Continuing Education

MOTA - Missouri Occupational Therapy Association Do you have questions about national requirements?

Continuing competency requirements for NBCOT can be found at www.nbcot.org.

Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy Continuing Competency Requirements

The Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy has developed a continuing competency rule that parallels that of NBCOT so that Occupational Therapy practitioners in Missouri do not have to meet two separate competency requirements. Current regulations and requirements for renewing licensure in Missouri can be found on the website for the Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy.

All Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants will need to renew their licenses by June 30, 2009.

You will need to accrue 24 CCCs between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2009.

While you do not have to send in a record of your continuing competency participation with your licensure application, the Missouri Board does recommend that you keep a log of your credits in case you are selected for an audit. (Therapists and Therapy Assistants to be audited are selected randomly.) A log template is available at http://pr.mo.gov/octherapy.asp.

Opportunities to Earn CCUs

Missouri Occupational Therapy Association MOTA's annual Fall Conference is a great way to earn some CCUs this fall while networking with other local practitioners. Fall conference will be held October 24 & 25, 2008. Check back this summer to register online!

Continuing education seminars are another common way to earn CEUs. You can also start a study group, read an article, or give a presentation to colleagues. Specific guidelines regarding eligible activities can be found at the MBOT website.

To post an ad for a course here, contact Jennifer at website@motamo.net.

Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy Continuing Competency Requirements

All Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants will need to renew their licenses by June 30, 2009. You will need to accrue 24 CCCs between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2009.

AOTA Conference is April 10-13, 2008

Click here for more information and to register.

Please also note that there will be a FREE seminar in Long Beach, California at the AOTA Annual Conference about
the board and specialty certification process. The seminar is scheduled on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 from noon to 6:30 p.m.

You do not have to be registered for conference to attend this session, but do need to sign up using the conference registration form found online or in the conference proceedings we were mailed.

At this free seminar sponsored by CCCPD, participants will learn about the board and specialty certification process, be able to ask questions
about the process, hear and exchange tips to earning certification, and participants can even bring their professional development materials to see how what they've completed to date can be used to meet the required documentation for the board/specialty certification application process.

John F. Barnes' Pediatric Myofascial Release

St. Louis, MO

June 21 and 22, 2008

The Pediatric Myofascial Release Workshop will teach the theory of Myofascial Release and its importance in the evaluation and treatment of
pediatric cases such as birth trauma, head injury, cerebral palsy, neurological and movement dysfunction, scoliosis and trauma. Therapists will learn how Myofascial Release compliments NDT, Sensory Integration, and other pediatric techniques. 12 Contact Hours. Approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. Provider # 3338. "The assignment of AOTA CEU's does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

To register contact Myofascial Release Seminars at

1-800-327-2425 or www.myofascialrelease.com