SAGE advice…at a discount!

Gero folks, have you been looking at the competencies and indicators for Board Certification and said to yourself, “I wish I could talk to someone about these?” Well guess what? We’ve got the next best thing: someone talking to you. Over 550 pages of talking can be found in the new Self-Paced Clinical Course (SPCC) Strategies to Advance Gerontology Excellence: Promoting Best Practice in Occupational Therapy, or SAGE for short.

Wait! Don’t run away peds and other folks, there’s something here for you too. Patience, patience…

The editors of SAGE were part of the panel that developed the competencies for Board Certification in Gerontology, and they have kindly structured the sections of SAGE around the gero competencies. How fabulous is that? What’s even more fabulous? You can get it at a discount!

In case you missed it, AOTA is offering 20% off many products and publications through June 15!

Whether you are working toward (or thinking about!) certification in any of the 8 areas offered by AOTA, now is the time to stock up on that professional development! Here’s how you can use it toward certification requirements:

• For continuing education like SPCCs and online courses it’s pretty easy. These are considered to be “Learning – Formal” according to the Professional Development Activity List in the certification handbook. You save your documentation that shows a minimum of 12 hours of participation (you’ll get a certificate after passing the exam) and print out and save the course description and learning objectives from the web site and you’re good to go as far as documentation needed for certification.
  
• You want to buy a textbook, which doesn’t come with a certificate? Never fear! The category “Learning – Self-Directed (Independent)” is for you! Just make sure to establish your personal learning objectives for reading the book, track the number of hours you spend with it/them (you need a total of 12), and write up a brief critical analysis.

Now that you are armed with this information (not to mention a great discount!), here are some ideas of products to consider for each of the certification areas:

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Gerontology

• Strategies to Advance Gerontology Excellence (SPCC)
• Strategies to Advance Gerontology Excellence (Book)

Mental Health

• Cognition and Occupation Across the Life Span: Models for Intervention in Occupational Therapy, 2nd Edition (Book)
• Supported Education for Adults and Adolescents With Psychiatric Disabilities: Occupational Therapy’s Role (CE Article)

Pediatrics

• Collaborating For Student Success: A Guide For School-Based Occupational Therapy (SPCC)
• Collaborating for Student Success: A Guide for School-Based Occupational Therapy (Book)

Physical Rehab

• Neurorehabilitation Self-Paced Clinical Course Series: Core Concepts in Neurorehabilitation (SPCC)
• Living With Illness or Disability: 10 Lessons of Acceptance, Understanding, and Perseverance (Book)

SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION

Driving and Community Mobility

• Driver Rehabilitation Across Age and Disability: An Occupational Therapy Guide (Book with CD-ROM)
• Non-Driver Rehabilitation Specialists: Community Mobility Across the Life Span (Conference Session Webcast)

Environmental Modification

• Home Modifications: Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines (Publication)
• Occupational Therapy and Dementia Care: The Home Environmental Skill-Building Program for Individuals and Families (Book with CD-ROM)

Feeding, Eating, and Swallowing

• Dysphagia Care for Adults (SPCC)
• Introduction to Evaluation and Treatment of Children with Eating and Feeding Disorders (Online Course)

Low Vision

• Low Vision: Occupational Therapy Evaluation and Intervention with Older Adults (SPCC)
• Functional Visual Behavior in Adults: An Occupational Therapy Guide to Evaluation and Treatment Options, 2nd Edition (Book)

See you at the bookstore!