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News from Member Organisations June 2019
Asociacion Argentina de Terapistas Ocupacionales March 7th, 2019. The career of occupational therapy of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) achieved the minimum standards for education of OT during the year of 2015, achieving the continuum till 2022. Annual activity. Bibliographic Athenaeum of Occupational Therapy, 60 years later. Joint reading, dialogue and discussion about texts that address different topics of the 60 years of development of OT in Argentina in articulation with the current reality in our country. LILIANA CANULLI Award 2019. It recognizes the Argentine colleagues, who from diverse functions and activities have contributed to the growth and hierarchy of the discipline and profession. And they have shown their commitment to occupational therapy and the Argentine Association of Occupational Therapists (AATO). April 26th, 2019. VII Meeting of the National Network of Occupational Therapy. Honorable Chamber of Senators of the Province of Buenos Aires, La Plata. Presentation by their authors and colleagues of their books: Dr. Daniela Testa; Lic. Monica Sagrera and Lic. Sofia Cappa. Presentation of the ATOTuc colleagues of the X Argentine OT Congress and the XIII CLATO Congress. April 26th and 27th. City of La Plata, the VII Meeting of the Renato - National Network of Occupational Therapy that counted on the declaration of interest of the Honorable Senate of the Province of Buenos Aires. The work was in relation with the Basic Nomenclature of Occupational Therapy Benefits and the situation with social works; the actions that each school, association and provincial referents are carrying out, among other topics. Representing the Argentine Association of Occupational Therapists were Sara Daneri, Hernán Laglaive and Andrea Albino, board members of the AATO. News from Member Organisations – June 2019 2 | 21
All India Occupational Therapists Association AIOTA ELECTIONS: ONLINE VOTING Members of AIOTA elect their office bearers once in four years. This year 2019-20 turns to be in election year to elect its next executive body for the period 2020-24. General body meeting held at Chandigarh on 9th February 2019 decided to conduct this year election as paper-free, online voting will allow us to GO GREEN, reach more members, allow members in overseas also to cast their votes in election. Online voting may enable all the members to cast their vote, and voting process will be validated through OTP sent to mobile/email. INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER OF AIOTA International Chapter of AIOTA was approved during OTICON2018 at Nagpur. The website of International Chapter was launched during the inaugural function of OTICON2019: The 57th Annual National Conference of AIOTA at Chandigarh, after a brief introduction from Dr. Vijay Suple (Windsor, Canada), the Coordinator of the International Chapter of AIOTA. Visit the website: www.international-aiota.org OTICON’2020 MUMBAI 16th to 18th January, 2020 The 57th Annual National Conference of the AIOTA i.e. OTICON’2020 is being organized from 16th January, (Thursday) to 18th January (Saturday), 2020, at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, Mumbai- Maharashtra, India. The conference in Mumbai is scheduled to commemorate the platinum jubilee of Occupational Therapy (OT) School & Center, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward VII Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, in collaboration with Mumbai Branch of the AIOTA, with support from OT colleges and institutions of Mumbai. News from Member Organisations – June 2019 3 | 21
Dr. Jayashri S. Kale, Professor & Head, OT School & Center, KEM Hospital, Mumbai is the
Organizing Secretary and Dr. Amitabh K. Dwivedi, Professor & Dean, Jaipur OT College, Jaipur, is
the Chairman of the Scientific Program Committee for this conference.
For Further Information Contact: Professor Mrs. Jayashri S. Kale, Organizing Secretary
OTICON’2020, Mobile: +91-9869604369, +91-9372498395. Telephone No.: +91-22-24107477 & +91-
22-24107044. Email: jayashrikale@yahoo.com and oticon2020@gmail.com
NIRMALA VENKATESWARAN TROPHY FOR THE BEST MINI MOVIE
The AIOTA has accepted the proposal for incepting an award in the cherished memory of Late Dr.
Nirmala Venkateswaran, departed early this year. The award will be named as ‘Nirmala
Venkateswaran Trophy for the Best Mini Movie’ and will commence from OTICON’2020. She was the
recipient of the AIOTA’s Life Time Achievement Award in 2016, at Chennai, for her academic
excellence and dedication for advancement of the profession in India.
AIOTA RESENTED TO SENSORY INTEGRATION COURSES IN INDIA BY USC
The AIOTA has strongly resented to University of Southern California (USC), USA, on its provision to
permit the professionals other than occupational therapists also to undertake Sensory Integration
(SI) courses in India. The AIOTA unequivocally conveyed to USC, to discontinue this provision, failing
which further strategies may be formulated against the controversial USC policy, that may also
include a legal course of action for violation of regulations of Government of India, diluting the
discipline of OT and for safe and quality therapeutic intervention of children with sensory
processing disorders, which happens to be their ethical right.
AUTISM AWARENSS DAY EVENTS AT CHENNAI
The 12th Annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2019. Joined by the international
community, hundreds of thousands of landmarks, buildings, homes and communities around the
world are turned into light blue in recognition of people living with autism.
Tamil Nadu (TN) Branch of the AIOTA under the leadership of Convener Dr. Raghuram P. has
organised many events in collaboration with OT colleges and other organizations at Chennai with
blue dress code.
• On 2nd April, 2019, faculties & BOT students of department of occupational therapy, Sri
Ramachandra University, Chennai participated in the event of human chain, and distributed
brochures for community awareness.
• On 5th April, 2019, the faculty of occupational therapy of Meenakshi Academy of Education &
Research (Deemed to be University) in collaboration with TN Branch of the AIOTA organized
continuing occupational therapy education (COTE) on Autism in the university campus. It
was attended by faculties, members and students.
News from Member Organisations – June 2019 4 | 21
Participants and resource faculties of COTE on Autism
and Meenakshi Academy University, Chennai
• On 8th April 2019, TN AIOTA in collaboration with Hopes & Dreams (Centre for Differently
Abled Children) arranged lectures, demonstration & parental education & training on
autism at Chidambaram. Total of 73 parents & students participated in the event.
CONTINUED OT EDUCATION
0. Certificate course on “Physical Agent Modalities: As an Adjunct to Occupational Therapy”
was organized by UP branch of AIOTA in collaboration with Santosh OT College, Ghaziabad,
ACOT/AIOTA and Occupational Therapy Unit of Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of
Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, (GIPMER) New Delhi from March 29-31,
2019 at institute auditorium. Dr. Shivani Bhardwaj was the Organizing Convener, Dr. R. K.
Sharma was Co-Chairman and President AIOTA-Dr. Anil Srivastava was Chairman
Organizing Committee. It was attended by 53 registrants. Dr. Sanjay Tyagi, Director GIPMER
was chief guest and Dr. Debashish Chowdhary, Director Prof. & HOD Neurology was the
Guest of Honor.
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President AIOTA felicitating Director GIPMER, New Delhi
during inaugural function of COTE on PAMOT
Participants of COTE on PAMOT in the closing function
1. Certificate course in “Introduction to office Ergonomics: Module-1 was organized by
Academic Council of OT of AIOTA from April 20-21, 2019 at L.T.M. Medical College & Sion
Hospital, Mumbai. Dr. Bharti Jajoo, MOT, OTR & Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist
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(US) (Bangalore) was the resource faculty. Prof. Shashi Kelkar was the chief guest of the
inaugural function on 20th April. . President AIOTA Dr. Anil Srivastava welcomed the guests
& participants and Dean ACOT Dr. Jyothika Bijlani delivered vote of thanks. It was attended
by 29 participants.
Prof. Kelkar, President AIOTA Dr. Anil Srivastava and Dean ACOT Dr. Jyothika Bijlani
inaugurating the Office Ergonomics Workshop
AIOTA officials President Dr. Anil Srivastava, Hon. Secretary Dr. Satish Maslekar, Treasurer Dr. Pratibha
Vaidya, Dean ACOT Dr. J. Bijlani and EC Member ACOT Dr. Jaya Kale and others with Chief Guest Prof. Kelkar
and Resource faculty for Ergonomics workshop Dr. Bharti Jajoo
News from Member Organisations – June 2019 7 | 21
2. Gujarat Branch of AIOTA under the leadership of its Convener Dr. Deepak Ganjiwale
successfully organized one day seminar on Sensory Processing Disorders on April 28, 2019,
at Anand Gujarat. The members of Gujarat Branch, Faculty members and students of OT
College, Anand attended it.
Participants of Seminar on Sensory Processing Disorders in closing function
REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN
• ‘The 3rd Annual Fellowship in Advanced Occupational Therapy on Musculoskeletal
Rehabilitation and Ergonomics’ (FAOT: MSK-R): is scheduled from July, 2019 onward with
renowned national and international resource faculties.
• ‘Splinting in Neuro-Rehabilitation’: one-day workshop on 22nd June, 2019 by resource
faculties: Dr. Shovan Saha (Manipal) and Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma (Ghaziabad) at GIPMER,
New Delhi
• ‘Hands on Techniques for Motor Re-education’: one-day workshop on 23rd June, 2019 at
GIPMER, New Delhi, with renowned resource faculties from Mumbai Dr. Maya Nanavati
(Advanced PNF Techniques) and Dr. Kavitha Mahamankar (Advanced NDT Techniques)
• For registration and more information on fellowship and one-day workshops contact: Dr.
Jyothika N. Bijlani, Dean ACOT, Email: deanacot@aiota.org and/or Dr. Neeraj Mishra,
Coordinator, Email: neeraj_1_ot@yahoo.co.in
• Online Home-Based COTE Courses: of high academic excellence by OTCourses.com in
collaboration with the AIOTA. The courses are available on affordable prize from January
2019 onward. Visit: https://www.otcourses.com/ or https://www.aiota.org/ or Email at:
chopper10@stcourses.org
Dr. Anil K. Srivastava, President AIOTA & WFOT Delegate
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Association of Occupational Therapists of
Ireland
AOTI launch LGBT+ Guidelines for Occupational Therapists
The Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) recently launched LGBT+ Awareness
and Good Practice Guidelines for Occupational Therapists to promote the highest standards of
practice when providing an Occupational Therapy service to clients who are lesbian, gay, bisexual
or transgender. LGBT+ is used in the guidelines to capture everything on the gender and sexuality
spectrum that letters and words cannot yet describe.
The guidelines were written by occupational therapists: Dr Mark Brown, Jane Freeman, Vanessa
Jordan, Niall Kirrane and Odhrán Allen, and have 3 objectives:
1. To clarify language, concepts and good practice principles to enable occupational therapists to
provide an LGBT+ inclusive service,
2. To assist occupational therapists to understand how particular life experiences (such as
discrimination and fear of coming out) can affect some LGBT+ people’s physical and mental
health, as well as their occupational and social identities,
3. To describe specific Occupational Therapy practices which enable LGBT+ clients’ occupations
and social engagement, and support their full occupational identity.
Underpinning these new guidelines are the following core principles:
• Sexual orientation and gender identity are core parts of everyone’s sense of self and
therefore are key considerations in the person-centred practice of every occupational
therapist.
• AOTI see lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual and pansexual identities as part of the spectrum of
normal human sexual orientation.
• AOTI see transgender and non-binary identities as part of the spectrum of normal human
gender identity.
• There is an ethical requirement for occupational therapists to respect and affirm the
identity of LGBT+ individuals and to provide them with appropriate support.
• With the right support, LGBT+ people, like all people, can thrive and flourish, and live
satisfying and meaningful lives.
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AOTI see these new guidelines as a
valuable resource for Occupational
Therapy practitioners, managers,
educators, researchers, policy-
makers and students to make our
profession a fully LGBT+ inclusive
one.
Given the client-centred and
holistic nature of our profession,
occupational therapists have huge
potential to be leaders within their
own services and to become
advocates of LGBT+ inclusive
practice. AOTI hopes that these
good practice guidelines will
inspire and empower occupational
therapists to do so.
AOTI encourages other WFOT
Member Associations to reflect on
how their members can be
supported to be true to the ethos of
our profession by being LGBT+
inclusive in their practice.
A copy of the LGBT+ Awareness and Good Practice Guidelines for Occupational Therapists can be
downloaded from the AOTI website here: http://bit.ly/AOTILGBT
Korean Association of Occupational
Therapists
A ceremony of the 50th year of occupational therapy in Korea was held on April 3 rd in Seoul with
WFOT executive management team, Korean occupational therapists, government officials,
senators, and presidents of 7 other health care professionals. The KAOT celebrated 50th
anniversary of licensing of the first Korean occupational therapist, Gui-Ja Choi.
Byoung-Jin Jeon, President of the KAOT, addressed the past, present, and future of occupational
therapy in Korea and emphasized the role of occupational therapists in various areas especially for
promoting occupational justice.
News from Member Organisations – June 2019 10 | 21WFOT President, Marilyn Pattison, congratulated achievement of the KAOT in the provision of services in healthcare and presented awards to recognize the work of supporting occupational therapy and disability rights. There are 23 WFOT approved occupational therapy education programs out of 60 OT programs in Korea with more to follow in 2019. WFOT President, Marilyn Pattison presented WFOT certificates to six recently approved programs. A special award, Marion Current Award, was established to commemorate Professor Marion Current and celebrate the 50th year of occupational therapy in Korea. This award is to remember Marion Current, her Korean name is Ae-Ryun Ku, who started occupational therapy education in Korea. Professor Current first came to Korea in 1959 as a Canadian missionary, and for 37 years, she lived a life of commitment and sacrifice as an occupational therapist, physio-therapist, educator, and a missionary. As a faculty of Yonsei University, she bridged Korea to many countries such as Canada and US to train many Korean OTs as educators and researchers, and actively supported KAOT to be a full member organization of WFOT. She was also an activist against the Korean dictatorship and human rights in the 70s. Moving back to Canada in 1997 after her retirement, she worked as a human rights activist for North Korea and people with disabilities. When she passed away on November 18th 2013, she donated her possessions to Yonsei University and other organizations and her will was to use them for the improvement of educational environment for students with disabilities and scholarships for students who are in need. Celebrating 50 years of occupational therapy in Korea, the KAOT initiated to commemorate the great deed of Professor Marion Current recognizing one person every year who have advanced Korean occupational therapy in various clinical, policy, research and educational areas. This year Dr. Eun-Young Yoo was the first recipient of the award for her contribution to advancing occupational therapy academically and clinically as a devoted editor-in-chief of Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy for nearly 20 years. News from Member Organisations – June 2019 11 | 21
Occupational Therapy New Zealand | Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa Continuing Professional Development This year the OTNZ-WNA conference will focus on te kaihautu / leaders and is titled “Leaders: Stand, be seen and shine. Tu mai e nga rangatira, tu mai hei mataariki, tu tei tirohanga mo te ao” Presentations will be based on: Te ārahi i te tangata ke/Leading others Te ārahi i ngā mahi tiaki/ Leading practice Te ārahi rangahau/leading research Te ārahi auahatanga/ Leading innovation Ngā kaiwhakaora ngangahau hei kaihautū/occupational therapists as leaders Te ārahi i roto i te mahi kōtui/ Leading in partnership Ngā ara o mua iho ki nāianei/Pathways to the present Te kaihautū hei arāhi i te kaihautū/Leaders leading leaders Te hautū me te ōritetanga/lead other/leadership and equity; lead practice; lead research; lead innovations Keynote speakers will include Marilyn Patterson, Dr Chontel Gibson and Professor Hinemoa Elder. OTNZ-WNA will soon be launching a new toolkit around private practice, which will assist occupational therapists working in this area or those considering a transition into it. Advocacy and Representation OTNZ-WNA is allocating resources for the development of indigenous occupational therapists in New Zealand through the following activities: - A review of Te Umanga Whakaora Accelerated Māori Occupational Therapy Workforce Development - Developing Māori leadership - A national hui for tangata whenua. News from Member Organisations – June 2019 12 | 21
The Ministry of Health has appointed Martin Chadwick into a new role of Chief Allied Health Professions Officer. OTNZ-WNA has been collaborating with Martin and providing education about the profession and association. Operational Infrastructure OTNZ-WNA has increased the efficiency of their administrative processes which has generated more revenue that can be spent on continuing professional development and other opportunities. The implementation of electronic voting for the OTNZ-WNA Annual General Meeting is being developed. Ngā mihi Tracey Partridge| WFOT Delegate Occupational Therapy New Zealand | Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa T) 0274 20 318 E) traceyp.ot@outlook.com Rwanda Occupational Therapy Association Development of Occupational therapy “a new profession in Rwanda” On 27th of February 2015 at Gahini Eastern Province 5 OTs existing in Rwanda from different health institutions launched officially the journey of the Rwanda Occupational Therapy Association (RWOTA) in collaboration with “Humanity and inclusion”. Thereafter the University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences in collaboration with RWOTA the curriculum has been developed to offer OT Bachelor’s education programme. News from Member Organisations – June 2019 13 | 21
The world OT day is celebrated on the
27th every year, in Rwanda since 2015.
The international OT day bring together
different stakeholders participating in
the promotion of health professionals
including the government institutions,
local and international non-government
organization along with health
Awareness of OT in Nyamishaba campus during student professional’s association. This has
recruitment or Sensitization of students to enroll in
Occupational Therapy programme.
resulted in coding the OT services in the
health system at the Ministerial level
and submission of the scope of practice under process to be approved.
The first world OT Day in 2015 has been celebrated in the
community center of children with disabilities where 6
occupational therapists and 15 OT students have conducted some
self-care, recreational activities and positioning education. The
day has been a good opportunity to raise the awareness for the
profession for the first time in the country and linking the
profession intervention in the community.
News from Member Organisations – June 2019 14 | 21Since then awareness raising of the profession continue through different areas such as:
• Joint Action District Forum open day in Kicukiro and Rustiro
• Hospitals like Kibagabaga, Murunda Hospital, Masaka Hospital and on TV Broadcast
• Different conferences both national and international (OTARG, WFOT, and FATO, …)
• Creation of a running Occupational therapist website, where articles are being published to
attract more viewers.
• Awareness of OT trough TV by Occupational Therapist and OT student
By now, 8 students from 41 enrolled in 2015 obtained they degree on November 2018 and most of
them have been employed. RWOTA is working closely
with Rwanda Allied Health Professionals (RAHPC) for
advocacy on Tariffication of OT Services among other
allied health services. The scope of practice has been
submitted to RAHPC for consideration and advocacy to
be accepted among other professions in Rwanda.
Among other achievements, RWOTA is hosting the
biannual OTARG congress in Rwanda in August 2019
and preparations are on a good progress in technical
support of other Rwanda Allied professionals,
University of Rwanda, the Ministry of Health and the
World Federation of Occupational Therapists.
News from Member Organisations – June 2019 15 | 21Swedish Association of Occupational
Therapists
Our national conference
Arbetsterapiforum took place in
April 2-3, 2019. Arbetsterapiforum
is the largest, and most visited,
meeting place for Swedish
occupational therapists. It is the
place where occupational
therapists learn from each other
and where new research and
development are presented. This
year the conference had almost
1000 participants and consisted off
a total of 85 oral presentations,
eight workshops and a total of 58
posters were presented. During
this conference 13 specialist
lectures were held, read more about our Specialist standards for Swedish Occupational Therapists.
The opening ceremony, characterized by the fact that the Occupational Therapy in Sweden
celebrates 75 years, was led by Ida Kåhlin, President of the Swedish Association of Occupational
Therapists. The key note speakers were Lena Borell and Birgitta Bernspång that were awarded
Honorary awards and made a retrospective reflection on the history of Occupational Therapy. Other
key note speaker was the Minister of Health and Social Affairs Lena Hallengren.
Code of Ethics for Occupational Therapists in Sweden was developed in 1992 and has been revised
on several occasions, most recently for The General Assembly in 2018. The Code of Ethical for
Occupational Therapists is one of the union's most important documents. It provides guidance by
specifying obligations that the occupational therapist must relate to in the profession.
News from Member Organisations – June 2019 16 | 21The biggest changes in this revised version are that the profession's objectives, basic assumptions and tasks have been given another writing that better harmonises with other important documents such as the WFOT's Code of Ethics. In addition, the ethical obligations have been given a clearer writing and ethical obligations towards students have been added. What does digital competence mean for occupational therapists? At the General Assembly, the council also decided on a revision of Competence Descriptions for Occupational Therapists. One novelty is that they now include digital skills for occupational therapists. In the Swedish Occupational Therapists' vision, knowledge-based Occupational Therapy is a recognized path to an equal and sustainable society. In the union's endeavour to realize the vision, it is important that we can describe and communicate the competence that the profession possesses. Therefore, The Swedish Association Occupational Therapists have developed competence descriptions for occupational therapists. The updated Descriptions for Occupational Therapists will be published in June, you will find it on our English pages. New online-course in English In May 2019, The Swedish Association of Occupational Therapists launched their first online course in English. The course is about the questionnaire Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ), which is a questionnaire used in a structured interview that focuses on everyday technical objects and services such as remote control, mobile phones and ticket machines. ETUQ captures what everyday technologies that is relevant for the person, which everyday technology the person uses or does not use and if there are difficulties in using the technology. For more information about the online course, click here. Taiwan Occupational Therapy Association TOTA 2019 Annual Meeting and International Conference On behalf of the Taiwan Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA), the International Conference Organizing Committee sincerely invites you to join the TOTA 2019 Annual Meeting and International Conference to be held in the National Taiwan University at Taipei, Taiwan from November 2 nd to 3rd, 2019. The theme of this conference will be “From Occupation to Health – Bridging Research and Practice.” Research findings and practical experiences are welcome to be submitted and shared at the News from Member Organisations – June 2019 17 | 21
conference. Submissions for both Oral/Poster Abstracts & Workshop Proposals will be open starting
April 22nd. Please follow us on our website as well as our Facebook pages!!
Call for abstracts
Abstract Submission April 22th 2019
Opens
Abstract Submission July 31th 2019
Closes
Notification for Acceptance August 16th 2019
TOTA official Website: http://www.ot-roc.org.tw/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/otaroc1982/
We look forward to seeing you in November!
TOTA 2019 International Conference Committee
Tanzania Occupational Therapy
Association
STUDENT SUPERVISION WORKSHOP REPORT
The workshop was held on 18th January 2019 in the premises of Kilimanjaro Christian Medical
University College (KCMUCo) in Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
The main aim of the workshop was to equip Occupational Therapy Supervisors with the necessary
skills to effectively and efficiently supervise student when they are in their fieldwork placements.
The total number of participants that attended was 22 from four different regions especially the
northern zone namely Tanga, Kilimanjaro, Manyara and Arusha.
The main facilitator was Mr. Antony Ephraim from the school of Occupational Therapy.
It started at 9am with welcoming remarks from the Coordinator of the School of Occupational
Therapy, Madam Sarah Mkenda who talked briefly about the progress of the school and direction we
are heading in terms of students enrollment and the need for having well equipped Occupational
Therapy field supervisors.
News from Member Organisations – June 2019 18 | 21The facilitator then carried on with the workshop from 9.30 am to 5 pm.
The workshop was a success considering the number of Occupational Therapists that attended was
large and from different regions and different Occupational Therapy providing centres not just in
Kilimanjaro. This is a success as we are now confident that more students from the northern zone
will receive quality fieldwork supervision when in their field placements.
Happy Occupational Therapists after completion
of the workshop
IRINGA REHABILITATION NETWORK (IRN)
In Tanzania, rehabilitation services are extended in different areas of the country at large. One
Occupational Therapist working in Iringa region has been involved in the establishment of the
network which works directly in rehabilitation.
Iringa Rehabilitation Network (IRN) is the network which deals with rehabilitation matters for/with
people with disability in Iringa region. It was formed 2016.
It involves Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and other medical professionals including
Medical Doctors, Nurses and Nutritional Officers & People with Disabilities and their Organizations,
government officials including Social Welfare, Health and Education & Rehabilitation centres.
Aims
• Application of human rights to People with Disabilities (PWD) by addressing social
disadvantages.
• To promote their participation in the civic, political, economic, social and cultural issues.
News from Member Organisations – June 2019 19 | 21• Collaboration between private-public partnership and government based on disability
matters.
• Holistic approach of (Community Based Rehabilitation) CBR by working with other
stakeholders.
The network works under Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which was agreed by the members
of the network.
Activities done
• Awareness raising about Disability and Rehabilitation.
• Finding out more about Organization of people with disabilities and individuals to
collaborate with.
• Preparation and implementation of events in which People with Disability (PWD) are
involved.
• Collaboration in rehabilitation matters especially availability and accessibility of assistive
devices, therapeutical discussions.
• Provision of seminars about disability and rehabilitation to different stakeholders (ward
officers) in Iringa Urban and Rural.
An Occupational Therapist raising awareness about Occupational Therapy services and Rehabilitation matters
during the Disability and Rehabilitation seminar.
News from Member Organisations – June 2019 20 | 21An interactive discussion of both Occupational Therapist and Ward Officers & other participants about the
relationship between Disability, Occupational Therapy and rehabilitation services during the seminar.
Godfrey Kimathy
Chairperson of Tanzanian Occupational Therapy Association (TOTA)
American Occupational Therapy
Association Inc
The AOTA Representative Assembly (RA) met in person on April 4, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
One critical topic of discussion focused on entry-level education in the United States.
Following robust discussion, the RA voted to support dual points of entry for degree levels of both
occupational therapists (OTs) and occupational therapy assistants (OTAs). OTs may earn an entry-
level master’s or doctoral degree, and OTAs may earn an entry-level associate’s or bachelor’s
degree.
For those interested in working in the United States, additional information on practice
requirements can be found at: http://www.aota.org/Practice/Manage/Intl/WorkinUS.aspx
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