Illinois OTs License Renewal & CEUs

Illinois OTs have an upcoming license renewal deadline of December 31, 2019. The following continuing education (CE) requirements must be met in order to renew:

CE Required: 24 hours every 2 years 
Online CE Allowed: No limit (distance learning)
License Expiration: 12/31, odd years 
National Accreditation Accepted: AOTA 
Notes: 1 hour in Ethics is required each renewal period

Illinois OTs can earn all 24 hours required for license renewal through online courses offered @pdresources.org. Order now and save 20% on all courses:

Illinois OTs save 20% on CEUs for their upcoming 12/31/2019 license renewal deadline @pdresources.org

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Professional Development Resources is an American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) approved provider of continuing education (#3159).

Click here to view all online CEUs for Illinois OTs.

Professional Development Resources is a nonprofit educational corporation 501(c)(3) organized in 1992. We are approved to sponsor continuing education by the American Psychological Association (APA); the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA); the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR); the Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy; the Florida Boards of Social Work, Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology & School Psychology, Dietetics & Nutrition, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Occupational Therapy Practice; the Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy; the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135); the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker & MFT Board and Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; the South Carolina Board of Professional Counselors & MFTs; the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists and State Board of Social Worker Examiners; and are CE Broker compliant (all courses are reported within a few days of completion).

PDR offers over 150 accredited online CE courses for healthcare professionals. 

Target AudiencePsychologistsSchool PsychologistsCounselorsSocial WorkersMarriage & Family Therapists (MFTs)Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs)Occupational Therapists (OTs)Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs), and Teachers

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Ethics for Occupational Therapists – New CE Course

By Bill Asenjo, PhD, CRC; Linda Bagby, OTR

Ethics for Occupational TherapistsEthics for Occupational Therapists is a 3-hour online continuing education course that teaches OTs how to handle ethical and moral dilemmas in practice. Ethical and moral issues pervade our lives, especially in the healthcare arena. Occupational therapists are frequently confronted with a variety of ethical and moral dilemmas, and their decisions can have long-range effects both professionally and personally. Why does one decision win out over another? What does the decision process involve? How do these decisions impact those involved? This course will address these questions from the framework of ethical decision models and the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Code of Ethics. Course #30-89 | 2016 | 43 pages | 20 posttest questions

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Describe two sources of ethical dilemmas in healthcare
2. Identify core principles of the AOTA Code of Ethics
3. Identify solutions to bioethical issues and dilemmas
4. List two models of decision-making processes for solving ethical dilemmas
5. List the obligations that an OT must address when faced with an ethical dilemma
6. List two resources for further study of ethical issues

CE INFORMATION:

Professional Development Resources is an AOTA-Approved Provider of continuing education (#3159). OT Content Focus – Professional Issues: Contemporary Issues & Trends. This program is offered for 0.3 CEU’s. The assignment of AOTA CEU’s does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the Florida Board of OT Practice and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635).

COURSE DIRECTIONS:

This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. After enrolling, click on My Account and scroll down to My Active Courses. From here you’ll see links to download/print the course materials and take the CE test (you can print the test to mark your answers on it while reading the course document). Successful completion of the online CE test (80% required to pass, 3 chances to take) and course evaluation are required to earn a certificate of completion.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Bill Asenjo, PhD, CRC, has been a certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC) and vocational rehabilitation consultant since 1994. He completed his PhD in the University of Iowa’s Rehabilitation Counseling program, and received an MS in health science, specializing in rehabilitation counseling, from the University of Florida. He has provided expert testimony in more than 100 hearings, trials and depositions. As a consultant to attorneys in disability-related cases, his reports have garnered glowing testimonials. An internationally published and award-winning freelance writer with fifteen years of experience, his work appears in numerous print and online publications, ranging from medical encyclopedias and health magazines, to trade publications for attorneys and anthologies like Chicken Soup for the Soul. On the way to his PhD, he received a writing award for his dissertation.

Linda Bagby, OTR, received her degree in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Kentucky University. She has more than 20 years of clinical experience in a variety of healthcare settings, including home health, long-term care and five years of work hardening. Her area of specialization is the geriatric population. During her employment in various nursing homes and rehabilitation treatment centers, she has been faced with a number of ethical situations and challenges. Her ability to successfully cope with and overcome these challenges, make her uniquely qualified to write on this topic. Linda lives in Punta Gorda, Florida with her husband and two beautiful teenage daughters.

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