ASHT Blog
Posted by Rebecca von der Heyde, PhD, OTR/L, CHT (Research Division Director) on September 30, 2012
A research blog?!?! While you might be tempted to click on one of the other, more practical blog posts, I’m hoping you’ll keep reading because I have some helpful resources to share with you!
As Research Division Director, I’ve considered ways to provide examples of research and evidence-based…
Posted by Dorit Aaron on September 03, 2012
Earlier this year while visiting family in Kansas City, I had the opportunity to go horseback riding. I zealously donned my old pair of blue jeans and a black shirt I had hastily packed the day before, assuming the dark tint would mask the vast amount of visible Kansas City terrain the ride would…
Posted by Dorit Aaron & Sue Michlovitz on August 08, 2012
Some ASHT members tell us that they dropped their AOTA/APTA membership (or never joined) because they were “ASHT members and that provided them what they needed for their practice”. We are thrilled to know that ASHT is meeting these basic needs, BUT we must differentiate the value of a specialty…
Posted by Gary Solomon, MBA, OT, CHT on August 01, 2012
As the Education Division Director for ASHT, division members and I have faced the challenge of working to develop high quality clinical programs for members while recognizing that continuing education and travel reimbursement are significantly limited for most therapists. The tug of war between…
Posted by Jerry Coverdale, OT, CHT, Immediate Past President on July 25, 2012
Your President, Dorit Aaron, asked me to chair a task force to create ASHT’s Code of Ethics (COE). The board approved an outstanding team to assist in creating this document - Cindy Johnson, PT, DPT,CHT, Rhonda Powell, OTD, OTR, CHT, and Terri Casagranda, PT, DPT,CHT. Since all of us are…