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COTA Representative Report OOTA offers great opportunities for continuing education. The topic at the February 2, 2008 OOTA quarterly meeting was, “Professional Development Toolkit Using AOTA, NBCOT, & Oklahoma Licensure Professional Development Tools.” Have you met the NBCOT and Oklahoma Licensure requirements? If not, now is the time to put your plan in action! NBCOT:
State Licensure Board:
Please feel free to contact me at dsmart@suddenlink.net.
Happy New Year! I hope you met most of your 2007 goals! I hope this year brings you great things both personally and professionally. Now it’s time to set your goals for 2008! OOTA is here for you! If you’re not already an active member of our state association, please consider joining. If you are an active member – THANK YOU! It takes a lot of work to make a great organization. Together we can work toward the mission and vision of OOTA. Thanks again for the opportunity to serve you and our profession. Please remember, I’m here for YOU! If you have any comments, questions, concerns, or suggestions, please feel free to e-mail me at: dsmart@suddenlink.net Mission: To be an advocate for occupational therapy. Vision: To be a resource for our members, clients, and community at-large.
COTA Representative Report Thanks to everyone who attended the annual conference as OOTA celebrated its 40th birthday! (I hope you enjoyed a piece of the delicious cake!) There was a great plenary session on Motivational
Interviewing, as well as several breakout sessions addressing a variety of
specialty practice areas. The conference also provided a great chance to
network. It’s fun to visit with former co-workers and meet new colleagues. (I
heard you can find out about many OTA opportunities this As your COTA rep, I’m very sad to say that there wasn’t a recipient this year for COTA of the Year. Please, please, please – VOTE! Requirements for COTA of the Year include: Please feel free to contact me at: dsmart@suddenlink.net
COTA Representative Report Submitted for April 2007 for May newsletter Previously, I challenged you to set both personal and professional goals. I hope you’re continuing to work and achieve some of the goals you’ve chosen. My challenge to you now is to help spread the news about occupational therapy. Do you remember when you first found about occupational therapy? I do. I’ll have to admit I had no clue. Fortunately for me, someone who knew about OT took the time to tell me all about it. I decided to enroll in the OTA program at OKCCC and graduated in 1997. There are still many people who don’t understand what occupational therapy is all about. Who better to help spread the news than YOU? Challenge: Share the news about occupational therapy with a young person this week. You may change their career path forever. If you have any comments, questions, concerns, or suggestions, please feel free to e-mail me. My e-mail address is dsmart@suddenlink.net
January Report Mailed to OOTA members in Jan 2007
COTA Representative Report Submitted October 10, 2006 Thank you for electing me as your new COTA
Representative. I look forward to serving OOTA in this capacity. Let us
embrace the mission and vision of OOTA together and forge ahead to grow as
professional practitioners. The possibility of where we can take Occupational
Therapy in the future is limited only by our imaginations! Thanks again for
this opportunity to serve you and our profession. Remember, I’m here for YOU!
If you have any comments, questions, concerns, or suggestions, please feel free
to e-mail me. My e-mail address is
dsmart@cox.net. Vision: To be a resource for our members, clients, and community at-large.
COTA OF THE YEAR? WHO? ME? Wow! What a surprise! I’d like to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH for bestowing this honor upon me. I’d like to say thanks to all the OT’s and COTAs that I’ve worked with through the years – each of you has made a big difference in my life! (Thanks to all my PT and PTA friends too!) Blessings, Debbie Smart, COTA/L
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