Maryland Occupational Therapists Continuing Education and License

Renewal Information


Maryland-licensed occupational therapists have an annual license renewal with a June 30th deadline.
Continuing education is due December 31st of the prior year to renewal.

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Twelve (12) continuing education hours are required to renew a license.

Eight (8) hours must relate to occupational therapist principles and procedures, and four (4) hours are
allowed from occupational therapy role related activities.

There are no limits on home study if AOTA approved.

Professional Development Resources is an American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
approved provider of continuing education (#3159). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply
endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

Occupational Therapists Continuing Education Courses:

Autism Movement Therapy is a 2-hour online course. Autism Movement Therapy is an emerging
therapy that combines movement and music with positive behavior support strategies to assist
individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in meeting and achieving their speech and language,
social and academic goals. Its purpose is to connect left and right hemisphere brain functioning by
combining patterning, visual movement calculation, audile receptive processing, rhythm and sequencing
into a whole brain cognitive thinking approach that can significantly improve behavioral, emotional,
academic, social, and speech and language skills. This course is presented in two parts. Part 1
summarizes what is known about the brain functioning of individuals with ASD and illustrates how
participation in dance, music and the arts can render the brain more amenable to learning social and
language skills. Part 2 is a documentary created by Joanne Lara Generation A: Portraits of Autism and
the Arts, which spotlights from a strikingly positive perspective the challenges and accomplishments
of eight individuals with ASD. Course #20-82 | 2014 | 106 minute video | 14 posttest questions

Biology of Aging: Research Today for a Healthier Tomorrow is a 2-hour online course. What is aging?
Can we live long and live welland are they the same thing? Is aging in our genes? How does our
metabolism relate to aging? Can your immune system still defend you as you age? Since the National
Institute on Aging was established in 1974, scientists asking just such questions have learned a great
deal about the processes associated with the biology of aging. Technology today supports research that
years ago would have seemed possible only in a science fiction novel. This course introduces some key
areas of research into the biology of aging. Each area is a part of a larger field of scientific inquiry. You
can look at each topic individually, or you can step back to see how they fit together, interwoven to help
us better understand aging processes. Research on aging is dynamic, constantly evolving based on new
discoveries, and so this course also looks ahead to the future, as todays research provides the strongest
hints of things to come. Course #20-85 | 2014 | 30 pages | 15 posttest questions


Beyond Calories & Exercise: Eliminating Self-Defeating Behaviors is a 5-hour online course. This course
is a self-instructional module that walks readers through the process of replacing their self-defeating
weight issues with healthy, positive, and productive life-style behaviors. It moves beyond the burn
more calories than you consume concept to encompass the emotional aspects of eating and of gaining
and losing weight. Through 16 included exercises, you will learn how to identify your self-defeating
behaviors (SDBs), analyze and understand them, and then replace them with life-giving actions that lead
to permanent behavioral change. Course #50-10 | 2013 | 49 pages | 35 posttest questions

Data obtained from the Maryland Board of OT Practice on September 2, 2014.

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