Occupational therapy has much to offer to families of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, people outside the profession may be unaware of occupational therapy's breadth and scope. It is our responsibility and our duty to express the full range of occupational therapy services through research, clinical practice, advocacy, and consumer education. This special issue of the Americ...

The paucity of home health care referrals for occupational therapy led us to develop an educational approach to increase both the referral sources and the number of referrals to occupational therapy. With a consistent effort to exercise clearly identified strategies, the occupational therapy referrals at the Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County, Indiana, increased threefold from the numb...

Abstract Occupational engagement has been conflated with other concepts, such as participation, active occupational performance, and therapeutic engagement. This critical review will discuss a unique concept that describes form of involvement in doing does not require performance foregrounds the subjective-affective cognitive experiences doing. We present some attributes implications for lack c...

In the 1970s, occupational therapy assessments tended to focus on physical performance component (PPC) evaluations such as strength and range of motion; assessment of occupational performance played a secondary role. Given changes within and outside the profession of occupational therapy, it is time for the assessment of occupation and role performance to assume a primary role, while PPC evalua...

PURPOSE To provide a model for assessing occupational therapy workforce needs by using a demand-based approach to determine current workforce status in the Northwest region. Regional information may have implications for addressing national occupational therapy service needs. METHOD A questionnaire was sent to a proportional random sample of 234 facilities that hire occupational therapy pract...