Here is a list of all COT/BAOT publications that are available to download free of charge to the general public:
Essential
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Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct:
- Code of Ethics (376KB PDF*)
- Welsh version: Côd Moeseg ac Ymddygiad Proffesiynol (64KB PDF*) For queries regarding the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Occupational Therapists, please contact the:
Moo Ling Boey
Professional Affairs Officer
Tel: 020 7450 2328
Fax: 020 7450 2367
Email: moo.ling.boey@cot.co.uk
- College of Occupational Therapists Pre-Registration Standards (400KB PDF*)
- Pre-registration main section (82KB PDF*)
- Appendix 1- Guidance and expectations for pre-registration programmes (39KB PDF*)
- Appendix 2- Professional requirements and recommendations for pre-registration education (27KB PDF*)
- Appendix 3- Accreditation of pre-registration programmes in OT (53KB PDF*)
- Appendix 4- The director of the occupational therapy programme or professional programme lead (30KB PDF*)
- Standards (137KB doc)
- Strategic Vision and Action Plan for Lifelong Learning (178KB PDF* )
- Occupational therapy defined as a complex intervention - OT as defined by OTs: a ground-breaking study by freelance OT Jennifer Creek, with supervision from research OT Dr Sarah Cook.
Guidance
- Accreditation of Practice Placement Educator's scheme (APPLE)
- A Competence Framework for Trusted Assessors (2005) (3.61MB PDF*)
- Developing the Occupational Therapy Profession
- From Interface to Integration:
- Position statement (35KB PDF*)
- Strategy (424KB PDF*)
- The response of the Council of the College of Occupational Therapists (36KB PDF*)
- Application in Wales (English text) (125KB PDF*)
- Application in Wales (Welsh text) (125KB PDF*)
- Position statement (35KB PDF*)
- Falls Audit Pack (2002) (353KB PDF*)
- Guidance on Disability and Learning
- Minor adaptations without delay:
A practical guide and technical specifications for housing associations.
Research and Review
- Doubly Disadvantaged: Waiting lists for children with developmental co-ordination disorder (2003):
- Report of a survey on Waiting Lists and Waiting Times for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)(2.32MB PDF *)
- Fact Sheet - Report of a survey on Waiting Lists and Waiting Times for Children with DCD (33KB PDF*)
- Enabling Everyday Lives Text in: English (1.33MB PDF*) and Welsh (1.35MB PDF*)
Other
- 'Activity provision: benchmarking good practice in care homes' -
- Activity Provision - ENGLISH (466KB PDF)*
Activity Provision - WELSH (357KB PDF)*
- Activity Provision - ENGLISH (466KB PDF)*
- Work matters: vocational navigation for occupational therapy staff (3,125KB PDF*)
- Occupational Therapy Careers Handbook
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