These abstracts of conference presentations are intended to serve as a record and reference of current clinical practice, program planning, and research ideas and results in the field of occupational therapy. Abstracts are grouped in the following categories: (1) preconference institutes; (2) general interest; (3) administration/management; (4) education; (5) gerontology; (6) mental health; (7) pediatrics; (8) physical disabilities; and (9) assistive technology labs. Samples of presentation topics include developing handwriting and manipulation skills in children, strategies for bridging children's cultural worlds, occupational therapy practice and education in Mexico, play of African-American and Nigerian preschool children, an ecological model of school-based occupational therapy, a videotape protocol for assessing pervasive multiple impairments, teaching critical thinking in orthotic education, strategies for better instruction in occupational therapy, an innovative approach to teaching assistive technology, and interactive multimedia computer-assisted instruction. (DB)