Occupation-Based Practice: What Does it Really Mean?

This course is discounted for ArizOTA members.

Occupation-Based Practice: What Does it Really Mean?

Self-paced Online Course
$15 | 1 Contact Hours

This course is created by the Arizona Occupational Therapy Association.

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Occupation-based treatment showcases our distinct value in an environment where payment is changing from volume to value. This occupational therapy professional development course explores what it really means to be occupation-based and provide a formula to guide treatment planning.

Target Audience: Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy students

Presented by:

Tamara Turner, Ed.D., OTR/L
Alison de la Montaigne, MOT, OTR/L


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Learning objectives
After this occupational therapy continuing education course, the learner will be able to:
  • Demonstrate understanding of occupation-based practice.

  • Define the terms “Supportive, Meaningful, Therapeutic Activities and Meaningful Occupations.

  • Implement Choosing Wisely strategies in occupation-based treatment planning.


  • Understand the “Supportive, Meaningful, Occupational Treatment Planning Worksheet”



Instructor bio
Tamara Turner, Ed.D., OTR/L

Tamara Turner teaches at Midwestern University and is the owner of Meaningful Living Therapy Services. Dr. Turner’s experience includes rehabilitation, geriatrics, out-patient neurology, and home health
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Alison de la Montaigne, MOT, OTR/L

Alison de la Montaigne is an occupational therapist at BUMC-P and teaches at Midwestern University. She has worked in rehabilitation, neuro outpatient, home health and acute care/ICU.
Completion Requirements
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In order to receive the certificate of completion, participants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • Complete payment to enroll in course
  • View course videos in entirety
  • Pass the course exam with a score of 80% or greater
Please note that no credit or certificate will be issued unless all criteria is met.  Partial credit will not be issued.  
cancellation policy
Live Courses and Webinars
Learner cancellations: In the event that the learner requests to cancel or is unable to attend a course, a refund for the total paid for the course will be granted if Aspire OT is notified via email at [email protected] within 10 business days prior to date of the scheduled course, minus a non-refundable registration fee of 25% of registration price.  If the learner provides notification of cancellation less then 10 business days prior to the scheduled course, the learner will be offered the opportunity to attend the same webinar on an alternate date or enrollment in the recorded on-demand version of that webinar, instead of a refund.  

No refunds will be issued after a course has been attended for more than 30 minutes.  Partial credit will not be issued.  

Provider cancellations: 
In the event of inclement weather or other event resulting in the inability for a live course to be provided within the scheduled time, learners will be offered an alternate date or a full refund for registration paid.
On-Demand web Courses 
Web courses will remain available to learners for 1 year. No refunds will be available for web courses that have been attended or viewed for greater than 30 minutes. In the event of a refund, the learner will be unenrolled in the course immediately upon issuance of a refund. No refunds will be issued for any course in which a certificate has been issued.  

Course Author

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This occupational therapy continuing education course is being offered as part of Aspire OT's State Association Partnership Program. This course is discounted for ArizOTA Members.