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Earn advanced certification in specialized practice areas

Showcase your specialized practice knowledge by earning an advanced certification through AOTA's exam-based program. Explore certifications available in Gerontology, Pediatrics, or Physical Rehabilitation.

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Transgender and gender-diverse resources

Transgender and gender-diverse individuals face unique barriers that can result in occupational injustice, deprivation, and alienation. Occupational therapy practitioners have the skills necessary to deliver client-centered, gender-affirming care that promotes engagement in healthy occupations.

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Elevate your Adult Rehabilitation practice

Designed to address the evolving needs of mid- to advanced-level occupational therapy practitioners working with adult populations, this specialty conference on September 13-14 in Cleveland, Ohio, offers expert-led sessions and networking opportunities to help you stay ahead in your field.

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Power your boundless potential

No matter where you are on your career journey, AOTA membership helps you be your creative best and achieve your goals. Grow with AOTA.

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Your clients deserve informed care

Your AOTA membership includes access to essential, everyday practice guidance that helps you provide the best care for your clients and be seen as a trusted provider.

Practice resources

Functional cognition in OT

Occupational therapy practitioners analyze how an individual's cognition affects their ability to do the things they want and need to do and collaborate with clients to design individually-tailored interventions using ADLs and (IADLs) that are meaningful to the client and provide direct application of functional skills.

Sleep

Rest and sleep is a foundational occupation in the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 4th edition. Occupational therapy practitioners can help clients, groups, and communities to manage and develop healthy and effective routines and habits to promote sleep.

Pain management

Occupational therapy practitioners work with clients who may be or who are experiencing pain. Services are often provided in multi-disciplinary teams, where clients can benefit from the team approach.

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Sue Ram

I gladly renew my AOTA membership to have an educated voice in advocacy and to be equipped to succeed in the ever-changing health care arena.

Sue Ram
OTD, OTR/L, AOTA member for 5 years

I want to give a big shout-out to the OT practitioners who give hope as part of their treatment. It makes a huge difference.

Susie Touchinsky
OTR/L, SCDCM, CDRS, AOTA member for 7 years

Occupational therapists have the privilege of helping people learn or relearn how to connect with their environment, and we get to have fun while we do it.

Lisa Griggs-Stapleton
Albuquerque, New Mexico

I have already found the profession of occupational therapy to be fascinating, rewarding, and challenging, and filled with countless opportunities to serve one’s community, one’s country, and one’s world.

Brandi Buchanan
Los Angeles, California

I like to think of occupational therapists as puzzle solvers because they assist clients in solving how to complete tasks that they may or may not have been able to do in the past.

Stacy Landau
Ithaca, New York