Hey Ed: To me, functional therapist is even more generic than an occupational therapist.
As we've discussed, OCCUPATION has much more meaning and depth. Of course, the problem is that people, even OT's, don't understand that. I'm for staying with occupational therapist but having AOTA market occupation and having OT's focus on occupation. For me, this is about the only thing that makes any real sense. Thanks, Ron ~~~ Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Kaine <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Welcome to Our Newest Member(s) EK> Hi Everyone; EK> I would like to introduce a subject which might get a bit of a chain of EK> feedback going. I am part of a movement to offer an alternative name to EK> qualifying OTs and OTAs. EK> We are a membership organization called the American League of Functional EK> Therapists. We have the trademarked the collective marks and membership EK> marks of: EK> 1. Registered Functional Therapist RFT(TM) EK> 2. Registered Functional Therapy Associate(TM) EK> As a membership organization we will ensure that the members qualify under EK> the qualifications as written in our bylaws and as presented on our website EK> www.FunctionalTherapist.org <http://www.functionaltherapist.org/>. We also EK> have been doing well increasing recognition and searchability of our blog at EK> www.RegisteredFunctionalTherapist.Blogspot.com<http://www.registeredfunctionaltherapist.blogspot.com/>. EK> Please take a look at the blog, become a follower of it to see what we are EK> talking about. If you have more interest please contact me at EK> [email protected]. EK> The discussions on our Blog look at challenges in using our name, word EK> origins and implications, projects we are working on and generally what we EK> are about. For instance, a PT I have worked with for 9 years (and who has EK> worked with OTs for 25+ years) told me she always thought it was to do with EK> jobs. That was today after I told her about the effort ALOFT was doing to EK> provide an alternative name. She said, "Well, it seemed to make sense, you EK> need to have your shoes on before you can go to work.". We work in an acute EK> care hospital with many geriatric and retired patients. If someone I work EK> shoulder to shoulder with... even doing co-treats occasionally, doesn't know EK> what we do how can we expect John Q. Public to? EK> So how about you? Are some of the challenges you face due to our limited EK> name recognition. Do you think we could get any benefit from being able to EK> use an additional and alternative name? Again, we are not trying to change EK> the law or have your license say RFT. We are a membership organization EK> promoting OT services under an alternative name. EK> I hope you will check us out. EK> Thank you so much for your dedication to OT, EK> Ed Kaine, OTR, RFT EK> President of the American League of Functional Therapists EK> Functional Therapy... the Next Generation of Occupational Therapy! EK> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Ron Carson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Welcome to our newest member(s): >> >> ##################################### >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> ##################################### >> >> There have been VERY few messages during the past month or so. That >> seems to be the nature of the OTlist. >> >> Ron >> >> >> -- >> Options? >> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com >> >> Archive? >> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> EK> -- EK> Options? EK> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com EK> Archive? EK> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
