AOTA Professional Development Tool (PDT)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WORKSHEET (5)

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?
1. Knowledge: Apply 1. Research best intervention 1. Access to research 1. Treatment interventions 1. End of FW II and
evidence-based practices in methods for specific databases such as AJOT and for clients are based upon throughout career.
treatment sessions. diagnoses and client Eccles Library. evidence.
circumstances.
2. Critical reasoning: Reflect 2. Reflect on treatment 2. Initially, time and 2. Reflection is habitual, 2. End of level II FW and
on practice methods to sessions while documenting worksheets to develop the leading to adjustments in throughout career.
enhance performance. and make changes to habit of doing it and client’s treatment plans and
treatment strategies. feedback from coworkers. approach to treatment.
3. Interpersonal abilities: 3. Contribute to regular team 3. Designated meeting time 3. Managers and team 3. First year after graduation
Collaborate with team meetings and take an active and location, communication members recognize my and throughout career.
members to enhance practice role initiating them. within the team, support from contributions in meetings.
and client outcomes. managers.

4. Performance skills:
Implement interventions that
are occupation based and
meaningful to each client.
Communicate rationale
behind interventions that are
preparatory in nature.
4. Complete thorough
assessments of client’s
occupational skills and
desired occupational
performance, incorporate
occupational interests into
treatment activities.
4. Occupation based
assessments, COPM,
occupation-based kits,
creative use of available
materials.
4. Treatment sessions and 4. End of level II FW and
plans are unique to each throughout career.
client and they can identify
the purpose of activities.

5. Ethic reasoning: Utilize 5. When faced with an 5. Code of Ethics, AOTA 5. Ability to make a clinical 5. End of level II FW and
the Code of Ethics and ethical dilemma, review the Ethics Commission and decision despite ethical through career.
AOTA resources in practice. Code of Ethics and AOTA ethics resources, Practice Act dilemmas that reflect sound
Ethics Commission to make and Practice Act Rule, clinical judgment and adhere
a clinical decision. AOTA Standards of Practice, to OT standards.
NBCOT Practice Standards.

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