American Occupational Therapy Association
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is the national professional association established in 1917 to represent the interests and concerns of occupational therapy practitioners and students of occupational therapy and to improve the quality of occupational therapy services. AOTA represents the professional interests and concerns of more than 213,000 occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and students. Members reside in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and internationally. AOTA’s major programs and activities are directed toward assuring the quality of occupational therapy services; improving consumer access to health care services, and promoting the professional development of members. AOTA educates the public and advances the profession by providing resources, setting standards, and serving as an advocate to improve health care. AOTA is based in North Bethesda, MD.www.aota.org
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Nov 2, 2026
Jayson DaviesHOST
Great.
Jayson DaviesHOST
And, you know, this year you had a chance to make it to the AOTA conference, the Inspire conference here in Anaheim.
Jayson DaviesHOST
We had a chance to meet.
Jayson DaviesHOST
I got to see the amazing setup that you, Nicole, and the team put together.
Jayson DaviesHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Jayson DaviesHOST
It's very important, right? If you're creating something like this, you've got to have the practitioners involved.
Jayson DaviesHOST
Going back a moment, because you were at AOTA, you were at Inspire, walking around and being on the conference floor and even talking to other practitioners about Coro.
Jayson DaviesHOST
What were some of the things that you were hearing? Maybe it's the things that OT practitioners were sharing with you that was difficult, something they like about Coro, something they think could be improved about Coro.
Lindsey VestalHOST
Brooke is currently pursuing her post-professional OTD with a capstone focused on helping caregivers talk openly about periods and recognize red flags.
Lindsey VestalHOST
She's also spoken for the AOTA Women's Health Community of Practice on honoring menstruation as a vital sign in youth.
Lindsey VestalHOST
She was also one of the first speakers at the OTs and Pelvic Health Summit to talk about this exact conversation.
Lindsey VestalHOST
And she was one of the very first people to take OT pioneers back in 2018.
Sarah LyonHOST
Thank you for joining us on the OT potential podcast.
Sarah LyonHOST
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Sarah LyonHOST
When you pass the quiz with a score of 75% or higher, you will be able to download a PDF certificate that certifies your completion of this course.
Sarah LyonHOST
Okay, I want to thank you for joining us today and we'll see you next time.
Chad GarreauHOST
and so i want to work on those things so bam now that is within the means of what i want to work on within ot you know what i mean it didn't have to be and he explained this to me really well it's just therapist been practicing a long time i was like i don't have to pick up laundry i don't have to transfer a gallon of milk i don't have to do any of this stuff yes i can and yes we can do those things he's like but at the end of the day You're going to you can't tell me that you would tell a patient that they don't have a right to say that was important to them.
Chad GarreauHOST
I mean, you know, that's AOTA would say that you can't say that.
Chad GarreauHOST
Like, no, that's it's important to them for whatever reason.
Chad GarreauHOST
That's something we need to address.
Chad GarreauHOST
I mean, really, it really is.
Chad GarreauHOST
And I think that a lot of times it's just very difficult to convey that.
Chad GarreauHOST
It gets confusing for people like, okay, so one of the board certifications we have through AOTA is a board certified physical rehabilitation.
Laura RaastadGUEST
That
Jeff TiessenHOST
An author as well, she's also past chair of the Amputee Coalition's Upper Limb Advisory Council.
Jeff TiessenHOST
And that's just one of the many roles she's had with professional organizations, including the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Jeff TiessenHOST
Bob joined the prosthetics profession almost 50 years ago when he started a company in Colorado called TRS.
Jeff TiessenHOST
After losing his left hand and not being satisfied with prosthetic technology available at the time for him, he started designing alternative body-powered prosthesis for arm amputees like himself.
Lori Thein-BrodyHOST
So this was an amazing core working group.
Lori Thein-BrodyHOST
So once the core working group consisted of the APTA members and representatives, Representatives from the AAOS, or American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Occupational Therapy Association, and the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses.
Lori Thein-BrodyHOST
Once they completed the guidelines, they were reviewed by a patient, a care partner, and external content experts from 14 associations.
Lori Thein-BrodyHOST
Now, did we go through that much trouble? True or false? They did.
HaoHOST
It has an element where the medical community can understand the profession as well.
HaoHOST
This definition was from the AOTA definition, and please don't be an ageist, guys, okay? It was in nineteen seventy-two, okay? And let me read this to you.
HaoHOST
This is the definition.
HaoHOST
Are you ready? Here we go.
HaoHOST
"Occupational therapy is the art and science of directing man's participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, facilitate learning of those skills and functions essential for adaptation and productivity, diminish or correct pathology, and to promote and maintain health.
HaoHOST
Its fundamental concern is the capacity, throughout the lifespan, to perform with satisfaction to self and others those tasks and roles essential to productive living and to the mastery of self and the environment." Like I said, this one was cited in the AOTA Uniform Terminology nineteen seventy-two, and if you want to look at this, it will be in the Willard and Spackman, but that would be in the eighth edition.
HaoHOST
Okay? Now, what I want to do is for us to break this definition down, okay, phrase by phrase.
HaoHOST
So phrase number one, "Occupational therapy is the art and science." It's beautiful, isn't it? So it is a very important opening.
Carol ChiangHOST
habits.I love that.
Carol ChiangHOST
And for anybody who went to AOTA, I think in Texas, and John O'Leary was the keynote speaker there, and he s- he said that the nurse that helped him said, "Don't worry, we're gonna do this together." And that was the first phrase that popped into my head just now when you were saying that.
Carol ChiangHOST
Like, this is, we're here together.
Carol ChiangHOST
This may be overwhelming, but we'll walk you one by one by one.
Jason KreuzmanGUEST
... uh, education and, uh, jumping into the, the real world and working the hospital systems.
Jason KreuzmanGUEST
Uh, within our governing body of the American Occupational Therapy Association, they have subspecialties that you can go eventually get.
Jason KreuzmanGUEST
Uh, but it's not something you need to declare early on
Erica CottonHOST
onHmm.
Lily GlasgoGUEST
The, my pro- [laughs] my problem was that I, I liked Charleston especially, but I had never lived anywhere else and I was very gung ho on just, like, trying something new and being young and being ready to change things up.
Lily GlasgoGUEST
So I got a, I got the pediatric fellowship position at Oregon Health and Science University, which is, um, the AOTA fellowships are these, like, very unique, um, highly specialized training and mentoring programs that last for a year, and I had only applied to the OHSU one, and it was such a beautiful fit that I moved across country when I was 20 f- uh, newly 24.
Lily GlasgoGUEST
I had just turned 24.
Lily GlasgoGUEST
Um-
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Michelle DawsonHOST
And if we know what best practice is, then help me understand or help me identify the barriers so that we can get to that point, and that's-
Lily GlasgoGUEST
And that's what, like, it...
Lily GlasgoGUEST
That's what I think is, is crucial, is we can advocate all we want with ASHA and AOTA, but at the end of the day, this...
Lily GlasgoGUEST
There are other systems in place in schools-
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