The College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
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Enewsletter | December 2019
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In this issue…
- Holiday Greetings
- Psychotherapy Update: Controlled Act and Webinar FAQs
- Quality Assurance Program Update
- Reminder: Quality Assurance Survey
- College Council Election Nominations and Meeting Highlights
- Update: Q&A on Treatment Plans for the Medical Use of Cannabis
- Guide to the Child, Youth, and Family Services Act
- 2019 Annual Report
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Happy Holidays
Best wishes to you and your family from the College this holiday season.
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The College will be closed from December 25, 2019 to January 1, 2020, and will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 8:30am.
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Psychotherapy
Webinar FAQ and update on regulation of the controlled act
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On November 5, 2019, the College practice team presented the "Conversations with the College" webinar on psychotherapy within occupational therapy practice. You can watch the recording on our
YouTube channel.
Answers to webinar
FAQs are available on our website.
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In November, the Ministry of Health posted on the
regulatory registry
the proposed regulation for
performance of the controlled act of psychotherapy by occupational therapists
. The new regulation is being made under the
Occupational Therapy Act, 1991,
as effective January 1, 2020, only professionals authorized by their respective regulatory College will be able to perform the controlled act of psychotherapy.
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Quality Assurance Update
Information about the peer and practice assessment
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Selection letters for participation in a peer and practice assessment over the 2019-2020 registration year have been sent. Check your inbox for more information and visit the
Competency Assessment
web page to learn more.
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Reminder: QA Survey
Complete the Quality Assurance survey by December 23, 2019
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If you haven’t already completed the Quality Assurance program competency assessment
survey
, please do so by 5:00 p.m. Monday, December 23, 2019. Share your thoughts about risks in occupational therapy practice and how they may inform the process of assessing the continuing competence of OTs.
Learn more about the project online.
Thanks to everyone who volunteered for the focus group providing input on the draft survey!
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Council Elections and Highlights
Call for Nominations and Council Meeting Highlights
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Interested in contributing to public safety and quality occupational therapy services? Consider putting your name forward for Council.
If you work or live in District 2 (Hamilton, Niagara, Waterloo area) or District 4 (Ottawa, Kingston and area), you are invited to run for College Council. Nominations are now open and close January 29, 2020.
Eligible registrants should have an email from
elections@coto.org
with instructions on how to run or support a candidate for Council. If you have not received your email, please
contact us
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Updated Q&A on
Treatment Plans for Medical Cannabis
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In July, the College published a Q&A about occupational therapists completing and signing treatment plans for the medical use of cannabis.
Updated information is now posted
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Guide to the Child, Youth, and Family Services Act
Understand your reporting responsibilities under the CYFSA
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Reporting child abuse and neglect is your duty.
Please review the Guide and be familiar with your reporting responsibilities under the
Child, Youth and Family Services Act,
2017 as they relate to the practice of occupational therapy.
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In case you missed it, the College has released its 2019 Annual Report. We've accomplished a lot together this year. View the online version of the 2019 Annual Report at:
annualreport.coto.org
The Annual Report is also available to download in PDF in
French
or
English
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Any changes to your profile information in the last 30 days? Make sure you update your profile.
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DO NOT UNSUBSCRIBE IF YOU ARE A REGISTRANT OF THE COLLEGE.
If registrants unsubscribe, they will be contacted to re-subscribe. The College communicates to occupational therapists by email regarding changes to standards, mandatory registration requirements, public consultations and more. We strive to keep communication relevant and to a minimum.
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