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News from Spain February 2006
Spanish schools are taking part in the European tuning process. Last year great efforts were made to produce guidelines for a degree course. This was supported by COTEC and WFOT and they were presented to the government and we are now and waiting for a Government decision on whether the degree will be three years plus specialisation or a four year degree.
The Spanish Association and other O.T. organisations are requesting a four year degree (the fourth year only for fieldwork).
The association together with the University is offering a post graduate course in “O.T. in Dependency” with a total of 300 hrs. and with a financial support from the Social Services. This grant is due to a new law this year concerning “dependency” which will create new jobs for O.Ts. and others profession allied to health.
Two new books will be translated into Spanish:
- 10th edition of “Willard & Spackman” by Elizabeth B. Crepeu, Ellen S. Cohn and Barbara A. Boyt
- “ Occupational therapy without borders: learning from the spirit of survivors” by Frank Kronenberg, Salvador Simó and Nick Pollard
The association is under the process of changing the design, content and site of the web. The new design has the intention of seeking more new members and informing more effectively about all the different services, news, courses, congresses, etc. which the association offers.
This new website is now www.apeto.com
We will hold our national congress in October 2006 with the theme of ”O.T. community based practice”. And we are hoping to be able to bring a key speaker from overseas relevant to this field. The programme will be placed on the website shortly.