Analyze and advocate for a policy issue via a professionally written letter to a public official. Within this communication, use evidence to support an analysis of relevant contextual factors as they relate to the current and/or potential effects of the policy on a particular population, service system, and/or the practice of occupational therapy.

LEGISLATIVE ASSIGNMENT

Objective:

Analyze and advocate for a policy issue via a professionally written letter to a public official. Within this communication, use evidence to support an analysis of relevant contextual factors as they relate to the current and/or potential effects of the policy on a particular population, service system, and/or the practice of occupational therapy.

This assignment focuses on your development of a political / legislative voice.  Specific topics will be selected and discussed in class.  Specific instructions and scoring are posted on Engage.

You will write to a legislative audience via a formal letter to a member of the U.S. Congress.

Talking points within the letter will be developed related to a specific legislative action with detailed information that is supported by researched facts and conclusions.

Assignment description:

You will be composing and sending a letter to your US Senator and Congressman as well as to the sitting President of the United States regarding a current advocacy issue of concern (look on AOTA website under ‘Advocacy’).

You may choose any of the issues, research them to be as knowledgeable as possible and then you must lay out a case as to why this is not only important to you but to the profession of occupational therapy.

Your letters may contain some personal feelings on the subject but must also be factual in nature with supporting evidence to bolster your claim. You will be graded not only on content but on the basics of writing a professional letter.

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