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Virginia
Scardina Award of Excellence
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1.
Purpose:
To provide annually
an honorarium for an occupational therapy clinician who has
demonstrated sustained commitment, excellence and/or innovation
in sensory integration and brain-behavior relationships in
the practice of occupational therapy. The award is given in
honor of Virginia Scardina, known as "Ginny", whose
application of theory to practice was of great significance
to the profession of occupational therapy. Ginny epitomized
the master clinician in her use of the art of therapy. She
infused enthusiasm, passion, and spirit in her interactions
and facilitated growth in all of her clients, children and
adults alike. Through a model training program, she mentored
hundreds of therapists from all over the world.
2.
Eligibility:
a. Be initially certified by the National Board for Certification
in Occupational Therapy, formerly the American Occupational
Therapy Certification Board.
b. Be a member in good standing of the American Occupational
Therapy Association.
c. Current members of the AOTF Board of Directors are not
eligible.
3.
Nomination Procedures:
a. Individual AOTA members or a group of members are eligible
to submit nominations.
b. Send five (5) copies of the nomination package to the
Chairman of the AOTF Awards of Recognition Committee at
P.O. Box 31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220 by the established
date.
I. Include nomination
form completed by the candidate.
II. Include letter of nomination from nominating individual
or group if candidate is not self-nominating.
III. Include two (2) letters of support.
IV. Include a description of 250 words or less detailing
the proposed use of honorarium to further the understanding
of sensory integration and brain-behavior relationships
as related to occupational therapy. The candidate must submit
this description.
Examples of possible uses are: development of a workshop,
writing a grant, collecting and analyzing data, attending
a workshop or conference, buying books or partial tuition
support for furthering education in the field of brain-behavior
relationships.
I. Include current curriculum vitae of candidate, which
must include a list of contributions such as outstanding
clinical expertise, presentations, seminars, symposia, workshops,
scientific papers, awards and honors, and/or publications.
II. Include reprints of publications published in external
professional journals, if applicable.
III. Include a recent photograph of candidate suitable
for reproduction.
IV. Include a short paragraph of no more than 100 words
citing the candidate's contributions to be used for public
dissemination.
V. Candidates nominated, but not selected, may be re-nominated
in succeeding years.
4.
Criteria for Selection:
a. Relevance of the proposed use of the honorarium.
b. Benefit to the profession of the proposed use of the
honorarium.
c. Extent and quality of previous contributions.
d. Sphere of influence. Which may include areas outside
occupational therapy, such as community service, public
schools, etc.
e. Recognition by others, which may include recognition
outside the field of occupational therapy.
5.
Method of Selection:
a. One candidate may be selected each year. The AOTF Awards
of Recognition Committee will review the nominations and make
a recommendation to the AOTF Board of Directors for action.
6.
Awards Procedure and Recognition:
a. Recipient will be acknowledged at the Annual Conference
of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
b. Recipient will receive a plaque appropriately inscribed.
c. Recipient will receive $1,000.00 award to be used to
further the practice of sensory integration and brain-behavior
relationships in occupational therapy.
d. Recipient will receive acknowledgment of the award in
appropriate professional publications.
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