https://otconnections.aota.org/more_groups/public_groups/new_practitioners/default.aspx

Online communication board for recent graduations and new practitioners. Use this online community to connect with other new practitioners, graduates, and soon-to-be graduates on the issues that matter to you. Share tips, ask questions, and get answers from your peers and OT experts.

http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/treatment/therapy/occupational-therapy

Break down of OT's role for helping patients with cerebral palsy including descriptions of environmental modifications and areas of treatment.

http://www.justot.co.uk/occupational-therapy-news.php

Interesting articles all pertaining to new occupational therapy news. Great site to follow to keep up to date on new things happening in the profession.

https://www.everydayhealth.com/hs/living-well-with-multiple-sclerosis/improve-life-with-ms/

Tips and techniques to help bypass limitations of living with MS. Great strategies to share with patients!

https://www.ot-innovations.com/pet-therapy/

This article highlights the therapeutic use of pets that is used within occupational therapy practice and includes the therapeutic benefits and common goals of pet therapy.

https://www.somersschools.org/cms/lib/NY01913963/Centricity/Domain/1064/WhatWhyHowSeries4Visual.pdf

Great review of visual perceptual skills breaking down each skill into what it is, why it is important, and how to help a child improve/develop each skill.

http://www.avera.org/app/files/public/64840/2016-sports-common-hand.pdf

Become familiar with splint materials and education
 Overview of common sport related upper extremity
injuries seen by Occupational Therapy.
 Overview of treatment for upper extremity injuries related to sport.
 Overview of splinting for upper extremity injuries related to sport.
 Understand the rules for athletics regarding the use of playing casts/splints
 Recognize splint treatment options for common athletic injuries

https://www.myotspot.com/occupational-therapy-interventions-for-dementia/

Meaningful and functional ideas to work on with dementia patients categorized into early, middle, and late stages of dementia including challenges to keep in mind for these patients.

https://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=2645782&resultClick=3

Occupational therapy practitioners play a significant role in supporting adults with Alzheimer's disease and related major neurocognitive disorders, as well as their caregivers, through all phases of the disease process. This editorial highlights the systematic reviews completed in collaboration with the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-Based Practice Project that summarize the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions within the scope of occupational therapy practice for this population.

https://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=2087159&resultClick=3

Client satisfaction, a widely used outcome indicator of quality in health care, is inherently client centered and important in occupational therapy. this article discusses an instrument called the Satisfaction With Continuum of Care Revised (SCC-R) that they developed and tested a logistic regression model of satisfaction for six predictive research questions. Data collected from clients from a large rehabilitation hospital using the SCC-R were paired with data that included demographics, functional status, and measures of the rehabilitation including occupational therapy. Satisfaction was stratified into two groups, satisfied and dissatisfied. The most robust and consistent predictors of satisfaction were functional status and improvements in functional status, presence of a neurological disorder, total rehabilitation hours, and admission to rehabilitation within 15 days of condition onset. The finding that improvements in functional status, especially self-care, were predictive of satisfaction is particularly relevant for occupational therapy.

https://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=2616210&resultClick=3

This Evidence Connection describes a case report of an adult with traumatic brain injury (TBI), applying the evidence for intervention from the systematic reviews on TBI that were conducted in conjunction with the American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA's) Evidence-Based Practice Project. The occupational therapy assessment and treatment processes for hospital, home, and community settings are described.

https://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=2646450&resultClick=3

This article discusses physical activity and nutrition within the context of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process and proposes potential roles for occupational therapy practitioners and researchers in developing, testing, and providing physical activity and nutrition interventions for people with stroke.

https://www.saebo.com/35-fun-rehab-activities-stroke-patients/

Several activities and treatment ideas for stroke patients along with clickable links on the side for exercises for stroke patients.

https://www.asht.org/sites/default/files/downloads/2014/3rded_cht_testprep_web31_ch32final6-11-14.pdf

Break down of physical agent modalities for a hand therapist.

https://www.studystack.com/OccupationalTherapy

Here is a link to a website with several flashcards geared towards NBCOT studying.

https://mh4ot.com/resources/ot-assessment-index/

A list of OT assessments with titles, clickable links, and a summary of the assessment.

https://otpotential.com

Great website to explore and find inspiring OT blogs and stories!

https://www.rcsdk12.org/Page/28647

This website provides several OT handouts for activities for kids to work on at home along with a blog and other resources that could come in handy!

http://www.therapyops.com/occupational-therapy-resources/

Great website to refer to for a list of web links for resources for fine and visual motor, products, materials, books and sensory processing resources.

Interesting article comparing an biomedical vs OA based treatment plan. This case report illustrates a shift in approach from biomechanical to occupational adaptation (OA) in an orthopedic outpatient clinic. The progress of a client with lupus-related arthritis who was 6 days postsurgery is documented. The intervention initially used a biomechanical frame of reference, but when little progress had been made at 10 weeks after surgery, a shift was made to the more client-centered OA approach.