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April is OT Month

Sample Public Service Announcement (PSA) for Commercial Radio

How to Use These Public Service Announcements:

Each day, radio stations have time slots of varying lengths which they need to fill. Send these PSAs to local radio stations, and ask that they be run throughout April as time permits. Send them to the public service director of each commercial radio station in your area.

Public Service Announcement

Start: April 1, 2009
Stop: April 30, 2009

 

CONTACT:
[NAME], Media Liaison
[PHONE NUMBER]
[E-MAIL ADDRESS]

Re: April is Occupational Therapy Month

[45 seconds]

APRIL IS NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH. EACH YEAR, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ENABLES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST BY HELPING THEM PROMOTE HEALTH, PREVENT—OR LIVE BETTER WITH—INJURY, ILLNESS, OR DISABILITY.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTITIONERS FOCUS ON "DOING" WHATEVER OCCUPATIONS OR ACTIVITIES ARE MEANINGFUL TO THE INDIVIDUAL. IT IS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY'S PURPOSE TO GET BEYOND PROBLEMS TO THE SOLUTIONS THAT ASSURE LIVING LIFE TO ITS FULLEST. THESE SOLUTIONS MAY BE ADAPTATIONS FOR HOW TO DO A TASK, CHANGES TO THE SURROUNDINGS, OR HELPING INDIVIDUALS TO ALTER THEIR OWN BEHAVIORS.

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH WILL BE CELEBRATED HERE IN [YOUR CITY] AT [EVENT DETAILS IF IT IS A PUBLIC EVENT, INCLUDING LOCATION, DATE, AND TIME]. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CAN HELP YOU OR A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST, CONTACT [PROVIDE LOCAL CONTACT INFORMATION HERE], OR VISIT THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION WEB SITE, WWW.AOTA.ORG.

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[30 seconds]

APRIL IS NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH. EACH YEAR, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ENABLES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST BY HELPING THEM PROMOTE HEALTH, PREVENT—OR LIVE BETTER WITH—INJURY, ILLNESS, OR DISABILITY.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTITIONERS FOCUS ON "DOING" WHATEVER OCCUPATIONS OR ACTIVITIES ARE MEANINGFUL TO THE INDIVIDUAL. IT IS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY'S PURPOSE TO GET BEYOND PROBLEMS TO THE SOLUTIONS THAT ASSURE LIVING LIFE TO ITS FULLEST. THESE SOLUTIONS MAY BE ADAPTATIONS FOR HOW TO DO A TASK, CHANGES TO THE SURROUNDINGS, OR HELPING INDIVIDUALS TO ALTER THEIR OWN BEHAVIORS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CAN HELP, CONTACT [PROVIDE LOCAL CONTACT INFORMATION HERE] OR VISIT THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION WEB SITE, WWW.AOTA.ORG.

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[10 seconds]

APRIL IS NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH. FOR INFORMATION ON HOW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CAN HELP YOU, VISIT THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION WEB SITE, WWW.AOTA.ORG.

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