Highlights of the 2011 Representative Assembly
In all, 34 items of business were debated and voted upon, including the following highlights:
- The Practice Advisory: Services Provided by Students in Fieldwork Level II Settings will be formatted as an official document.
- A "Complex Seating and Wheeled Mobility Specialized Knowledge and Skills" Paper and a Policy Fact Sheet will be created to provide advocacy and education in this area of practice.
- The Societal Statement on Health Literacy was approved as amended.
- The revised Definition of Occupational Therapy Practice for the AOTA Model Practice Act was approved as amended.
- A motion establishing the Kielhofner Emerging Leader Award was approved.
- A motion to establish a Phase II Panel for School System Specialty Certification was approved.
- The Membership Momentum motion was defeated; however, two substitute motions were adopted to include the RA on the existing Board of Directors (BOD) Membership Ad Hoc Committee and for this committee to report to the RA fall meeting.
- A motion to remove social justice from the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards (2010) was defeated.
- Two motions regarding baccalaureate OTA education were defeated.
- A motion to accept the recommendations of the Procedural & Organizational Change Ad Hoc Committee was defeated.
- A motion was approved to establish an ad hoc committee to examine the utilization of consumers of OT services in the operations and functions of AOTA.
- A motion was approved to establish an ad hoc committee to evaluate the operations and functions of the RA and to incorporate the intent of the recommendations of the Procedural & Organizational Change Ad Hoc Committee.
In addition, an amended plan for use of the Nominating and Recognitions Committees and 15 revised official documents and administrative policies were approved.
When completed, the full minutes will be posted on the AOTA Web site under "Get Involved!"
