January / February / March • Issue 1 • 2019
Understanding the Entry-Level OTD Capstone Components, Continued from Page 4
Our Illinois entry-level OTD academic programs are eager to
advance practice through these capstone components.
If you are interested in mentoring an OTD student for
their DCE and Capstone Project, please contact the capstone
coordinators at Midwestern University or Rush University:
• Paula Costello, OTD, OTR/L, Rush University
Doctoral Capstone Coordinator: 312-942-4713;
[email protected]
• Anne Kiraly-Alvarez, OTD, OTR/L, SCSS, Midwestern
University Director of Capstone Development: 630-
515-7340; [email protected]
References
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy
Education [ACOTE]. (2018). 2018 Accreditation Council
for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE®) standards
and interpretive guide. Retrieved from https://www.aota.
org/~/media/Corporate/Files/EducationCareers/Accredit/
StandardsReview/2018-ACOTE-Standards-Interpretive-
Volunteers Needed
ILOTA is looking for some wonderful people who want to
help and assist at conference; which will be in Tinley Park
October 4-5, 2019. Sometimes we are unsure of how we can
help ILOTA or who we can talk to and see what is available.
Listed below are some examples to demonstrate how you can
help ILOTA’s conference be more of a success. The following is
open to all OT/OTA practitioners and students.
• Room Monitors: Give out participation stickers and take
headcount of participants in specific rooms.
• Registration Table: Help check people in at conference and
hand out goodies upon arrival.
• Fundraising Table: Sell raffle tickets for PAC scholarship
fund for future scholars.
• Stuffing Name tags and bags prior to opening day.
ILOTA also needs Proposal Reviewers once the call for papers
closes, and this this opportunity is open to all practitioners.
• Proposal Reviews: review conference proposals submitted
to determine acceptance at conference. Reviewers are
based on clinical skill set. For example, someone with
adult background will review adult based proposals as
compared to school based proposals.
To put your name on a list, please email ilotaconference@
gmail.com and Abi Swidergal, COTA/L will contact you.
Guide.pdf
American Occupational Therapy Association. (n.d.). Find
a school. Retrieved from https://www.aota.org/Education-
Careers/Find-School.aspx
Cleary, D. & Kemp, E. (2018, April). Clinical &
experiential education: Current roles & experiences. Presentation
at the AOTA Academic Fieldwork and Capstone Coordinators
Academic Leadership Council, Salt Lake City, UT.
About the Authors
Paula J. Costello, OTD, OTR/L is currently the Doctoral
Capstone Coordinator at Rush University Chicago, IL. Her
practice has included children and youth, assistive technology,
autism, sensory integration and processing telehealth, and
doctoral education.
Dr. Anne Kiraly-Alvarez is Assistant Professor and Director
of Capstone Development in the Occupational Therapy
Program at Midwestern University. Prior to entering academia
almost five years ago, she specialized in school-based practice.
Meet the Board:
Lauren Henderson MS, OTR/L
Hi ILOTA members! My name
is Lauren Henderson, and I was
recently elected to serve as the ILOTA
Director of Communications. After
grad school, I was looking for new
ways to become involved in the
profession on the state level, so I
chose to run for this position after
a year of being a member of the
Newsletter Committee. I had the
wonderful opportunity to seek out
articles from accomplished clinicians, researchers, and faculty,
as well as edit and even write a few pieces for the Communique
myself. I also have experience managing communications as
the AOTA Assembly of Student Delegates OT Vice Chair,
so I am looking forward using what that experience taught
me as we look to make ILOTA’s communication platforms
more relevant and user-friendly. Since graduating in August, I
have enjoyed establishing a routine and creating occupational
balance in my life by working full time in inpatient rehab
and per diem in acute care, doing endurance sports with
athletes with disabilities for leisure, and now volunteering with
ILOTA!
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