AOTA Professional Development Tool (PDT)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WORKSHEET

Learning Plan
Structure your learning plan to indicate how you will achieve your identified learning goals. The completed plan should be included in
your portfolio. Type information directly into the spaces provided.

SUCCESS
LEARNING GOAL STRATEGIES RESOURCES TARGET DATE
INDICATORS
Related Standard What are the best ways What do I need to help How will I know I When do I plan to
to achieve this goal? me achieve this? achieved it? achieve it?
Knowledge: Knowledge: Knowledge: Knowledge: Knowledge: Ongoing
Increased knowledge of - Review appropriate - Locate appropriate Demonstrate increased
occupational role in current literature resources knowledge of occupational Critical Thinking: Ongoing
setting as well as current - Ask co-workers about - Ask questions therapy’s role in setting by
evidence based practices. commonly used resources - Take notes of questions and recognizing client’s
- Research other potential answers performance skills and Interpersonal Abilities:
Critical Thinking: resources factors in order to provide Ongoing
Increased ability to critically Critical Thinking: occupation based treatment
think by grading activities up Critical Thinking: - Locate resources that is tailored to each client.
and down to provide the - Observe how other - Ask questions Performance skills: Ongoing
“just right” challenge to therapists interact with - Take notes Critical Thinking:
clients. client’s and sets up activities Demonstrate increased
- List ways the activity could Interpersonal Abilities: critical thinking skills by Ethical Reasoning: Ongoing
Interpersonal Abilities: be graded up or down -Practice communicating grading treatment up/down
Increased ability to develop - Ask for feedback from with clients during all depending on client’s need
positive, respectful and interdisciplinary team and sessions during treatment session and
trustworthy relationships other OTs. -Ask for feedback from creating appropriate goals
with clients, caregivers and - Review literature for others
co-workers. treatment ideas and goals Interpersonal Abilities:
Performance skills: Increased communication
Performance Skills: Interpersonal Abilities: - Practice handling and with clients, caregivers and
Increase ability to perform -Build good relationships cueing techniques with co-workers.
appropriate handling and with clients by asking about therapists before attempting
cueing techniques to their priorities, listening and with patients Performance skills:
facilitate successful providing knowledgable - Ask for feedback from Successfully enable
occupation. answers to their questions others occupation in client, by use
- Locate materials to review of handling or cueing
Ethical Reasoning: Performance skills: techniques.
Increase ability to recognize - Observe other OTs Ethical Reasoning:
and resolve ethical dilemmas - Integrate new skills into - Locate articles on AOTA Ethical Reasoning: Be able to
treatment sessions and from school identify and resolve ethical
- Ask questions and engage - Ask questions dilemmas that arise on a
with clients daily basis
- Review handling and
cueing techniques in
textbooks and school
material

Ethical Reasoning:
- Review AOTAs standards
- Review appropriate setting
ethics

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