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Hi everyone, Voting opens today in the AOTA General Elections. I am so excited about the idea of serving our Association as the Next Vice-President. Please log on to www.aota.org and vote! I am honored to consider my two opponents in this election as close colleagues and friends. The great thing about...

The Representative Assembly completed it's business last week in Orlando with meetings Tuesday to Thursday. The Task Groups met face-to-face on Wednesday and completed final deliberations to identify their recommendations to the Assembly which met on "Agenda Day" on Thursday. I want...

So I am still riding the conference wave! In my 25 years of being an occupational therapist the only annual conference I missed was the one in Houston in 1992 because I moved from Washington D.C to Chicago for a new job that same month. Luckily, this year Houston came around again and I made it! The...

Hi all, Just a quick post to remind everyone of the GREAT work that is going on right now on behalf of the Association by members of the Representative Assembly. Currently Representatives from every state and some of their Alternates, the Association officers (Pres, VP, Sec. Treas), all the Chairpersons...

Happy 4th of July everyone! Well today I spent some time meeting with a colleague from another department who will be going up for promotion to Clinical Professor soon. I ran that gauntlet 2 years ago and was thrilled to be successful. A key criterion for becoming a "full" professor is having...

Short entry today. The national news is focused on several issues where the question is posed, "You can because it is your right but should you?" Occasionally I read a post in the blogs or forums that makes me wonder......... "You can say that, it is your right, but should you...

Recently the new President of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Ronald DePinho, shared his vision that we will cure 5 cancers in the foreseeable future. Now THAT is a vision worth supporting! I believe it to be true; when you have a strong, clear, aspirational vision of the future it is easy to rally...

The following actions will come before the Representative Assembly in our Spring meetings. For more information, find the reports at this link: http://www.aota.org/Governance/RA/Online.aspx Check out what your Association is considering! Member Motion 1: We move to charge the Commission on...

When the Representative Assembly meets in Orlando at Annual Conference we will vote on a number of important motions that will be brought to the floor. Between now and then RA Task Groups will collect information, discuss pros and cons and potentially "re-frame" the original motions and forward...

As you may be aware, the Board of Directors, with the full support of the Speaker of the RA (Me!) decided to conduct our business Online this spring to save the Association over $150,000. The first phase is off and running. Voting on the "Consent Agenda" begins Wednesday February 25th...

A quick thought......... It is interesting that I am spending much of this weekend writing a chapter for a new AOTA publication on virtual communication. I say that because some interesting exchanges and dialogue is happening in various parts of this Online community. I was just writing about making...

The Representative Assembly is busily preparing for the upcoming meetings including the Online portion of the RA Task Groups here on OT Connections April 5-9 and the face-to-face meeting in Orlando at Annual Conference on April 27-29. The Assembly is attempting to gather feedback from AOTA members...

I am at Annual Conference in Houston and having a great time. It is always so invigorating! It is such a wonderful opportunity for the creative exchange of ideas and perspectives, as well as the chance to catch up with colleagues and long-time friends. This conference has felt very different for me...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. The slate of candidates for the 2013 AOTA elections was posted today and I am happy to share that I am running for the office of AOTA Secretary. With just a few years until our Centennial year there is important work to be done. I believe that my experience as a clinician...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hi Everyone, It has been a little while since I have posted with the holidays, getting the semester started and a ski trip it has been a busy January! The Representative...

The Representative Assembly Task Groups will be meeting here on OT Connections this week beginning on Monday April 5th. These Online meetings are in preparation for face-to-face meetings that will be held on Wednesday April 28th in Orlando at Annual Conference. The Online meeting is a public but closed...

Members of the Representative Assembly Leadership Team (RALT), AOTA officers, and the Chairpersons of the Bodies of the RA (as well as AOTA Staff, let's hear it for staff!) are busy getting all the reports and business for the Spring 2010 RA meeting up on the AOTA Website. Many reports are already...

This week I am enjoying my first vacation since I started my job as Director of Rehabilitation Services for MD Anderson Cancer Center in January of 2011. I am the Director of a 90 FTE Department of occupational and physical therapy staff and while I absolutely love it, I needed the break! Managing a...