Terms, privacy, and the rules that keep this safe.

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Terms of Use

These terms are a binding contract. Section 11 contains an arbitration agreement and a class action waiver that affect how disputes are resolved, and Section 11 explains how to opt out of it within 30 days.

1. Who we are and who this is for

Practical Pediatric OT ("we", "us") operates this website and the member area (together, the "Service"). The Service is a professional reference and resource library for occupational therapy practitioners. It is intended for licensed or certified occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, students enrolled in an OT or OTA program, and related professionals acting within their own scope of practice.

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account. The Service is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly create accounts for anyone under 18. It is offered only to users in the United States; if you access it from elsewhere, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for local compliance.

2. Your account

You are responsible for everything that happens under your account, for keeping your credentials confidential, and for telling us promptly at support@practicalpediatricot.com if you believe your account has been compromised. Accounts are personal to one individual. Sharing an account, or credentials, with anyone else — including a colleague in the same building — is a material breach of these terms and may result in suspension without refund. Multi-user access is available through team plans.

If you sign up on a student rate, you confirm you are currently enrolled in an OT or OTA program or are within twelve months of graduating, and you agree we may ask for reasonable verification.

3. What your membership includes

Your plan determines which parts of the Service you can access. Current plan features are described on the membership page. We add material over time and may also retire, replace, or update material. We do not promise that any particular resource will remain available, and a specific resource being withdrawn is not grounds for a refund outside the refund window described in Section 02.

Counts stated on this site (for example, the number of published resources or goal templates) describe the library at the time of publication and change as material is added.

4. Licence to use the material

Subject to these terms and to your plan remaining in good standing, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to download, print, and use the resources in your own professional practice. That expressly includes:

• Printing and giving copies to the children, families, caregivers, teachers, and team members you personally serve.
• Adapting a resource for an individual client where clinically appropriate.
• Using goal text as a starting point in documentation you prepare and sign.

It does not include, and you agree not to:

• Share your account or login with anyone.
• Resell, sublicense, rent, or otherwise distribute the material, in original or modified form, for money or otherwise.
• Upload material to any shared drive, district repository, learning management system, intranet, or file-sharing service accessible by people who are not members, or post it in any public or private group, forum, or social media page.
• Use the material to build, train, or fine-tune any machine learning or artificial intelligence system, or to create a competing product or database.
• Scrape, crawl, bulk-download, or systematically extract any part of the Service.
• Remove, alter, or obscure any copyright notice, footer, watermark, or attribution.

These restrictions are the reason the library can exist. Enforcement includes suspension without refund and, where warranted, legal action.

5. Your content

You retain ownership of anything you submit to us — feedback, requests, support messages, or material you contribute. By submitting it, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, store, reproduce, and display it for the purpose of operating and improving the Service. You confirm that you have the right to submit it and that it does not contain protected client, patient, or student information (see Section 05).

If you submit feedback or suggestions, we may act on them without obligation or compensation.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Service to break the law, infringe anyone's rights, harass anyone, misrepresent your credentials, interfere with the Service's operation or security, probe or test its defences, or access any part of it by means we did not intend.

7. Third-party services

Payments are processed by a third-party payment processor; we do not receive or store your full card details. The community operates on Facebook, a service we do not own or control, and your use of it is governed by Meta's own terms and privacy policy in addition to our community rules. Links to third-party sites are provided for convenience and are not endorsements. We are not responsible for third-party services, their availability, or their content.

8. Suspension and termination

You may cancel at any time (see Section 02). We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially breach these terms — most commonly account sharing, redistribution, or posting protected information. Where the breach is inadvertent and curable, we will normally contact you first. On termination, your licence ends and you must stop using and delete downloaded material, other than copies already provided to a client as part of that client's care record.

9. Disclaimer of warranties

The Service and all material are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, that any material is appropriate for any particular child, or that using it will produce any particular clinical, educational, reimbursement, or regulatory outcome. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

10. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, loss of goodwill, or business interruption, arising out of or related to the Service, on any theory of liability, even if we have been advised of the possibility. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) one hundred US dollars.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including for fraud or for death or personal injury caused by negligence. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

11. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from claims, damages, losses, and reasonable legal fees arising out of your use of the Service, your breach of these terms, your violation of any law or third-party right, your professional practice decisions, or your posting of any protected client, patient, or student information.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. For material changes we will give notice by email or a prominent notice on the Service at least 30 days before they take effect, and the changes will not apply retroactively. Continuing to use the Service after they take effect means you accept them. If you do not accept them, cancel before the effective date and, if the change materially reduces what you paid for, contact us for a pro-rated refund of the unused portion of your term.

13. General

These terms, together with the policies linked from this page, are the entire agreement between us on this subject. If any provision is held unenforceable, the rest remains in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

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Privacy policy

This section also serves as our notice at collection under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

What we collect

We do not collect protected health information or student education records, and the Service is not designed or authorised to receive them. See Section 05.

What we do not do

• We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising, as those terms are defined under California law. We have not done so in the preceding 12 months.
• We do not use your information to make automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects, and we do not profile you for those purposes.
• We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

Who we share it with

Only service providers who need it to run the Service, under contracts limiting them to that purpose: hosting and content delivery, payment processing, email delivery, customer support, and analytics. We may also disclose information where required by law or valid legal process, to protect our rights or someone's safety, or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets — in which case we will give notice before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

How long we keep it

Account and transaction records for as long as your account is active and then for up to seven years, to meet tax, accounting, and legal obligations. Usage data in identifiable form for up to 24 months. Support messages for up to three years. Verification documents for up to 30 days. Consent records for automatic renewal for at least three years, or one year after your contract ends, whichever is longer.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to know what we hold about you and to obtain a copy, to correct it, to delete it, to obtain it in a portable format, to opt out of sale or sharing and of targeted advertising (we do neither), to limit the use of sensitive information (we do not collect any), and not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights. If your state provides an appeal, and we decline your request, we will tell you how to appeal.

To exercise any right, email privacy@practicalpediatricot.com from your account address, or write to the postal address in Section 12. We will verify your identity through your account and respond within 45 days, extendable once by a further 45 days with notice. An authorised agent may act for you with written permission. Exercising these rights is free unless a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.

We honour the Global Privacy Control browser signal as an opt-out request where state law requires it.

Security

We use encryption in transit, access controls, and vendors who maintain their own security programmes. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a breach affecting your personal information occurs, we will notify you and any regulator as required by law and within the deadlines that apply.

Where your information is held

Information is processed and stored in the United States. The Service is offered to US users only.

Changes

We will post any updated policy here with a new date and, for material changes, notify members by email at least 30 days beforehand.

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Clinical, educational & professional disclaimer

The material on this Service is professional reference material. It is not medical advice, clinical direction, diagnosis, treatment, or a plan of care for any individual child. No therapist–client, provider–patient, or professional–client relationship is created between you and us, and none is created between us and anyone you serve.

Individualisation is your responsibility

Goals, interventions, and resources here are starting points. Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants must individualise all goals and interventions based on their own evaluation findings, the child's occupational performance, client and family priorities, clinical judgment, supervisory requirements, employer policy, and applicable professional and legal standards. You are responsible for what you implement, what you recommend, and what you sign.

What we do not promise

We do not promise, and nothing on this site should be read as promising, that using this material will produce any particular clinical outcome, satisfy any particular payer, insurer, auditor, school district, state agency, or accrediting body, secure or maintain reimbursement, or meet the documentation requirements applicable to your setting. Documentation requirements vary by payer, state, and employer, and they change. Verify against your own requirements before you rely on anything here.

Review process, stated plainly

Resources and goal templates are drafted and reviewed by a licensed occupational therapist before publication, checked for developmental appropriateness, measurability, clarity of cueing level, and internal consistency. That is a quality process, not a guarantee of accuracy, completeness, currency, or suitability for any particular child. Where a resource reflects a practice approach rather than established research, we say so on the resource.

Not continuing education

Nothing on this Service is approved continuing education, and no membership earns continuing education credit, contact hours, or professional development units. We make no claim of approval, accreditation, or endorsement by AOTA, NBCOT, any state licensing board, or any other body, and we are not affiliated with any of them. If approved continuing education is offered in future it will be clearly identified as such.

Not supervision, and not legal advice

The Service does not replace clinical supervision, mentorship, or the requirements of your licence, and it does not provide legal, billing, coding, or regulatory advice. Questions about your scope of practice, supervision requirements, documentation standards, or billing belong with your supervisor, your employer, your licensing board, or your own professional adviser.

Emergencies

Nothing here is for use in an emergency. If a child is in danger or needs urgent medical attention, contact emergency services.

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Copyright, trademarks & takedown procedure

Our material

All resources, goal templates, intervention content, text, layout, design, and code on the Service are original works owned by us or used under licence, and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Your rights to use them are set out in Section 01.4 and nowhere else.

What we do not reproduce

We do not reproduce standardised assessment items, protocols, scoring materials, forms, or manuals from any published assessment, and nothing here should be used as a substitute for a properly licensed assessment. Where a resource refers to an assessment by name, it does so for identification only. Fonts, images, and template files used in our resources are original or appropriately licensed for commercial use.

Third-party names

Third-party names, marks, and product prices appear on this site only for factual comparison and identification. They belong to their owners. Reference to them does not imply affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement in either direction. Comparative pricing reflects publicly available information as of the date stated and may have changed since.

Copyright complaints (DMCA)

If you believe material on the Service infringes your copyright, send a written notice to our designated agent containing: your physical or electronic signature; identification of the copyrighted work; identification of the material claimed to be infringing and where it is located; your contact details; a statement that you have a good faith belief the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

Designated agent: dmca@practicalpediatricot.com, or by post to the address in Section 12.

We remove or disable material that is the subject of a valid notice, notify the person who supplied it, and accept counter-notices under the same statutory process. We terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

A DMCA designated agent must also be registered with the US Copyright Office for the safe harbour to apply. Registration is a prerequisite, not an optional step.

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Testimonials, reviews & endorsements

Any testimonial published on this site is from a real, identified member who gave permission for it to be used. We do not write, buy, incentivise, or fabricate reviews, we do not suppress negative ones, and we do not present employee or affiliate statements as independent. If a reviewer received anything of value — including a free or discounted membership — that connection is disclosed alongside the review.

Testimonials describe one person's experience and are not a promise that you will have the same one. Results depend on your practice, your setting, and how you use the material.

If we ever publish affiliate links or accept sponsorship, that will be disclosed clearly and close to the link, before you click it.

No testimonials are currently published on this site.

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Who we are

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