Scholarly Works and Historical Publications, Presentations, Videos, and Artifacts

Introduction

This page contains an alphabetized list of historical podcasts, presentations, videos, dissertations, peer-reviewed journal articles, other published works, and in memoriams. To access full texts of some of the resources published by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), you will need to be an AOTA member.

October 27, 2025 is World OT Day. Click here to download a document to increase knowledge about the history and practice of occupational therapy on an international level, which lists OT Leaders and Legacies Society (OTLLS) resources from international OT associations, universities, and publications representing all continents except Antarctica, several of which directly address DEIJA issues.

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In Memoriams

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This compilation of historically significant audio-visuals, presentations, sholarly publications, AOTA official documents, other published works, and tributes to occupational therapy's deceased leaders is a work in progress. If you would like to contribute to this project, contact the OTL&LS Administrator at [email protected] to propose works that can be considered to add to this site. An artifact release form is required for all personal artifacts that will be directly posted on the OTL&LS website. All completed forms will need to be signed, dated, and submitted to [email protected].

Podcasts

Videos

30 Years of USC Occupational Science
2006 AOTA Annual Conference & Expo Keynote Address: John Hockenberry (~45 minutes total) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5
2012 AOTA Annual Conference & Expo Keynote Address: Joseph Coughlin
2018 AOTA Annual Conference & Expo Keynote Address: Gordon Giles
2019 AOTA Annual Conference & Expo Keynote Address: Dr. Grace Dammann & Fu Schroeder
2021 AOTA Annual Conference & Expo Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture: Craig Velozo
2025 AOTA Annual Conference & Expo Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture: Roseann Schaaf
2025 AOTA Annual Conference & Expo Lela Llorens Inaugural Lecture: Shirley A. Wells
A Call of Conscience-Short Version (a short documentary about the Pennhurst State School and the forced institutionalization of disabled people)
AOTA's Centennial Videos
Black History: HBCU and OT
Bridging the Gaps in Disability Policy
Celebrating 100 Years: Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists (2021)
Celebrating AOTA's Centennial: A Historical Look at 100 Years of Occupational Therapy
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act | American Experience | PBS
Colorado Experience | The Gang of 19 - ADA Movement (Season 5, Episode 14)
Crip Camp | A Disability Revolution (2020)
Department of Defense Video (1954)
FINDING ME IN OT - The Film: This video intertwines an Australian occupational therapist's lived experiences with the video recorded reflections of Kim Barthel, Carolyn Baum, Charles Christiansen, Winifred Dunn, Jen Gash, Michael Iwama, Lela Llorens, and Kavitha Murthi
From Wrongs to Rights | Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium
History of Occupational Therapy in the United States (2007) directed by James Holzknecht (copyright Catalia Media)
I AM DENVER: 30 YEARS OF ADA IMPACT
Lela Llorens, PhD, OTR/Ret., FAOTA Induction into USC's Chan Hall of Honor (2022)
Lives Worth Living | Documentary about Disability Rights Movement | Independent Lens (2011)
MAOT Centennial Celebration 2022 (the centennial of the Massachusetts Association for Occupational Therapy)
NBOTC: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5
Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future series with Dr. Kathlyn Reed as interviewed by Sydney Stevenson. (The video series Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future was created as a part of Sydney Stevenson’s capstone project to partially fulfill the degree requirements of the entry-level Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program at Texas Woman's University, Dallas, Texas with Lou Ann Hintz, PhD, OTR serving as Faculty Mentor. This project was completed in collaboration with the Blagg-Huey Library at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas with Esther Garcia, MLS serving as Agency Mentor.)
- Episode 1: The Making of a Historian. In the opening episode of Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future, interviewer Sydney Stevenson introduces listeners to Dr. Kathlyn Reed, a renowned occupational therapy scholar, educator, and historian. From a chance moment in her childhood that sparked her curiosity to a lifetime of research and scholarship, Dr. Reed reflects on the education, experiences, and mentorship that shaped her path. Listeners will hear how her passion for discovery led Dr. Reed to uncover and preserve the profession’s history, ultimately becoming one of occupational therapy’s most influential voices.
- Episode 2: The Founding Vision of OT. In episode 2 of Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future, interviewer Sydney Stevenson continues her conversation with Dr. Reed, turning to the origins of occupational therapy and the vision of its founders. Together, they explore the founding of the profession in 1917, the community-based perspectives that shaped early practice, and the deeper beliefs about occupation that guided its earliest leaders. This episode invites listeners to reconsider how those foundational ideas continue to influence and challenge occupational therapy today.
- Episode 3: Core Values and Philosophical Tensions. In episode 3 of Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future, Dr. Reed and interviewer Sydney Stevenson explore how early influences like moral treatment, humanism, and the Arts and Crafts movement shaped the profession's values, while external pressures pushed it towards the medical model. Together, they unpack the enduring tension between these perspectives and consider how that dynamic continues to shape the way occupational therapy defines what is truly therapeutic.
- Episode 4: OT Education Then and Now. In episode 4 of Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future, interviewer Sydney Stevenson and Dr. Reed explore the evolution of occupational therapy education. From the War Emergency courses to today’s complex systems of accreditation and credentialing, Dr. Reed reflects on what it means to build and sustain educational programs, including her experience founding the occupational therapist program at the University of Oklahoma. This episode examines how educational standards have changed over time, while revealing the enduring questions that continue to shape how future occupational therapists are prepared.
- Episode 5: The TWU Chapter & The Role of Scholarship and Libraries. In episode 5 of Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future, interviewer Sydney Stevenson and Dr. Reed turn their focus to Texas Woman’s University and its lasting impact on occupational therapy education. Reflecting on TWU’s 125-year legacy, Dr. Reed shares her experiences as a faculty member and the values that define the program. The conversation also highlights the critical role of scholarship and libraries in preserving the profession's history, reminding listeners that what we choose to document today helps guide the future of occupational therapy.
- Episode 6: Looking Forward by Looking Back. In episode 6 of Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future, interviewer Sydney Stevenson invites Dr. Reed to reflect on the present and future of occupational therapy. Drawing on decades of experience, Dr. Reed shares her perspectives on today's practice, research, and education, highlighting what gives her hope, what concerns her, and what elements of the profession’s past may be worth reclaiming. This episode explores how occupational therapy continues to evolve, reminding listeners that its future is shaped by an ongoing dialogue between tradition, innovation, and purpose.
- Episode 7: History as a Professional Responsibility. In episode 7 of Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future, interviewer Sydney Stevenson and Dr. Reed reflect on what is lost when practitioners become disconnected from their roots, and why engaging with occupational therapy’s past is essential to shaping its future. This episode invites listeners, especially students and emerging practitioners, to see history not as static knowledge, but as a living foundation that informs practice, identity, and the ongoing evolution of occupational therapy.
- Episode 8: Legacy and the Future. In the final episode of Preserving Our Past, Informing Our Future, interviewer Sydney Stevenson sits down with Dr. Reed to reflect on legacy, scholarship, and the future of occupational therapy. Drawing on more than five decades of teaching, researching, and writing, Dr. Reed shares what continues to inspire her and how she hopes her work will shape the next generation. This closing conversation invites listeners to consider what we inherit from the past, what we choose to carry forward, and how each of us contributes to the future of occupational therapy.
Renegades | American Masters | PBS (this documentary series showcases the lives and cultural contributions of little-known historical figures with disabilities)
Top 100 African American Occupational Therapy Influencers by Dr. Frederick Covington
Reconstruction Aides (1918)

Presentations

Rita Fleming-Castaldy (Academic Leader Council's Meeting, October 2016): The OTArchive: AOTA's Online Centennial History Project
Rita Fleming-Castaldy (WFOT Congress, May 2018): An Historical Analysis of Occupational Therapy and Social Activism and Bibliography Handout
Rita Fleming-Castaldy (Academic Leader Council's Meeting, April 2021): Honoring and Preserving Our Past to Inform and Forge Our Future: Opportunities for OT Students, Educators, and Researchers
Rita Fleming-Castaldy (Academic Leader Council's Meeting, April 2025): Integrating Historical Literacy into Curriculum to Shape Professional Identities Inclusive of Association Engagement
Allison Sullivan (WFOT Congress, February 2026): Making History: Innovative Strategies for Purposeful Curation and Handout

Publications

Books

Andersen, L. T. (2022). Eleanor Clarke Slagle: Mother of Occupational Therapy (link to purchase)

Baldwin, B. T. (1919). Occupational therapy applied to restoration of function of disabled joints

Barton, G. E. (1919). Teaching the sick: A manual of occupational therapy and reeducation

Beers, C. W. (2004, updated in 2024). A mind that found itself: An autobiography

Cusick, A., & Bye, R. (2021). History of Australian occupational therapy. In T. Brown, H.M. Bourke-Taylor, S. Isbel, and L. Gustafsson (Eds.), Occupational Therapy in Australia (2nd ed., pp. 31-49). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003150732

Dunton, W. R. (1915). Occupational therapy: A manual for nurses

Dunton, W. R. (1919). Reconstruction therapy

Fisher, T. F., & Fess, E. (2022). History of Professional Occupational Therapy Education at Indiana University, 1924-2022

Floyd, B. L. (Ed.). (2010). From Institutions to Independence. University of Toledo Press. An exhibition catalog that preceded this work is available at From Institutions to Independence: A History of People with Disabilities in Northwest Ohio.

Friedland, J. F. (2011). Restoring the spirit: The beginnings of occupational therapy in Canada, 1890-1930 (link to information page)

Haas, L. J. (1925). Occupational therapy for the mentally and nervously ill. The Bruce Publishing Company.

Hall, H. J. (1919). Bedside and wheel-chair occupations

Hall, H. J., & Buck, M. M. C. (1915). The work of our hands: A study of occupations for invalids

Hall, H. J., & Buck, M. M. C. (1917). Handicrafts for the handicapped

Hathaway, W. (1929). The importance of eye health in occupational therapy. A reprint of the article published in Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation v. 8, n. 4, Aug. 1929.

Kingrey, M. (2026). Stories from my occupational therapy career (link to purchase)

National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. (1950). A manual of cerebral palsy equipment

Nelson, S., Proctor, A., & Crawford, L. (2017). Who is Grace Black? Occupational therapy in Oregon: Developmental & historical account of the profession. Bee Tree Books.

Precin, P. (2003). Surviving 9/11 - Impact and Experiences of Occupational Therapy Practitioners (link to purchase)

Precin, P. (2006). Healing 9/11 - Creative Programming by Occupational Therapists (link to purchase)

Presseller, S. R. (1984). Occupational therapy education: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow (link to information page)

Soden, W. (1949). Rehabilitation of the handicapped

Spear, M. R. (1950). Keeping idle hands busy: Occupational therapy. Burgess Publishing.

Susan E. Tracy (1918): Studies in invalid occupation: A manual for nurses and attendants

Tsang, H.W.H., Yi Lai, C.Y., Ng, B.F.L., Tsui, C.M., Lam, K.C.K., & Lin, C.-Y. (2025). History, principles, and theories. In H.W.H. Tsang, S.W.C. Cheng, & D.W.K. Man (Eds.), Occupational therapy in East Asia. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032721170

U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office. (1927). The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, volume 13: Part 1, Physical Reconstruction and Vocational Education; Part 2, The Army Nurse Corps

U.S. Federal Board for Vocational Education. (1919). Training of teachers for occupational therapy for the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers and sailors. Letter from the Federal board for vocational education transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of January 27, report on a study of the Federal board entitled Rehabilitation of disabled soldiers and sailors and teacher training for occupational therapy.

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstones

Banks, T. M. (2020). Leading the Occupational Therapy Profession Towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Capstone project

Cahill, R. (2016). The development of occupational therapy in Grangegorman Psychiatric Hospital, Dublin: 1934 – 1954

DeLany, J. V. (1999). African-American women in a predominantly caucasian female profession: Learning paths to positions of prominence

Donovan, P. A. (2006). A study of influences contributing to the development of occupational therapy leaders

Dunne, B. (2017). From the wretched laundry to a lovely solarium: the history of the therapeutic use of occupation in Ireland, 1863-1970

Fitzpatrick, E. (2014). The representation of occupational therapy in Irish national newspapers (1990-1999)

Hicks, C. M. (2016). "Restorative in its effect, economic in its result": A re-interpretation of occupational therapy in Canada, 1914-1928. University of New Brunswick, Canada.

Hobbs, M. (2005). The founding and development of the Network for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns in occupational therapy

Leitich, P. C. (2014). Experience of occupational therapists practicing in rural Kenya

Lewis, K. (2026). If it ain't broke, why rehabilitate it? Canadian Occupational Therapy in the Rehabilitation Era, 1950-1985 (Doctoral dissertation). McMaster University.

McEvoy, J. (2016). Dr. Eamon O’Sullivan: An analysis of an Irish occupational therapy pioneer’s key considerations in relation to the patient in practice

Moloney, S. (2016). ‘The Great Adventure’-The experiences of Lena Hitchcock, World War One occupational therapy reconstruction aide

Stanton, S. J. (2021). Canadian educators' perspectives on the future of occupational therapy teaching

Thomson, N. A. (2015). The social construction of disability in occupational therapy: An examination of Muriel Driver Lectureships (1975-2009)

Van der Merwe, T. R. (2019). The political construction of occupational therapy in South Africa: Critical analysis of a curriculum as discourse

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Abberley, P. (1995). Disabling ideology in health and welfare-The case of occupational therapy. Disability & Society, 10(2), 221-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599550023660

Abiodun, O., Epiphanie, M., Damien, T., Celestin, B., Nshimiyimana, J., Potien, U., Claude, T. J., Jonathan, H., Pierre, K. J., Ruth, U., Musabyemariya, I., Ayodeji, K. K., Maurice, M., & Theobald, N. (2022). Stakeholders contribution in the development of occupational therapy profession and impact of the profession in Rwanda. Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 10, 133-157. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojtr.2022.104011

Akrofi, J., Angell, A. M., Gyamfi, B., & Bodison, S. (2023). Exploring coloniality in occupation-based education: Perspectives of Ghanaian occupational therapists. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 7(4). https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2023.070409

Aldrich, M. A., Boston, T. L., & Daaleman, C. E. (2016). Justice and U.S. occupational therapy practice: A relationship 100 years in the making. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71, 7101100040p1 - 7101100040p5. doi:10.5014/ajot.2017.023085

Ambrosi, E., & Schwartz, K. B. (1995). Looking back - The profession's image, 1917-1925, part I: Occupational therapy as represented by the media. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49, 715-719. doi: 10.5014/ajot.49.7.715

Aljabri, N.Q., Bulkeley, K., & Cusick, A. (2024). The occupational therapy profession in Saudi Arabia. Occupational Therapy International, 2024, Article 9982661. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9982661

Ambrosio, L., dos Santos Pereira, A., Coelho, F.S., & Magalhães, L.V. (2022). Brazilian occupational apartheid: Historical legacy and prospects for occupational therapists. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 52(3), 82-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2022/vol52n3a10

Ambrosi, E., & Schwartz, K. B. (1995). Looking back - The profession's image, 1917-1925, part II: Occupational therapy as represented by the profession. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49, 828-832. doi: 10.5014/ajot.49.8.828

American Occupational Therapy Association. (1988). The 1988 Annual Business Meeting. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 42(12), 808-810. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.42.12.808

American Occupational Therapy Association. (1992). White paper: Occupational therapy and the Americans With Disabilities Act. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46, 470-471. doi: 10.5014/ajot.46.5.470

American Occupational Therapy Association. (1995). The philosophical base of occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49, 1026. doi: 10.5014/ajot.49.10.1023

American Occupational Therapy Association. (1996). Position Paper: Providing services for persons with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 50(10), 853-854. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.50.10.853

Arango Soler, J. M., Correa Moreno, Y. A., Luna García, J. E., Campos, A. C., & Molano González, A. (2013). The occupational therapist in the setting of reforms to the health system: Reflections about the Colombian case. Revista Ocupación Humana, 13(2), pp. 7-23. https://doi.org/10.25214/25907816.55

Arango Soler, J. M., Correa Moreno, Y. A., & Méndez-Castillo, J. A. (2018). Challenges of occupational therapy in public health. Journal of the Faculty of Medicine, 66(3), 375-383. https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v66n3.63438

Awaad, T. (2003). Culture, cultural competency and psychosocial occupational therapy: A Middle Eastern perspective. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(9), 409-413. https://doi.org/10.1177/030802260306600804

Bachelder, J. M., & Hilton, C. L. (1994). Implications of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for elderly persons. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 48(1), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.48.1.73

Bailey, M. K. (1983). An interview with Alice Jantzen. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 2(3), 27-43. https://doi.org/10.1300/J004v02n03_02

Ballinger, C. (2012). The Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture 2012: The effectiveness, impact and legacy of occupational therapy. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 75(8), 350-358. https://doi.org/10.4276/030802212X13433105374233

Balser, A., O'Brien, S. P., & Wittman, P. (2020). Doing it right: OT meeting population needs with COVID-19. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8(4), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1753

Barton, I.G. (1968). Consolation House, fifty years ago. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 23, 340-345.

Bauerschmidt, B., & Nelson, D. L. (2011). The terms occupation and activity over the history of official occupational therapy publications. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65(3), 338-345. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2011.000869

Baum, C. (1985). Growth, renewal, and challenge: An important era for occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 39(12), 778-784. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.39.12.778

Baum, C. (2006). Centennial challenges, millennium opportunities. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60(6), 609–616. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.60.6.609

Belarmino, J.A., & Bahle-Lampe, A. (2019). A preliminary historical report on embracing online education in occupational therapy. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 7(3), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1554

Bell, E. (1985). Nationally speaking - The changing faces of practice. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 39, 637-639. doi: 10.5014/ajot.39.10.637

Bell, E. (1988). Nationally speaking - Policies: Our footprints in the past, our signposts for the future. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 42, 211-213. doi: 10.5014/ajot.42.4.211

Bent, M. (1996). Managed care: Is this the future for British occupational therapy? British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59(9), 399. https://doi.org/10.1177/030802269605900901

Berg, J. (1998). From chaos to archives: The records of the American Occupational Therapy Association. Archives and Research, 36(1).

Binderman, M. S. (1987). The occupational therapy library: Past, present, and future. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 41, 195-196. doi: 10.5014/ajot.41.3.195

Bing, R. K. (1981). Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture: Occupational therapy revisited: A paraphrastic journey. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 35, 499-518. doi:10.5014/ajot.35.8.499

Bing, R. K. (1983). The industry, the art, and the philosophy of history. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 37(12), 800-801. doi.org/10.5014/ajot.37.12.800

Bing, R. (1984). Nationally speaking - Living forward, understanding backwards, part I. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 38, 363-366. doi:10.5014/ajot.38.6.363

Bing, R. (1984). Nationally speaking - Living forward, understanding backwards, part II. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 38, 435-439. doi:10.5014/ajot.38.7.435

Bing, R. K. (1992). Point of departure (a play about founding the profession). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46, 27-32. doi: 10.5014/ajot.46.1.27

Bing, R. K. (1997). "And teach agony to sing": An afternoon with Eleanor Clarke Slagle. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 51, 220-227. doi: 10.5014/ajot.51.3.220

Birch, T. (2005). The history of occupational therapy in Denmark. Ergoterapeutforeningen (Etf), Denmark.

Bissell, J. C., & Mailloux, Z. (1981). The use of crafts in occupational therapy for the physically disabled. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 35(6), 369-374. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.35.6.369

Black, R. M. (2002). Occupational therapy's dance with diversity. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 56(2), 140-148. doi: 10.5014/ajot.56.2.140

Bockoven, J. S. (1971). Occupational therapy--A historical perspective. Legacy of moral treatment--1880's to 1910. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 25, 223-225.

Botokro Béguin, R. (2013). An overview of occupational therapy in Africa. World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 68(1), 51-58. https://doi.org/10.1179/otb.2013.68.1.013

Bowman, O. J. (1992). Nationally speaking - Americans have a shared vision: Occupational therapists can help create the future reality. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46(5), 391-396. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.46.5.391

Breines, E. B. (1995). Understanding 'occupation' as the Founders did. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58, 458-460. doi: 10.1177/030802269505801102

Briglia, J., & García, A. (2013). Contextual aspects of the emergence of occupational therapy in Argentina. Chilean Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(1), 33-41. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2013.27450

Brown, G. T., & Brown, A. (2005). Characteristics of the Occupational Therapy Journal of Research: The first twenty years. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 19(3), 73-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/J003v19n03_06

Brown, T., Gutman, S. A., & Ho, Y. S. (2018). Occupational therapy publications by Australian authors: A bibliometric analysis. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 65(4), 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12453

Brown, T., Gutman, S. A., Ho, Y. S., & Fong, K. N. (2018). A bibliometric analysis of occupational therapy publications. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 25(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2017.1329344

Bruhn, J. G. (1991). Nationally speaking - Occupational therapy in the 21st century: An outsider's view. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 45, 775-780. doi: 10.5014/ajot.45.9.775

Buchanan, H., van Niekerk, L., & Galvaan, R. (2017). The first WFOT Congress in Africa: History in the making. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 80(5), 271-272. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022617697742

Burtner, P. A., Crowe, T. K., & Lopez, A. (2009). A model of mentorship in occupational therapy: The leadership of A. Jean Ayres. Occupational Therapy In Health Care, 23(3), 226-243. doi.org/10.1080/07380570902978185

Busuttil, J. (1994). Establishing psychosocial occupational therapy in an Arab Country. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(4), 124-126. https://doi.org/10.1177/03080226940570040

Cahill, R., & Pettigrew, J. (2020). Development of occupational therapy in Grangegorman hospital, Dublin: 1934-1954. Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 48(1), 69-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOT-10-2019-0013

Carroll, M. A., & Lawson, K. (2014). The intermingled history of occupational therapy and anatomical education: A retrospective exploration. Anatomical Sciences Education, 7(6), 494-500. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1451

Cezar da Cruz, D.M. (2019). Historical milestones of occupational therapy research in Brazil. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 82(9), 529-531. doi:10.1177/0308022618820270

Cezar da Cruz, D. M., Denubila Costa, J., Veiga, J., Gurian Manzini, M., & de Araujo Costa Folha, O. A. (2019). Current electronic journals on occupational therapy: A descriptive study. Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 67(3), 437-442. https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v67n3.66778

Cezar da Cruz, D. M. (2025). An authentic leader never dies: Lessons learned from the seminal work of Elizabeth Yerxa. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.2451

Chapleau, A., Harrison, J., Love, S., & Sherman, D. (2023). Mental health outcomes before psychotropic medications: A retrospective case series of one state hospital records from 1945 to 1954. BMC Health Services Research, 23(257). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09235-8

Christiansen, C. (1991). Nationally speaking - Research: Looking back and ahead after four decades of progress. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 45, 391-393. doi: 10.5014/ajot.45.5.391

Christiansen, C. (1996). Nationally speaking - Managed care: Opportunities and challenges for occupational therapy in the emerging systems of the 21st century. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 50, 409-412. doi: 10.5014/ajot.50.6.409

Christiansen, C. H. (2007). Adolf Meyer revisited: Connections between lifestyle, resilience and illness. Journal of Occupational Science, 14, 63-76. doi: 10.1080/14427591.2007.9686586

Clark, F. A., Parham, D., Carlson, M. E., Frank, G., Jackson, J., Pierce, D., Wolfe, R. J., & Zemke, R. (1991). Occupational science: Academic innovation in the service of occupational therapy's future. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 45(4), 300-310. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.45.4.300

Clark, F. (2013). As viewed from above: Connectivity and diversity in fulfilling occupational therapy's centennial vision. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(6), 624-632. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2013.676003

Cohen, H. S. (2015). Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture: A career in inquiry. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69(6), 6906150010p1-6906150010p12. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2015.696001

Cohen, H., & Reed, K.L. (1996). The historical development of neuroscience in physical rehabilitation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 50(7), 561-568. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.50.7.561

Cohn, E. S., & Crist, P. (1995). Nationally speaking - Back to the future: New approaches to fieldwork education. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49, 103-106. doi: 10.5014/ajot.49.2.103

Colman, W. (1988). The evolution of occupational therapy in the public schools: The laws mandating practice. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 42, 701-705. doi: 10.5014/ajot.42.11.501

Colman, W. (1990a). The curriculum directors: Influencing occupational therapy education, 1948-1964. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 44(4), 357-362. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.44.4.357

Colman, W. (1990b). Evolving educational practices in occupational therapy: The war emergency courses, 1936-1954. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 44, 1028-1036. doi: 10.5014/ajot.44.11.1028

Colman, W. (1992a). Exploring educational boundaries: Occupational therapy and the multiple-entry-route system. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46, 260-266. doi:10.5014/ajot.46.3.260

Colman, W. (1992b). Maintaining autonomy: The struggle between occupational therapy and physical medicine. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46, 63-70. doi: 10.5014/ajot.46.1.63

Colman, W. (1992c). Structuring education: Development of the first educational standards in occupational therapy, 1917-1930. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46, 653-660. doi: 10.5014/ajot.46.7.653

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Serrett, K. D. (1985). Eleanor Clarke Slagle: Founder and leader in occupational therapy. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 5(3), 101-108. https://doi.org/10.1300/J004v05n03_06

Serrett, K. D., Newbury, S., Tabacco, A., & Trimble, J. (1985). Adolf Meyer: Contributions to the conceptual foundation of occupational therapy. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 5(3), 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1300/J004v05n03_04

Shann, S. (2022). Presidents message: Reflections on 70 years of WFOT. World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 78(1), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2022.2042642

Shannon, P. D. (1977). The derailment of occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31, 229-234.

Sheth, A. J., Kish, J., VanPuymbrouck, L. H., Heffron, J. L., Lee, D., & Mahaffey, L. (2021). "A legitimate place in the profession": Author reflections on the 2005 disability studies special issue. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 75(4), Article 7504180005. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2021.045294

Short, J. E. (1984). Changing role expectations of psychiatric occupational therapists. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 4(3), 19-27. https://doi.org/10.1300/J004v04n03_04

Slagle, E. (1922). Training aides for mental patients. Archives of Occupational Therapy, 1, 11-18.

Smallfield, S., & Mahoney, W. J. (2026). Occupational therapy in crisis. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 80(4), 8004347010. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2026.051454

Smith, R. (2017). Technology and occupation: Past, present, and the next 100 years of theory and practice. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71, 7106150010p1-7106150010p15. doi:10.5014/ajot.2017.716003

Somers, F. P. (1991). Long-term care and federal policy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 45, 628-635. doi: 10.5014/ajot.45.7.628

Spaights, E., & Krippendorf, C. E. (1967). Ten years of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy: 1956-1965. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 21, 61-63.

Srivastava, A. K., Solanki, P. V., Sethuraman, L., & Bijlani, J. N. (2022). Seventy years of the existence of the All India Occupational Therapists' Association: From the year 1952 to 2022. The Indian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54(4), 135-137. doi: 10.4103/ijoth.ijoth_11_23

Strickland, L. R. (1989). Nationally speaking - Directions for the future. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 43, 634-635. doi: 10.5014/ajot.43.10.634

Strickland, L. R. (1991). Nationally Speaking--Directions for the future—Occupational therapy practice then and now, 1949-the present. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 45(2), 105-107. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.45.12.1154

Sy, M.P., Yao, D.P., Panotes, A., Kaw, J., & Mendoza, T. (2021). Contemporary history: Progress and resilience of occupational therapy in the Phillipines (2004-2020). World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2021.1995226

Taff, S. D., & Putnam, L. (2022). Northern philosophies and professional neocolonialism in occupational therapy: A historical review and critique. Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 30, e2986. doi.org/10.1590/2526-8910.ctoAO22642986

Tayo, E. S., Deborah, L. Y., Oluwatoyin, O. S., & Ibukunoluwa, O. O. (2012). Occupational therapy in Nigeria: Past, present and future. World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 65(1), 62-64. https://doi.org/10.1179/otb.2012.65.1.011

Terayama, K. (2015). Innovations and challenges in occupational therapy in Japan: From the viewpoint of the Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists. World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 71(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1179/1447382815Z.0000000004

Thompson, M., & Blair, S. (1998). Creative arts in occupational therapy: Ancient history or contemporary practice. Occupational Therapy International, 5(1), 48-64. doi: 10.1002/oti.67

Trevan-Hawke, J. A. (1986). British Journal of Occupational Therapy: Composition and Authorship Patterns 1975–1984. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49(9), 301-304. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022686049009

Trombly, C. A. (1995). 1995 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture. Occupation: Purposefulness and meaningfulness as therapeutic mechanisms. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49, 960-972. doi: 10.5014/ajot.49.10.960

Turcotte, P. L., & Holmes, D. (2024). The shadow side of occupational therapy: Necropower, state racism and colonialism. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31(1), 2264330. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2023.2264330

Turner, A. (2011). The Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture: Occupational therapy - A profession in adolescence? British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74, 314-322. doi: 10.4276/030802211X13099513661036

Tyminski, Q. P., Reese, K., & Wakeford, L. (2025). Professional behaviors as forced assimilation: A critical reflection on the U.S. History of education and beyond. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.2313

van Bruggen, H., & Gabriela, R. (2011). Occupational therapy in Romania - The history of a new beginning. Gymnasium: Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 12(2), 84-90.

van Vuuren, J.J., Okyere, C., & Aldersey, H. (2020). The role of occupational therapy in Africa: A scoping review. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 50(3), 3-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2020/vol50no3a2

VanLeit, B. (1996). Managed mental health care: Reflections in a time of turmoil. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 50, 428-434. doi: 10.5014/ajot.50.6.428

Velde, B. P. (2000). The experience of being an occupational therapist with a disability. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54(2), 183-188. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.54.2.183

Vinzón, V., Allegretti, M., & Magalhães, L. (2020). An overview of occupational therapy community practices in Latin America. Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 28(2), 600-620. https://doi.org/10.4322/2526-8910.ctoAR1891

Webster, C., Spencer, E. A., Crouch, R., Brintnell, E. S., Hume, C., Mentrup, C., Valentin, C., Carswell, A., & Briggs, J. (2000). 24th Council Meeting of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Sapporo, Japan, May 15-29, 2000. World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 42(1), 6-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2000.11785399

West, W. L. (1984). A reaffirmed philosophy and practice of occupational therapy for the 1980s. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 38, 15-23. doi: 10.5014/ajot/38.1.15

West, W. L. (1989). Nationally speaking - Perspectives on the past and future, part 1. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 43, 787-790. doi: 10.5014/ajot.43.12.787

West, W. L. (1992). Ten milestone issues in AOTA history. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46, 1066-1074. doi: 10.5014/ajot.46.12.1066

Whiteford, G., Townsend, E., & Hocking, C. (2000). Reflections on a renaissance of occupation. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67, 61-69. doi: 10.1177/000841740006700109

Wish-Baratz, S. (1989). Bird T. Baldwin: A holistic scientist in occupational therapy's history. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 43, 257-260. doi: 10.5014/ajot.43.4.257

Witting, G. (1950). Occupational therapy in Sweden. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(4), 16-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/030802265001300405

Wong, R.S.M., & Fong, K. (2013). Celebrating the 35th anniversary: A brief history of occupational therapy in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, 23(1), 1-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hkjot.2013.08.002

Wood, W. (1995). Weaving the warp and weft of occupational therapy: An art and science for all times. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49, 44-52. doi: 10.5014/ajot.49.1.44

Woodside, H. H. (1971). The development of occupational therapy: 1910-1929. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 25, 226-230.

Woodside, H. (1977). Basic issues in occupational therapy education today. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 44(1), 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/000841747704400104

Yakobina, S. C., Yakobina, S. R., & Harrison-Weaver, S. (2008). War, what is it good for? Historical contribution of the military and war to occupational therapy and hand therapy. Journal of hand therapy, 21(2), 106-114. https://doi.org/10.1197/j.jht.2007.07.022

Yamane, H. (2010). The history and current state of psychiatric occupational therapy in Japan. Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy, 18(3), 1-10.

Yerxa, E. J. (1987). Research: The key to the development of occupational therapy as an academic discipline. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 41(7), 415-419. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.41.7.415

Yerxa, E. J. (1991). Nationally speaking - Occupational therapy: An endangered species or an academic discipline in the 21st century? American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 45, 680-685. doi: 10.5014/ajot.45.8.680

Yerxa, E. (1992). Some implications of occupational therapy's history for its epistemology, values and relation to medicine. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46, 79-83. doi: 10.5014/ajot/46.1.79

Yerxa, E. J. (1994). Dreams, dilemmas, and decisions for occupational therapy practice in a new millennium: An American perspective. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 48, 586-589. doi: 10.5014/ajot.48.7.586

Yerxa, E. J. (2000). Confessions of an occupational therapist who became a detective. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65(5), 192-199. https://doi.org/10.1177/030802260006300502

Yerxa, E. J. (1990). An introduction to occupational science, a foundation for occupational therapy in the 21st century. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 6(4), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/J003v06n04_04

Zafran, H., & Tallant, B. (2015). “It would be a shame to lose them”: A critical historical, scoping, and expert review on the use of projective assessments in occupational therapy, Part I. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 31(3), 187-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/0164212X.2015.1065538

Zafran, H., & Tallant, B. (2015). “It would be a shame to lose them”: A critical historical, scoping, and expert review on the use of projective assessments in occupational therapy, Part II. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 31(4), 328-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/0164212X.2015.1065539

Ziviani, J., Behan, S., & Rodger, S. (1984). Occupational therapy journals–The state of the art. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 30(1), 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1630.1984.tb01448.x

Additional Significant Publications

A Statement of Basic Philosophy, Principle, and Policy (in AJOT, 1949/1963)

A Brief History of the Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy (1918-1981)

Jane Addams (1919): Proceedings of N.S.P.O.T.

American Red Cross (1917): How the Red Cross will Restore War's Battered Victims to Usefulness

AOTA (1937): Program for the Testimonial Banquet to Honor Eleanor Clarke Slagle

AOTA (1977): 60th Anniversary (1917-1977)

AOTA (1990): New AOTA Program Targets Minority Affairs and Brian K. Gibbs - A Challenge to Minority Practitioners

Lori T. Andersen (2020): Eleanor Clarke Slagle self-guided walking tour of places of interest in Hobart, NY

Molly Bathje (2013): Lela Lorens, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (OJOT sponsor profiles)

Douglas Baynton (2001): Disability and the justification of inequality in American history

Boston School of OT (1926): Creed and Pledge

Marjorie Hair Burton (1930): Plans of the Chicago Women's Club for a Curative Workshop at Northwestern University Medical School

Chicago Schools of Civics and Philanthropy (1910): Course in Occupation Spring and Summer semester

Chicago Schools of Civics and Philanthropy (1918): Special Courses in Curative Occupations and Recreation

Charlotte Chung (2026): Disability Pride Month Celebrates 35 Years of the ADA: Reflecting on advocacy and progress for disability rights

Courier-Post, Camden, NJ (1937): Convention Opened by Mrs. Roosevelt, along with a recounting of "My Day, September 16, 1937," in which Mrs. Roosevelt describes being impressed by the occupational therapy exhibit at the Convention of the American Hospital Association and a dinner in honor of Eleanor Clark Slagle.

Mary V. Donohue (2016): A WWII-Era Artist of OT: Marion Greenwood. Dr. Donohue has authored the book Marion Greenwood, A Global Artist. This chronology of Greenwood's diverse and stunning social realist art is available in the Kindle format through online retailers.

William Rush Dunton (1919): N.S.P.O.T.

Anna Fedewa (2026): Beyond Compliance: Supporting Schools in Meeting ADA Digital Accessibility Standards

Gail Fidler (1948): The Fidler Boxes

Eimear Fitzpatrick (2014): The representation of occupational therapy in Irish national newspapers (1990-1999)

Rita P. Fleming Cottrell (2003): The Olmstead Decision: Fulfilling the promise of the ADA? Implications for occupational therapy (OT Practice, Copyright AOTA)

Torrey Ford (The New York Herald, 1921): Ingenious Work is Done by Wounded Veterans

Judith Friedland (2002): Book reviews - Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission

Varleisha Gibbs and Hope Caracci (2021): AOTA's Be Heard, We're Listening Sessions: Reflections, Recommendations, and Actions (OT Practice)

Eleanor M. Gillespie (1940): A New Therapist Faces Her Job

Carrie Gillispie (2026): Disability in the United States at 250: Reflecting on disability history and looking forward to the American dream

Sandy Hanebrink & Janet Jedlicka (2022): Disability is diversity: Changing OT culture to include disabilities (OT Practice)

Ann M. Ritchie Hartwick (1993): The Army Medical Specialist Corps: The 45th Anniversary

Lena Hitchcock (1984): The Great Adventure (A first-person account of a WWI Reconstruction Aide. Source credit: National WWI Museum and Memorial)

Laura Brackett Hoppin (Editor, 1933): History of the World War Reconstruction Aides

Irene Ilott, Gwawr Faulconbridge, and Judith Pettigrew (2025): Patricia Sunderland: An Irish registered mental nurse and pioneer of occupational therapy

Dyhalma Irizarry (1994): Unique Aspects of Practice presents the history of occupational therapy in Puerto Rico from 1952 to 1994

Tom Kerr (1999, republished 2017): BOTC Reaches the Quarter-century Mark

Angela Lampe, Yolanda Griffiths, Helene Lohman, & Whitney Rubin (2018): Capturing Narrative Histories of the Profession

Aaron Loewenberg (2026): Federal Early Education Update: June 2026: The latest in federal early education news

Theresa Lorenzo (2008): Three elephants in three decades of occupational therapy practice and research: Equity, evolution, and evidence presents the author's lived experiences as an OT practitioner, educator, and researcher over three decades

Kathryn M. Loukas (2008): The Evolution of Language and Perception of Disability in Occupational Therapy

Kathleen Matuska (2010): Three Generations of Occupational Therapy

Myra L. McDaniel (1968): Occupational Therapists Before World War II (1917-1940)

Leslie A. Melvin (2024): Craft, from Colony to Cure: The Scott Sisters of Elverhoj & Vassar College

V. A. Metaxas (2000): Eleanor Clarke Slagle and Susan E. Tracy: Personal and professional identity and the development of occupational therapy in Progressive Era America

Christina Metzler (n.d.): Reflecting on 50 Years of Occupational Therapy in the Medicare Program

Pedro Moruno Miralles & Miguel Angel Talavera Valverde (2007): Occupational Therapy: An historical perspectives, 90 years after its establishment

Eleanor Morse (1925): State Hospital has O.T. School

Lucy G. Morse (1940): The First Fifteen

Letha J. Mosley (1996): The Black OT Caucus: Past, Present, and Future

Isabel Gladwin Newton (1917): Report of the Secretary: Minutes of the First Consolation House Conference

Occupational Therapy in the General Hospital (in Modern Hospital, 1917)

Occupations and Amusements: Organization of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy (1917 Typed Notes)

Kathlyn Reed (2006): Occupational therapy values and beliefs: 1904-1929

Kathlyn Reed (2025): Crafts Used in Therapy: A Bibliography of Articles in Archives of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation from 1922-1949

Kathlyn Reed & Christine Peters (2007): Occupational therapy values and beliefs: 1930-1949

Kathlyn Reed & Christine Peters (2007): Occupational therapy values and beliefs: 1950-1969

Kathlyn Reed & Christine Peters (2008): Occupational therapy values and beliefs: 1970-1985

Kathlyn Reed & Christine Peters (2010): Occupational therapy values and beliefs: 1986-2000

Dr. Lou Robinson (2000): The Black Occupational Therapy Caucus (BOTC): The first 25 years: 1974-1999

Abe Saffer (2019): New Efforts Promoting Greater Diversity Within the Profession (OT Practice)

Abe Saffer (2025): The Department of Education in 2025: Challenges and opportunities

Kelly Sajdak & Tracy Van Oss (2022): Making history: Permanent flexibility allows occupational therapists to open home health care cases (SIS Quarterly)

Eleanor Clarke Slagle (1910-1922): Experience of Eleanor Clarke Slagle

Allison Sullivan (2026): Resources Highlighting the Contributions of Tina Champagne OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA to Contemporary Mental Health Occupational Therapy

T. Sumsion and J. MacKinnon (n.d.): Our history - An account of the development of the school of occupational therapy from 1971-2012 at the University of Western Ontario, 2nd edition

Rob Trombley (2026): Funding the ADA’s Promise: Why Disability Access Requires Investment Across Systems

University of Chicago Library (1912-1913): Course for Institutional Attendants

Emma E. Vogel and Helen B. Gearin (1968): Events Leading to the Formation of the Women's Medical Specialist Corps

S.A. Wells (1997): AOTA retrospective: 10 years of addressing diversity (OT Week, Copyright AOTA)

S.A. Wells and F. Whiting (1998): A celebration of diversity: Reviewing AOTA's progress toward creating a more diverse profession (OT Practice, Copyright AOTA)

Wilma L. West (1968): Professional Services of Occupational Therapists, World War II

Susan Colston Wilson (1940): Occupational Therapy Notes. This document contains information from 1939-1940 related to service provision for children and persons with psychiatric disorders, state association news, and the 1939 occupational therapy certification exam.

AOTA Constitution, Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Policies, Task Force Reports, and Other Official Documents

Official AOTA Documents

AOTA New Governance Approach (n.d.) (AOTA member-only content prompt), AOTA Governance Chart (2020), and AOTA Department Organizational Chart (2020)

Proposed New Bylaws (2022) and Current Bylaws with Track Changes Indicating All Edits, Additions, and Deletions (2022) (AOTA member-only content prompts)

Comparison of AOTA's Proposed Bylaws and Current Bylaws (2022) (AOTA member-only content prompt)

Report of the Bylaws, Policies, and Procedures Committee (BPPC) to the Board of Directors, February 2022 (AOTA member-only content prompt)

Report of the AOTA Governance Enhancement Task Force Report, 2021 (AOTA member-only content prompt)

AOTA Credentials Review and Accountability Committee (CRAC) SOP (2020) (AOTA member-only content prompt)

Relationship of AOTA and ACOTE (April 2020)

AOTA Special Task Force Report on External Issues Related to OT and OTA Entry Levels (2019)

2019 Policy Manual

The Articles of Incorporation of The American Occupational Therapy Association (2017)

AOTA Agenda Committee SOPs (2017) (AOTA member-only content prompt)

The AOTA 2016 Annual Business Meeting (AOTA member-only content or pay-per-view access prompt)

2016 Report of the Bylaws, Policies, and Procedures Committee (BPPC)

Summary of Articles and Bylaws Revisions, 2016 (AOTA member-only content or pay-per-view access prompt)

Summary of Articles and Bylaws Revisions, 2013 (AOTA member-only content or pay-per-view access prompt)

Council of the District of Columbia (2011): The link to the full text of the Code of the District of Columbia Chapter 4. Nonprofit Corporations Sub Section 29 is publicly available. The four sections that may be of most interest are provided below:

Summary of 2009 Bylaws Amendments (AOTA member-only content or pay-per-view access prompt)

Official Bylaws of The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. 2001 (AOTA member-only content or pay-per-view access prompt)

AOTA Procedural Manual

Model Practice Act, 1969

Additional Related Documents

Bowman, I., & Scherer, B. (published electronically 2008): Guide to the Archives of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). American Occupational Therapy Foundation.
Jones, J. L. (1992). Therefore be it resolved: 25 years of delegate assembly/representative assembly legislation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 46, 72-78. doi: 10.5014/ajot.46.1.72
Reed, K.L. (compiled in 2022): AOTA and NSPOT Constitutions and Bylaws
Sheppard Hospital Press (1917): Constitution of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy
TOTA webinar Potential Implications of Proposed AOTA Bylaws Amendments to the Future of OT Practice and Member Engagement . This webinar was conducted on May 25, 2022 to engage TOTA members in critical discourse about the proposed 2022 Bylaws. There is a document detailing questions that were used during the live webinar to facilitate breakout room discussions that can be accessed here. The TOTA has generously granted permission for the webinar link and document to be distributed to and used by students, educators, and practitioners.

In Memoriams

Claudia Kay Allen: Allen Cognitive Group and AOTA 100 Influential People

M. Joy Anderson: OT Practice

A. Jean Ayres: AJOT and AOTA 100 Influential People

Lois Barber: OT Practice and AOTA 100 Influential People

George Edward Barton: Editorial and AOTA 100 Influential People

Karen Natalie Johnson Battle: OT Practice

Mary Frances (Francie) Baxter: TOTA Memoriam, Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home Obituary, and OT Practice

Robert Kendall Bing: AJOT and AOTA 100 Influential People

Bette Bonder: Cleveland.com Obituary and AOTA 100 Influential People

Estelle Breines: Dignity Memorial

Paula D. Carey: Dimbelby Funeral Homes and OT Practice

Jane Case-Smith: AJOT, AJOT, OTJR, and AOTA 100 Influential People

Albert Copolillo: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Betty Cox: OT Practice and AOTA 100 Influential People

Florence Cromwell: OT Practice and AOTA 100 Influential People

Virginia Chandler-Dykes: Online Obituary and OT Practice

William Rush Dunton, Jr.: American Journal of Psychiatry and AOTA 100 Influential People

Wimberly Edwards: OT Practice, York College Tribute, and AOTA 100 Influential People. See https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/J1567 for a commendation by the New York State Legislature upon the occasion of Wimberly Edwards being named a Legacy Honoree by the National Association of University Women, Brooklyn Branch, on June 8, 2019.

Melanie Ellexson: The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Paul Ellsworth: San Antonio Express News

Cynthia Epstein: OT Practice and Facebook post

Rhoda Erhardt: Dignity Memorial

Shereen Farber: Aaron - Ruben - Nelson Mortuary

Gail Fidler: AJOT and AOTA 100 Influential People

Geraldine L. Finn: Personal Correspondence

Mary Fiorentino: AJOT and AOTA 100 Influential People

Mary Foto: OT Practice and AOTA 100 Influential People

Azela Katherine Gohl-Giese: Cease Funeral Home

Ann Patricia Grady: AOTF, OT Practice, and AOTA 100 Influential People

Cynthia Fransee Gudger Garris: Dignity Memorial