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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 2 (2025) Spring 2025
Letter from the Editor
Guidelines for Conducting Survey Research: Part 2 – Administration and Analysis
Rob Lyerla and Diane Powers Dirette
Applied Research
Perspectives of School-Based Occupational Therapists
Hannah Smiles, Charlie Mechling, Steven D. Taff, and Lauren E. Milton
Sensory Processing and Sleep in Infants and Toddlers in Health Provider Shortage Areas - A Cohort Study
Bryan M. Gee and Nicki L. Aubuchon-Endsley
D.A.D.S. Club: Pilot Study Outcomes of a 5-Week Parenting Program for Fathers in Recovery from Substance Use Disorder
Oaklee Rogers, Kristin Riordan, Elaina Corbin, Shannon Forman, Kara Grace Zahariades, Andrea Clemens, and Keely McDowell
A Survey-Based Quantification of Imposter Phenomenon In Occupational Therapy
Dina Prisco and Siobhan Walsh
Influence of a Disrupted Practice Context on Occupational Therapists' Clinical Reasoning: A Qualitative Study
Perrine Vermeulen, Joseph-Omer Dyer, Marie-Christine Hallé, Marjorie Gingras, Anne Mingant, Manon Parisien, and Annie Rochette
Patient-Generated Graphs to Measure Pain and Fatigue in Persons with Neuralgic Amyotrophy
Renske MJ Janssen, Jos Ijspeert, Jan T. Groothuis, Nens van Alfen, Alexander CH Geurts, Maud JL Graff, Tanya L. Packer, and Edith HC Cup
Evaluation of an Occupational Therapy Intervention in Prisons to Prepare Incarcerated Individuals for Successful Community Reentry
Dalenna Bellum, Sue Dahl-Popolizio, R. Curtis Bay, Angela Zhu, Jeremiah Fine, Bruce Kotter, Abbey Glenn, and Rebecca L. Wolf
Examining Content Validity of Home for Life Design Home Assessment for Home Safety and Accessibility
Debra K. Lindstrom and Jade Nguyen
Guidelines for Practice and Technological Guidelines
Occupational Therapy’s Role for Gender-Affirming Genital Surgeries: Metoidioplasty and Phalloplasty
Adam Steuer and Kaysen Walker
Topics in Education
Exploring the Relationship between Preadmission Grade Point Average and Selected Occupational Therapy Program Outcomes
Robyn Wu and Jason Straub
Personal Narrative as Pedagogy: A Model for Socially Responsive Narrative-based Education in Occupational Therapy
Johnna Belkiewitz and Sally Wasmuth
Policy and Advocacy
Accessibility Status to Pediatric Occupational Therapy Services: Views from Health Care Providers at a Rehabilitation Hospital in Rwanda
Jean Claude TUYISHIME, Lizahn Gracia Cloete, and Jerome Peter Fredericks
Opinions in the Profession
Occupational Therapy’s Role in Supporting Persons with Cognitive and Communication Impairment in Acute Hospital Settings
Molly Bathje, Carole Schwartz, Carly Ebert, and Allison Harvey
Empathy in Occupational Therapy: A Call for Reflection
Razan Hamed and Vikram Pagpatan
Occupation and the Artist
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Diane Powers Dirette, PhD, OT, 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
- Kelly Allen, MSOT, OTR/L MFA
- Assistant Copy Editor
- Aditi Tuell, MS, OTR/L, CHT, CLT
You may contact the editors 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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