American Occupational Therapy Foundation

The American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) is a charitable, scientific and educational non-profit organization founded in 1965. Alice C. Jantzen was the AOTF's first president, serving from 1965 to 1966. 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 sponsors the honor society Pi Theta Epsilon. It is based in Rockville, 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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