The Association between LGBTQIA+ Self-Identification and Factors Facilitating Homelessness: A Scoping Review of the Occupational Therapy Peer-Reviewed Literature.

The purpose of this paper was to perform a scoping review examining the occupational therapy peer-reviewed literature regarding the LGBTQIA+ community to (a) determine what types of scholarship have been generated and (b) whether the association between LGBTQIA+ self-identification and homelessness has been identified and addressed in occupational therapy practice. A database search of seven peer-reviewed, health care publication indexes, with 19 key search terms was performed. The database search targeted articles published prior to January 2020.

SPOTS: A Model for the Creation of Sustainable, Population-Based, Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Sites.

This paper describes a model for the creation of sustainable, population-based, occupational therapy fieldwork sites (SPOTS). An example of a population-based fieldwork site was created with Appalachian Mountain People in Kentucky and its outcomes are presented. Outcomes were gathered using a wide variety of evaluation feedback forms.

Expert witness evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and return to work.

This author was hired by a defendant's attorney as an expert witness in the evaluation of a plaintiff who filed a lawsuit for the loss of her job and concomitant income due to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms acquired after sustaining a traumatic injury. This writer evaluated her symptoms, level of function, roles, and interests using a variety of assessments. This case study is a report of the evaluation.

The use of visual imagery to enhance sequencing of work tasks.

Objectives: This case study report investigated the use of visual imagery to enhance sequencing of a work task in an individual with executive functioning impairment due to Asperger's Syndrome.

Participant: This individual's job was at risk due to his inability to correctly sequence his assigned work task in a busy pizza parlor.

Methods: Visual imagery training was administered to the client at work by a therapist employed as a job coach.

An aggregate fieldwork model: interdisciplinary training/intervention component.

An aggregate fieldwork model, a level two fieldwork model that combines cooperative learning, interdisciplinary training and intervention, and research or clinical project publication, was implemented over a two-and-a-half year period on an acute inpatient psychiatric setting with a multidisciplinary staff and interns at a metropolitan hospital. This study describes the interdisciplinary training/intervention component of the aggregate fieldwork model. Efficacy outcomes based on 50 occupational therapy interns' (OTIs') logs and verbal reports in supervision and staff surveys are reported.