title: Policies: our footprints in the past, our signposts for the future.
abstract: Clearly established policies can guide our actions and activities and focus our attention. As our beliefs change so do our policies. It is the right as well as the responsibility of each of us as members of the American Occupational Therapy Association to watch for changes in our environment that might affect our thinking or our beliefs regarding our profession's role. Ideas for changes should be brought to the attention of the Representative Assembly, who will then be able to take action on possible policy changes. Our active involvement in this process will ensure that our policies are not just rigid, constraining dictums but are alive and changing with the times and truly reflect our footprints in the past and serve as our signposts for the future.
authors: Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital, Gonzales, Texas 78629.
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authors: Bell
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D004500:Education, Graduate; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D012952:Societies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States