Stop Wondering If You’re “OT Enough.”
If you’ve ever:
• Hesitated to treat the whole body because you were afraid someone would question you
• Struggled to explain your clinical reasoning in documentation
• Felt boxed into ADLs when you know the problem is deeper
• Worried an insurance reviewer wouldn’t “get it”
• Felt like PT/SLP are confidently owning their domains while you second-guess yours
This is for you.
This Is Why I Treat the Way I Treat.
This is why I confidently integrate:
✔ Cognition + movement
✔ Executive function + mobility
✔ Sensory processing + strength
✔ Occupation + underlying systems
And never apologize for it.
Because I can defend every intervention using the OTPF-4.
Not academically.
Clinically.
Strategically.
Powerfully.
Using the OTPF-4 to Confidently Treat the Entire Body — Without Losing Your Professional Identity
This 1.5-hour training teaches you how to:
✔ Use the OTPF-4 as a clinical weapon, not a textbook
✔ Justify whole-body and neuro-based treatment within OT scope
✔ Articulate domain + process in real documentation
✔ Stop shrinking your interventions out of fear
✔ Reclaim your professional authority
What Makes This Different?
This is not:
❌ A school-style OTPF lecture
❌ A definition review
❌ A theoretical overview
This is:
✔ Applied scope clarity
✔ Framework-based clinical reasoning
✔ Language you can use immediately
✔ Confidence you can feel in your next session
After This Course You Will Be Able To:
• Explain and defend your interventions using OTPF language
• Integrate occupation + body structures without hesitation
• Document with precision and authority
• Treat more comprehensively without fear of stepping outside OT
• Stop asking, “Is this OT enough?”
What You Receive
✔ 1.5 Hour Strategic Clinical Training
✔ Foundation of OT Clinical Practice PDF Booklet
✔ 6 Downloadable Clinical Handouts
✔ Assessment for CEU credit
✔ 2 Contact Hours / .2 AOTA CEUs
✔ Access for 1 year
Buffalo Occupational Therapy is an AOTA Approved Provider.
This course provides CEUs — but more importantly, it provides clarity.
Who This Is For
• Early career OTs who feel unsure
• Experienced clinicians who feel boxed in
• Neuro-curious therapists
• School-based OTs tired of shrinking
• Rehab clinicians wanting deeper reasoning
• Practitioners ready to own their scope
You Don’t Need More Techniques.
You need framework-level confidence.
The OTPF-4 is not just a document.
It is your legal, ethical, and professional foundation.
If you don’t feel solid in it, you will always feel slightly unsure.
Let’s fix that.
Time-ordered Agenda:
1. Why is the OTPF-4 important? (0:00-23:00)
2. Explain OTPF-4 as a Guide (23:00- 33:00)
3. Explain OTPF-4 as a support of occupation-based approach (33:00- 55:47)
4. Explain the cornerstones of the occupational therapy profession according to the OTPF-4 (55:47-1:42)
Course Objectives:
(1) Explain the importance of The Occupational Therapy Practice Framework 4th Edition as it relates to the clinical execution of occupational therapy.
(2) Understand how The Occupational Therapy Practice Framework 4th Edition acts as a guide and support for the occupational therapy practitioner during implementation of domain and process of occupational therapy
(3) Explain the cornerstones and contributing qualities assigned to the occupational therapy profession by The Occupational Therapy Practice Framework 4th Edition.
Completion Requirements
1. Learner must watch the video-based training in its entirety
2. Learner must answer mixed format questions (multiple choice/ true or false) to demonstrate learning objectives/course objectives have been met.
AOTA CEUs/Contact Hours:
2 Contact Hours / .2 CEUs
Course Approval Code: 4831
Buffalo Occupational Therapy is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 4831. This asynchronous online learning course is offered at .2 CEUs, introductory level of difficulty. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Date and Course Completion Requirements:
The material will be accessible to you AT YOUR OWN PACE FOR 1 YEAR or the duration of your Thrive Membership (whichever is applicable). You must complete this course within that time period. You must complete all course objectives and applicable assessments.
Ask Questions:
This is an asynchronous learning platform. Submit questions via e-mail, receive answer via video/audio whichever is appropriate posted to website (FAQ page)
Level of Difficulty: Introductory
Information is geared to practitioners with little or no knowledge of the subject matter. Focus is on providing general introductory information.
Target Audience:
Occupational Therapy (OT/OTA) students and practitioners looking for additional instruction on introductory and foundational knowledge of the OT profession and how to use the OTPF-4 for confidence and clinical application.
Where:
Distance Learning-Interactive
Host:
Buffalo Occupational Therapy will be organizing and delivering the program, Michelle Eliason, MS, OTR/L, PhD/c will be teaching!
Instructional Methods:
(1) Webinar (2) Powerpoint Slides (7) Ability to ask questions throughout the year and have them be answered via audio or video on the FAQs page.
Accommodations
Do you require accommodations or assistance?
Cancellation Policy
Course Transfer Option: Within one week (7 days) of course purchase and proof that the course was not accessed, at no charge, BOT will assist with a one-time transfer to a different course at equal or lesser investment.
Refund Option – Online Course: You are eligible for a refund if your Learndash account reflects that you have spent less than 2 total hours within the course. Your refund will be processed within 7-10 business days from receiving your refund request.* Any requests falling outside the timeframe stated in this policy, do not qualify for a refund.
Distance Learning - Interactive Courses / Provider-based Cancellation: If, for any reason, the course instructor will not be accessible to interact with any purchased course, the learner will have extended access to the course for the amount of time the course instructor is inaccessible. The course user will be contacted immediately and kept apprised of the status.
*Please note that many credit card companies have an additional 3-5 business day processing time for the refund to reflect on your credit card statement.
Financial Disclosures
Buffalo Occupational Therapy stands to benefit financially from courses materials and additional materials referenced throughout the course in the form of treatment videos, memberships, PDFs, and other resources.
Buffalo Occupational Therapy has compiled supplement resources by way of a manual that has been sufficiently cited and a unique compilation of workbook pages used to better understand course materials. Because this is considered "for education only", it has not been included in the cost of this program.
All educational resources are created to further the occupational therapy profession in our mission to help produce competent and confident clinical providers.
Buffalo Occupational Therapy and speakers do not stand to benefit financially from any textbooks or course materials authored by others that are mentioned throughout the course. As evidence-based and research-driven professionals, we have accumulated many great resources from other authors in the medical profession and freely promote these materials as separate purchases to aid in your wealth of knowledge throughout your career
PD Provider Information
Buffalo Occupational Therapy PLLC
1404 Sweet Home Rd, Ste 11
Buffalo, NY 14228
[email protected]
Speaker/Author:
Michelle Eliason, MS, OTR/L, PhD/c
[email protected]