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I though this was a very helpful page describing what all should be included in an advocacy letter. Scroll down to "Preparing Your Letter," this is what I found to be helpful. Hope this can help someone else too!!

Great find, Miranda!

Amputee Coalition is a national non-profit organization providing extensive resources, peer support, outreach and education to individual amputees, amputee caregivers, limb loss professionals and those dealing with the effects of limb loss.

A mix of events and speakers and fun will come together next week on the University of Tennessee campus. It's part of Disability Week. (WBIR-Downtown) A mix of events and speakers and fun will come together next week on the University of Tennessee campus. It's part of Disability Week.

This is a handy-dandy chart of a variety of assessments that OTs can use to help determine a patient's functional limitations and how those limitations may change over time. According to fairly new rules related to Medicare, OTs and other therapists must now include a G-code which helps documents changes in patients and gives Medicare decision making abilities about the patient's future services. Originally I was looking for the use of the Barthel Index in OT settings when I found this chart and recognized some of the other assessments as well. If you are especially interested in working with older patients, this chart could be helpful.

I really like charts. I just posted one above. Thank you!

Very handy! I had thought about posting a small chart and think I will now! Thanks Beth

This article has some insights about gay/bi/trans people and aging that many of us may not have thought about. Two that particularly stood out for me were the likelihood that LGBT elders may not have family to care for them and the invisibility of older LGBT people. In working with LGBT older clients, we should be aware of and open to the different experiences they may be having (and certainly will have gone through in their lives). This article was originally written on The Huffington Post by Robert Espinoza, the Seniored------ Director of Public Policy and Communications of Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE).

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I thought this tied in with our speaker on Medicare. It takes each setting and explains details of Medicare. It is very important to know this information when we get out in the field.

This articles gives the importance of early intervention with children with disabilities, and also talks about the children that need intervention and cannot recieve it. If you dont have a topic for advocacy letter this may be good idea.

I'm taking the idea, I like it! Thanks Ginger!

wanted to share this because it answers questions about billing for splinting, PAMs, and dysphagia treatment

I found this Hub about advocating for a group call "ASAP", (Ask a Sexual Advocacy Professional). Their intention is to have a "go to" place for advice or help for health care providers and/or anyone needing help getting their sexual needs met.

Links include information on state occupational therapy practice acts and regulations. Resources include reference charts on scope of occupational therapy practice, and state requirements regarding continuing competence, OTA supervision, and referral.