Ethics in Occupational Therapy

Aspire OT
Self-Paced Course

For Ethics and Jurisprudence for OT Practitioners in Tennessee

For Ethics for Georgia Occupational Therapy Practitioners

Please Note: This is not a jurisprudence course. This course will address the AOTA Code of Ethics.

Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and students face many ethical dilemmas in everyday practice. The AOTA 2020 Code of Ethics and other official documents provide guidance for OT practitioners, however it can sometimes feel overwhelming to navigate through the literature.

This course reviews the AOTA 2020 Code of Ethics and highlight material from the Enforcement Procedures for the AOTA Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and The American Occupational Therapy Association Advisory Opinion for the Ethics Commission: Cultural Competence and Ethical Practice.

In order to assist learners to better navigate ethical dilemmas in practice, a ethical decision making process will be presented for consideration.

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

This occupational therapy continuing education course uses the following instructional methods: visual aides (ie slides), discussion board, guided note taking, and learning, and practice opportunities.

Content disclosure: This course does not exclusively focus on any specific product or service.

Presented by:
Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L
Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L

Such important information that was presented well and makes me reflect on how many ethical dilemmas I have faced in my career and did I handle them as effectively as I could have.

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"It was fascinating! I loved it! Very understandable and relatable. I feel like I can apply it in areas to most of my caseload even if the focus of care is not mental health related."

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Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L

Aspire OT Founding Partner

Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L has 28 years of experience working in occupational therapy in a variety of settings. She is a certified life coach and has an extensive background in clinical program development, leadership, administration and reimbursement.

DISCLOSURES

Financial: Kim is compensated as Founding Partners of Aspire OT.

Non Financial: Kim serves as Founding Partners of Aspire OT, which has partnerships and affiliations as noted on the Partner and Affiliation sections of the Aspire OT website.

Kimberly and Niccole, together, developed an outpatient occupational therapy pain program. They have authored two continuing education articles on the subject of chronic pain and opioid guidelines. Kim and Niccole were the co-authors of the AOTA official document "Occupational Therapy's Role in Treating Pain". They have also served as contributing authors to an occupational therapy textbook on the subject of occupational therapy's role in pain management. They have traveled across the country serving as instructors for various courses on the subject of pain and non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of pain. Niccole and Kim have enjoyed success and found fulfillment in their clinical and professional practice and are excited to be able to share their experience with other occupational therapy practitioners.

Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L

Aspire OT Founding Partner

Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L found her way to occupational therapy through her first profession in television news producing. She is grateful one story lead to changing to such an amazing profession as occupational therapy. She is in her 10th year of clinical practice..

DISCLOSURES

Financial: Niccole is compensated as a Founding Partner of Aspire OT.

Non Financial: Niccole serves as Founding Partners of Aspire OT, which has partnerships and affiliations as noted on the Partner and Affiliation sections of the Aspire OT website.

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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 info@aspireot.us 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.

Ethics for Occupational Therapy

For Ethics and Jurisprudence for OT Practitioners in Tennessee

For Ethics for Georgia Occupational Therapy Practitioners