Essential events for your professional growth
Explore the many ways you can feed your creativity, fuel your purpose, and broaden your knowledge. AOTA offers a wide variety of educational programs, events, conferences, and more that are specially created to help you connect with your profession and realize your full potential.
AOTA Fall Conferences
Advance OT education together
The 2026 Education Summit sessions address AI's growing role in curricula and clinical training, new fieldwork models, simulation-based approaches, doctoral capstone design, student wellbeing, professional identity formation, interprofessional collaboration, DEI in the current policy landscape, and community-engaged practice.
Don’t Miss the 2026 Children & Youth Specialty Conference
Pre-conference sessions on December 3. Earn 10.75 contact hours, meet other practitioners who share your passion for meeting your clients where they are, and deepen your ability to provide whole-child, collaborative care.
AOTA Live Webinar Series
Elevate your practice with the AOTA Live Webinar Series that presents practice-related information and emerging trends—all in a real time, interactive environment. Access these webinars on demand at your convenience after the live presentation.
If you are interested in presenting a Live Webinar, please reach out to conference@aota.org with your topic.
Celebrate occupational therapy all year long!
Enriching lives through meaningful engagement is at the core of the occupational therapy profession and AOTA’s Vision 2030. This April and all year long, we celebrate OT practitioners and the power of occupational therapy.
New & notable events
Let’s talk about Ayres Sensory Integration® in School Practice
October 22 from 7:30 pm-8:30 pm ET. Please join the CYSIS for an engaging practice chat. Register today!
Virtual NBCOT® Exam Prep Competition
Deadline to register: October 23 at 11:59 pm ET. Grab 3–5 of your classmates and join AOTA and The Stepping Stones Group for a live Virtual Exam Prep Competition on October 27.
World OT Day
October 27 | Use this day to heighten the visibility of the profession’s development work and to promote the activities of WFOT locally, nationally, and internationally.
A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education
October 28 from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm ET. Join the AESIS and MHSIS for an engaging book club (Part 1 of 2). Register today!
Upcoming Events
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