AOTA Professional Development Tool (PDT)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WORKSHEET

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.

LEARNING GOAL STRATEGIES RESOURCES SUCCESS TARGET DATE

INDICATORS
Related Standard What are the best What do I need to How will I know I When do I plan
ways to achieve help me achieve achieved it? to achieve it?
this goal? this?
1.Knowledge Academic AJOT, OT Practice, My ability to Continuously
I will implement coursework, self- AOTA, Google independently and throughout my
occupation-based study, readings, Scholar, Course confidently career in
and client-centered consultation with Materials administer occupational
assessments that interdisciplinary assessments to my therapy
have been team clients without
supported by EBP second guessing
research. myself.

2.Critical Mentorship, Supervisor and peer Confidently

Reasoning professional feedback after OT documenting Continuously
I will be confident writing, readings, sessions client’s throughout my
in independently peer/ supervisor occupational career in
charting client feedback history, evaluation, occupational
documentation. and treatment therapy
sessions without
referring to OT
peers for constant
feedback

3.Interpersonal Coaching, Feedback from Having confidence

Continuously
abilities consumer feedback, supervisor and/or in my abilities, and
throughout my
I will be confident supervisory peers on client- being open to
career in
in my client- feedback, role play therapist relationships, constructive
occupational
occupational rapport building, feedback from my
therapy
therapist confidence in supervisor and
relationship and interacting with peers in order to
rapport building. rehabilitation team help with
and clients, asking professional
questions, open to development
constructive feedback
4.Performance Experiential Having the Continuously
Skills activities and Continually learn knowledge and throughout my
I will implement practice, from my peers and ability to modify an career in
occupation-based observation of research the latest activity on the spot occupational
interventions and be experts, peer occupation-based and to be flexible therapy
confident in my feedback activities/interventions (both physically
ability to identify that are being and mentally) when
the performance implemented a client does not
skills that are understand why I
hindering the have implemented a
client's particular activity
occupational with them (teaching
performance. and educating
them)

5.Ethical Mentorship, Ensuring the best I will abide by the Continuously

Reasoning readings, reviewing ethical practices ethical procedures throughout my
I will implement standards and codes are being and practices and career in
best ethical of conduct followed at my question if they are occupational
practices at my facility not being adhered therapy
facility. to by the team