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February 26, 2007



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AOTA's 87th Annual Conference
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Advance Registration Deadline
March 28

St. Louis, Missouri
April 20–23, 2007

Pre-Conference Institutes April 19


Live AOTA AudioInsight™ Seminar
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Response to Intervention: A Role for Occupational Therapy Practitioners

March 7, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. ET

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The Guide to Occupational Therapy Practice, 2nd Edition

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"We must advocate for public policies that support the delivery of needed services, create strategic partnerships and alliances, and develop resources that enhance evidence-based research… ."

—AOTA President M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, letter to members on the importance of choosing AOTA's leaders, February 2007
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Have You Made Your Voice Heard?
The AOTA General and Student Elections close Monday, March 5, and every vote counts! If you have already voted, thank you. If you haven't visited the online voting site, please have your AOTA member user name and password ready, and join your colleagues in choosing leaders that will best represent your interests. Help us surpass all previous AOTA voting records! Access the secure voting area from the AOTA homepage, or use the link below.
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Scope of Practice Issues Update: Answers to Your Questions, Upcoming RA Motions, and More
The March issue includes two Q & As—one about the occupational therapist's responsibility to terminate treatment in certain situations and the other about physical therapists providing functional training related to movement and mobility. An overview of Representative Assembly motions with scope implications plus information on a scope-of-practice Conference session also are included.
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CMS Changes Rules Governing Part A Inpatient Therapeutic Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Transmittal 65 on January 26, 2007, providing guidance on multiple issues in many Part A settings. AOTA is working with CMS to obtain further clarification for billing and documentation changes related to group therapy, student supervision, and related documentation requirements.
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Congress Inches Closer to Mental Health Parity; Holds Hearings on Education Policy
February was a busy month on Capitol Hill. Legislators made significant progress with mental health parity legislation and hearings on the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. Read this and more in this month's Federal Legislative Issues Update.
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Evidence BYTE: Early Childhood Topics
The Research and Training Center on Early Childhood Development funded by the U.S. Department of Education and located at the Puckett Institute offers tool kits on topics such as strengthening the parent-child relationship, ADHD assessment in preschool-age children, and assessing social-emotional difficulties in infants. The site features practice-oriented, evidence-based research summaries in user-friendly formats.
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Announcements

AOTF Seeks Executive Director
The American Occupational Therapy Foundation is continuing its search for an Executive Director. The search committee invites you to recommend people who might be interested in this leadership role. Please e-mail recommendations to Search Committee Chair Jane Davis Rourk at jane_rourk@med.unc.edu
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Cognition Ad Hoc Panel Seeks Input
The ad hoc panel appointed by the Commission on Continuing Competence and Professional Development (CCCPD) to explore the feasibility of establishing a certification in the area of cognition is seeking feedback and comments from practitioners about cognitive service delivery in their practice.
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