Montana OT Collaboration:

This is a community for Montana OTs, OTAs, recent grads, and students to unite and share information. There are numerous OTs throughout Montana that do not have other OTs to collaborate or bounce ideas off of. The majority of Montana is considered rural, requiring many OTs to have a broad skill set across many settings. This can be both a strength and challenge of practicing in Montana.

This group is intended to be a place where you can ask questions in a safe environment, share treatment ideas, offer advice/encouragement, and collaborate with other inspiring OTs throughout Montana. *Disclaimer: Not all posts, questions, and comments will be monitored for evidence-based practice. Please continue to use your best clinical judgement when communicating and collaborating with others. 

There are numerous people who are not receiving occupational therapy services because their communities do not have occupational therapists or because they do not understand how occupational therapy could help them. Lets promote OT throughout the state of Montana by working together and supporting one another:)

***Please share this group with other AMAZING Montana OTs, OTAs, and students

The group name is “Montana OT Collaboration” and the page link is: www.facebook.com/groups/146842857594547/

Professional Associations/Organizations

• American Occupational Therapy Foundation
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
• National Rehabilitation Information Center
• World Federation of Occupational Therapy

Government Affiliated Agencies

• Medicare
• Medline

 State of Montana sites of interest

• Association of Montana Health Care Providers 
• Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPPHS)
• Montana Government Website
• MT OT Practice act: https://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/occupational-therapy/                           
  • Working and Living in Montana (newcomers guide, cities/destinations, census information, etc.)
  • Montana Labor Market Information
•  MonTech (Interdisciplinary organization supporting the full participation of all MT residents with disabilities in community life)
• MT Posture Project The Montana Project promotes care teams with the focus person who has a motor impairment and needs postural care. People with conditions like cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and similar neuromuscular problems have benefited. Teams consist of family members/caregivers and local professionals (including but not limited to therapists, nurses, PCAs, Family Support Specialists, doctors)
  

 Publications  

• Advance for Occupational Therapy Practioners
• New Grad Occupational Therapy
• OT in the school system.  free OT podcast radio show last year with the goal of trying to help people in audio episodes of ten minutes each on Monday through Thursday evenings with free advice, activities, suggestions, and more especially for children, families, and OT’s.
  The show is on all podcast forums including iTunes and is called “O.T. Talk With Mr. T”.
  There is a direct link here: Www.anchor.fm/mrt1

You can post your own applicable info and links to our

MOTA OT resources forum page here: https://www.mtota.org/forums/Posts.aspx?topic=1522310