increase in active membership fees

INCREASE IN ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP FEES
To CAOT Members:
At the Annual Meeting of the Association in October, 1968, unanimous
approval was given to increase the annual active membership fee from $25
to $35 to be effective January 1st, 1969.
The last increase in active fees was in 1960 and during the past eight years
the cost of maintaining the Association and providing services to the members has increased greatly, as has your own cost of living and your own
salary.
Do you realize that in 1960 the Association recommended starting salary
for an occupational therapist was $3630 and in 1968 it is $6000? During this
same period office rent has increased 167.2%; salaries 60.4%. As the Association grows and the demands from all areas increase, we will require additional
office space, additional equipment, additional personnel.
Postage has increased 23.3% and the increased postal rates effective November 1st, 1968 added still more. Telephone and telegraph show an increase
of 42.9% over 1960; if we are to continue to improve communications it is
to be expected that the telephone will be used to a greater extent to speed
service to members. Funds required to bring the Provincial Representatives
to the annual meeting have increased by 24.1%.
It has required approximately $1000 for the Executive Secretary/Consultant
to visit hospitals and therapists in the east and in the west this year; this
represents a 122% increase over 1960. This is an area of service which we
are convinced should be increased.
It is anticipated that the cost for printing the Journal will increase by 5%
per year. This is based on standard printing costs. To print the Journal for
the coming year will cost $600 more than last year. This is on the basis of
48 pages per issue. But we should not be that limited; the means should be
available to produce larger issues.
Additional expenses to the Association not included in 1960 are the Association's contribution to the Canada Pension Plan, insurance on office furniture
and equipment, bonding and Workmen's Compensation for the employees.
For the year ending September 30th, 1968, the Association actually operated
with an excess of $814.44. This is much too close and will not allow for
growth and expansion of services. All members look to the day when the
Association may move towards regional or provincial representation on the
Board of Directors. Such a move would require some financial obligation on
the part of the Association, but unfortunately cannot be implemented overnight.
In addition, this Association must be prepared to take an active place among
the associations of other paramedical professions which will mean additional
expenditures in various areas.
Some of the work which is now being done on a voluntary basis, e.g. editing
the Journal, publicity, clinical training placements, will very soon be too big
and time consuming to be carried on by non-paid therapists who are holding
a full-time position at the same time. A professional association is a business
in the true sense of the word; it is imperative that it be conducted on a
business-like basis if it is to fulfill its function and, indeed, to survive.
The main source of income of the Association is from membership fees.
The increase in the active membership fee will mean an increased income of
approximately $6500. This should keep the Association apace with present
rising costs and may permit some expansion.
It is the hope of the Officers and the Board of Directors that each member
will continue to support the Association and take some responsibility for
encouraging, indeed insisting, that practising therapists who are not members
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take their place in this Association and contribute to the growth and expansion of occupational therapy in Canada. This is YOUR Association and it
cannot and will not survive without your support.
Isobel M. Robinson, O.T.Reg.,
Chairman, Finance Committee.
ATTENTION COMBINED TRAINED THERAPISTS
The following regulations have been made in agreement with the Canadian
Physiotherapy Association and were approved at the Annual Meeting of the
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists in October, 1968:
Effective January 1, 1969, combined trained physical and occupational therapists, after initial registration, may hold active membership in the Association
of the p ro fession which he or she is practicing, and inactive membership in
the other Association. Individuals practicing both professions may hold active
membership in each Association with the regular active fee being paid to each.
Each membership fee, active or inactive as the case may be, must be paid
directly to the Association concerned.
As formerly, new graduates from combined courses in Physical and Occupational Therapy must register with both Associations upon completion of all
qualifications. This registration carries with it active membership in both
the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists and the Canadian Physiotherapy Association for one year.
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L'élaboration du programme à domicile repose sur une flexibilité permettant de répondre aux besoins des parents et de l'enfant. Les éléments qui
suivent sont essentiels à l'élaboration et à la mise en oeuvre du programme.
1. Le programme est basé sur une évaluation de l'enfant à partir des
activités normales du développement.
2. Le programme est dactylographié, remis et enseigné aux parents.
3. Lors des visites de contrôle, les parents, en présence de la thérapeute,
appliquent le programme de l'enfant. Si nécessaire, la thérapeute ajoute de
nouvelles activités ou modifie l'approche thérapeutique.
4. Le programme inclus les activités concues spécialement pour les besoins
spécifiques de l'enfant.
5. Les activités, l'approche à ces activités ainsi que la structure du programme sont décrites avec détails et en des termes facilement compréhensibles par les parents.
6. L'évaluation intellectuelle et émotionnelle des parents est faite en vue de
connaître leurs capacités à poursuivre le programme.
7. Le programme n'est pas donné aux parents n'ayant pas un égo suffisamment fort pour accepter cette nouvelle responsabilité.
En somme, cette nouvelle méthode de traitement par le programme à
domicile vise à modifier la thérapie suivant les besoins des parents et des
enfants.
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