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President Report
Sharon Sanderson, OTR/L, FAOTA
Submitted January 10, 2006
Thanks to all who
completed the OOTA Future Directions survey at the October Conference.
The Executive Board got some valuable information and we have used that
feedback to plan for 2006. A summary of the main points are as follows:
• Supports our decision to have three meetings per year
• Dues appear to be at an acceptable level
• Newsletter: members appear to prefer to receive it by mail, four times
a year.
• What should we be doing that we are not doing now? No clear message
• Most people only belong to OOTA/AOTA
• CEUs appear to be main reason people belong to OOTA
• Most people don’t join because the company no longer pays for dues.
• Most people don’t volunteer because of family and other interests.
Based on this input, Executive Board has decided to have only three
OOTA-sponsored continuing education programs in 2006 – March, June, and
our annual conference in the fall. We will set the conference date once
college football schedules are set, as the games affect our attendance.
Since dues appear to be at an acceptable level, the Executive Board will
recommend that the dues remain at $85 for OTRs, $55 for COTAs, and $25
for occupational therapy students for the fiscal year which runs from
July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
The Oklahoma Outlook will be published only four times this year
(instead of six times), and will be sent to members by mail.
Our main effort, other than continuing education, will be the OT Month
activity in April at the Lowes Stores. See the Community Promotion
Committee report for more information on how to get involved.
Executive Board is striving to make OOTA as relevant as possible for
practitioners. We appreciate all the ideas, feedback, and assistance
that members have provided. We look forward to a productive year ahead.
Vice President Report
Angie Wilmoth
Submitted January 10, 2006
Upcoming Continuing Education for 2006
March 4, 2006 - “A New Era in Motor Control Therapies: Motor
Learning, Imagery, and Constrain Induced Movement Techniques”.
Carrie Roberts Ciro will present this 6 contact hour course,
intended to introduce OT and PT practitioners to new concepts in
motor control. Visit OOTA’s website for registration
information, and make sure to share with your OT and PT
colleagues in the workplace.
June 2006 ( Date and speaker to be announced)- Upper extremity
dysfunction and treatment/splinting.
Fall 2006 OOTA Annual Conference - AOTA’s Centennial Vision.
Thanks to all who completed the survey and questionnaire at the
Annual Conference. Your continued input keeps OOTA in sync with
members’ needs.
Please check out the SIS link on the OOTA website. Special
Interest Sections are another way to stay informed and get ideas
that apply to specific treatment settings.
Secretary Report
Meg Smith
Submitted January 10, 2006
Your OOTA Board has been busy on several important
issues.
Member survey results were reviewed for planning
upcoming continuing education opportunities in the
state. Continuing education events plus membership
meetings will be held three times a year rather than
four. The fourth meeting will be held jointly with an
Executive Board meeting with membership invited. This
will help keep quality high and cost low.
Finance has become critical to our organization and a
big focus in Board discussions. Due to the drop in our
membership and fees we have a declining income. The
Board passed a motion for our Treasurer to develop a
proposal to allow OOTA to begin billing for advertising
on our website in the future. More sponsors will be
sought for upcoming continuing education events.
Economies of spending for phone, mailing, and other
costs of the board are being implemented. A finalized
budget should be prepared at the January meeting of the
Board.
Plans are in the works for April OT month promotion
events at Lowe’s stores.
TREASURER’S Report
Suzette W. Jones, OTR/L
Submitted December 31, 2005
FINANCIAL STATUS: As of December 31, 2005
OOTA has assets (money in the bank) of
$33,706.82. The financial Statement for July 1,
2005 through December 31, 2005 is as follows:
Income: Total income $33,228.77
Expenses: Total expenses $15,978.21
Profit year to date: $17,250.56
Summary: The income is from dues ($16,209), the
July Quarterly meeting ($2405, the annual
Conference 2005 ($14,242) and miscellaneous
($373). Expenses during the first half of this
fiscal year are directly related to the
Quarterly meeting and annual conference,
membership drive, administrative assistant to
work on these and miscellaneous other costs. The
annual conference had a profit of $6,045, July
quarterly meeting $1620 and the balance of the
profit comes from the membership drive.
BUDGET 2005: The budget for July 2005 through
June 2006 is being developed with input from the
Executive Board. The money we have now must
sustain OOTA and its activities for the
remainder of the fiscal year. We cannot count on
profit from other Quarterly meetings as it is
too difficult to project. A conservative budget
will be set up based on current money available.
Any profit generated from January through June
2006 will allow the association to take on added
activities or costs or plan for a bigger annual
conference.
TAXES: Taxes were filed in October 2005. We did
not owe taxes due to the losses sustained during
the fiscal year July 04 through June 05.
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COTA Representative Report
Stacey Parsons, COTA/L
Submitted January 10, 2006
Happy New Year!
I would like to take this time to introduce
myself, I am Stacey Parsons, COTA/L your OOTA
COTA Representative. I am a 1998 graduate of
Southwestern Oklahoma State University/Caddo
Kiowa Technology Center Occupational Therapy
Assistant Program. For the past six years I have
been teaching in the very program that I
graduated from. Before that I practiced in long
term care in Texas.
With 2005 complete, I would like to look to our
future and what 2006 holds for us. There are
several goals we would like to accomplish this
year and I would like to have your help in
reaching these goals. I would like to know what
you as practicing COTAs would like to accomplish
this year and how can we help you. What issues
or concerns do you have that we as your state
association can help you with? Please feel free
to e-mail, call or write at any time with any
questions or concerns.
I look forward to hearing from you and hope your
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OOTA Representaive to AOTA
Suena Olson, and Susan Tucker
Submitted January 9, 2006
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New
Year's holiday. At the beginning of 2006 the Medicare
Caps have been reinstated. We are back to $1740 for
Occupational Therapy and $1740 for Speech and Physical
Therapy Combined for Medicare B Patient Services. These
caps not only affect the Medicare B patients in long
term care facilities, but also will affect those
Medicare B patients in Home Health who have used up
their annual service amounts.
We still need for all of you to write your congressmen
to try to encourage repeal of these caps once and for
all as well as anyone you can encourage to write as
well. Keep in mind that AOTA is continuing to work at a
legislative level on our behalf and AOTPAC can still use
any funds you might be able to contribute.
AOTA is working to help us. They are hosting a Free AOTA
Teleconference which focuses on Medicare Changes. Learn
How to Provide Optimum Services Under the Rules for the
Therapy Cap.
Confused by what Congress did at the end of the year?
Don't feel alone. Join your colleagues and your AOTA
staff in Washington to answer your questions. If you're
providing outpatient therapy, it's urgent that you
understand the bottom line regarding impending therapy
cap changes and their impact on you and your clients in
2006. Plan now to participate in AOTA's upcoming FREE
teleconference for members on Thursday, January 12, at 4
p.m. I hope this will be helpful to you all.
Suena Olson and Susan Tucker Your AOTA Representatives
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Student Representative Report
Jami Canada, OTS
Submitted January 10, 2006
I hope everyone had a wonderful
break. I wanted to let all the students know that we
are going to promote OT month again this year at
Lowe’s. This will take place in April and we will have
booths setup at many Lowe’s in the Tulsa and OKC areas.
I encourage all students to take part in this activity.
It is a lot of fun and a good way to let our community
know about occupational therapy. If you are interested
in please contact me and I can give you more
information. I wish everyone a successful spring
semester and if I can do anything for please let me
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Advocacy Committee
Mary Isaacson
Submitted January 10, 2006
Mark your calendars
April 8th, 2006-OT Month at Lowe’s Home Improvement Stores
January 31st 5:30-Planning at OUHSC Tulsa and OKC: Rooms 2J25 &45
Plans are under way for our OT Month Promotion to be held at area Lowe’s Home
Improvement stores. Lowe’s is supporting our membership in providing a clinic on
Home Safety and Falls Prevention and we will utilize the equipment that they
sell to educate consumers on Prevention and on Occupational Therapy. The clinic
will be held from 10:00-11:00 and we will then have booths set up from
11:00-1:00 for OT promotion. The more volunteers that we have, the more stores
that we will be able to cover and the work-load will be easier for everyone. So
far, the volunteers are dispersed as follows:
OKC AREA
Toby Hamilton and Jenny Pate-2nd and Bryant Edmond
Tammy Brown and Jami Canada-Memorial Store
Cyndy Robinson-Norman Store
Marlene Snow-Midwest City Store
Shawnee Store???
Yukon Store ???
TULSA AREA
Sydney Tucker & Martha Kohlwey-15th Street Store-Tulsa
Meg Smith & Sarah Dunbar-Owasso Store
Claremore Store ???
Bixby Store ????
71st and 169th Store Rachel Godsey
Please Contact Mary Isaacson (918.660.3272 or
mary-isaacson@ouhsc.edu) if you are
interested in volunteering and join us at our next planning meeting on January
31st at 4:30.
Jami Canada, OTS student from OUHSC at Quail Springs Mall 2005 |
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Occupational Therapy Committee
of the
Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
Notes from Oct. 27, 2005 meeting
Present: Janet Schnaffner,
Maggie Snook, Ginger Castleberry, Anne Marie Grassmann,
Patty Smith.
There
were three personal appearance by therapists wishing to
reinstate their licenses. Teresa Tisdell, OT appeared
before the committee to talk about telerehabilitation
and Occupational Therapy. Initial evaluations are done
on site, but this technology could enable a therapist to
provide supervision of a COTA or to monitor teechniques
used by family members. It is hoped that this method
of supervision can be approved for COTAs in remote areas
who are working in schools and nursing homes. A
demonstration of this method of providing remote
supervision of Occupational Therapy will be provided at
the next meeting of the committee, Feb.9, 2006.
The
Board staff was pleased with the reception of computer
based renewal of licensure. Efforts are being made to
include OTAs in the next renewal period.
Submitted by:
Margaret Roseboom |
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