Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2020
Published Online: August 01, 2020
Updated: July 29, 2020
Access to OT in the Prison System: Assessing Attitudes of OT Students and Practitioners
Sarah Tucker, MS, OTR/L
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Article Information
Education of OTs and OTAs
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2020
Access to OT in the Prison System: Assessing Attitudes of OT Students and Practitioners
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411510244. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO1510
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411510244. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO1510
Abstract

Date Presented 03/26/20

Prison-reform initiatives are expected to increase the number of released inmates. There are few OTs working in this setting, and the number of practitioners considering employment in this setting is unknown. Two research studies will be presented related to this issue. Both are first steps toward understanding the attitudes of those in our profession about rehabilitation of inmates as well as factors associated with willingness to work in the prison system.

Primary Author and Speaker: Sarah Tucker