Official Documents

Official documents are approved by the Representative Assembly (or the RACC) of the Association for the use of the Association and its membership to help guide members' practice. The documents are a valuable resource for occupational therapy practitioners and provide a solid grounding in the profession for students. All are links to AJOT's library with a few exceptions.

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Accreditation

• ACOTE Standards FREE
• ACOTE Interpretive Guide - pdf FREE

Concept Papers

• A Descriptive Review of Occupational Therapy Education (2016) 
• Scholarship in Occupational Therapy (2016) 

Ethics

• Enforcement Procedures for the OT Code of Ethics (2015) FREE
• Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (2015) FREE

Guidelines

• Guidelines for Documentation of Occupational Therapy (Edited 2013) 
• Guidelines for Occupational Therapy Services in Early Intervention and Schools (2017) 
• Guidelines for Supervision, Roles, and Responsibilities During the Delivery of Occupational Therapy Services (2014) 
• Guidelines for Reentry Into the Field of Occupational Therapy FREE
• Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, 3rd Edition (2014) 
• The Practice of Occupational Therapy in Feeding, Eating, and Swallowing (2017) 

Specialized Knowledge and Skills

• Specialized Knowledge and Skills of Occupational Therapy Educators of the Future (2009) FREE
• Specialized Knowledge and Skills of Occupational Therapy Practice in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (reviewed 2010) FREE

Position Papers

• Complex Environmental Modifications (2015) 
• Continuing Professional Development in Occupational Therapy (2016) - pdf 
• Fieldwork Level II and Occupational Therapy Students: A Position Paper (2012) 
• Importance of Collaborative Occupational Therapist-Occupational Therapy Assistant Intraprofessional Education in Occupational Therapy Curricula (2017) 
• Importance of Interprofessional Education in Occupational Therapy Curricula (2015) 
• Obesity and Occupational Therapy (2012) 
• Occupational Therapy and Complementary Health Approaches and Integrative Health (2016) 
• Occupational Therapy’s Commitment to Nondiscrimination and Inclusion (2014) 
• Occupational Therapy’s Perspective on the Use of Environments and Contexts to Facilitate Health, Well-Being, and Participation in Occupations (2015) 
• Occupational Therapy’s Role in Medication Management 
• Physical Agent Modalities (2012)  
• Role of Occupational Therapy in Primary Care (2014) 
• Role of Occupational Therapy in Wound Management (2013) 
• Scope of Practice (2014) FREE
• Telehealth (2013) 
• Value of Occupational Therapy Assistant Education to the Profession (2015) 

Standards

• Standards for Continuing Competence (2015) 
• Standards of Practice for Occupational Therapy (2015)  

Statements

• Academic Terminal Degree (2017)    
• Assistive Technology and Occupational Performance 
• Cognition, Cognitive Rehabilitation, and Occupational Performance (2013) 
• Driving and Community Mobility (2016) 
• Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention in Occupational Therapy Practice (2017) 
• Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Education: Value and Purpose (2016) 
• Occupational Therapy for Children and Youth Using Sensory Integration Theory and Methods in School-Based Practice (2015) 
• Occupational Therapy in the Promotion of Health and Well-Being (2013) 
• Occupational Therapy Services for Individuals Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence (2017) 
• Occupational Therapy Services in Facilitating Work Participation and Performance (2017) 
• Occupational Therapy Services in the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being (2016) 
• Philosophical Base of Occupational Therapy (2017) 
• Philosophy of Occupational Therapy Education (2014) 
  
• Role of Occupational Therapy in End-of-Life Care (2016) 
• Scope of Occupational Therapy Services for Individuals With An Autism Spectrum Disorder Across The Life Course (2015) 
• Vestibular Impairment, Vestibular Rehabilitation, and Occupational Performance (2017) 

Societal Statements

• AOTA's Societal Statement on Stress, Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2017) FREE
• AOTA's Societal Statement on Disaster Response and Risk Reduction (2017) FREE
• AOTA's Societal Statement on Health Disparities (2013) FREE
• AOTA's Societal Statement on Health Literacy (2016) FREE
• AOTA's Societal Statement on Livable Communities (2016) FREE
• AOTA's Societal Statement on Youth Violence (2016) FREE