauma on Self-Concept and Self-Identity Development: A Pilot Study
Alyse C. Giallorenzo, Brittany C. Adams, and Jessica M. Winter
Topics in Education
Intraprofessional Conversations Begin in the Classroom: An Exploratory Study of an Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistant Joint Class
Patricia Gentile, Michele Mills, and Tsu-Hsin Howe
Application of a Model of Family-Centered Harm Reduction in Community-Based Programming
Johnna Belkiewitz, Victoria G. Wilburn, Sydney Larson, and Kate Schrader
Use of Formal and Informal Strategies to Manage Stress During Level II Occupational Therapy Fieldwork
Ryan Thomure
Policy and Advocacy
A New Opportunity for Occupational Therapists to Open Cases in Home Health
Amy Oselio, Bryan M. Gee, and Kimberly Lloyd
Opinions in the Profession
Crawling Out from Under: A Physical Therapist’s Celebration of the Power of Occupational Therapy
Natalie N. Michaels
Gender as Occupation: The "Doing" of Authentic Expression and Reciprocally Affirming Care for Transgender Individuals
Annie DeRolf, Johnna Belkiewitz, and Sally Wasmuth
Letters to the Editor
Aging in Place: Key Occupational Therapy Collaborators
Shivani B. Vij
Occupation and the Artist
Destigmatizing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome through Art and Research
Jennifer K. Fortuna
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
- Jennifer Fortuna, PhD, OTR/L
- 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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