American Occupational Therapy Foundation

The American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) is a charitable, scientific and educational non-profit organization founded in 1965. Its purpose is to advance the science of occupational therapy to support people's full participation in meaningful life activities. The foundation is governed by a board of trustees and awards grants for scientific research and scholarships. It also publishes a scientific journal OTJR, Occupation, Participation and Health,[1] indexed by the National Library of Medicine and others. It is based in Bethesda, Maryland.[2]

References

  1. Christiansen, Charles; Haertl, Kristine (2014). A Contextual History of Occupational Therapy (12 ed.). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. pp. 9–31. ISBN 9781451110807.
  2. Anderson, Lori; Reed, Kathlyn (2017). The History of Occupational Therapy (1 ed.). Thorofare, NJ: Slack Inc. pp. 188–189. ISBN 978-1-61711-997-2.


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