Feel the love at AOTA INSPIRE 2025!

Join thousands April 3–5 in Philadelphia! Over 8,000 are already registered. Connect, learn, and grow with flexible registration options, including full and one-day rates. Philly’s got heart—be part of it!

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Lead. Inspire. Volunteer. Apply for an AOTA Appointment.

Please consider yourself or encourage a colleague to complete the online application process for an appointed leadership position—now open through April 10.

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Momentum Meetups

Virtual | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ET March 27, 2025

OT in Surgeonomics-Innovative Collaborations with AOTA and the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons

Executive order eliminating the Department of Education

Abe Saffer, Federal Affairs March 20, 2025

Congress enacts six-month Medicare telehealth waiver extension for OT

Andy Bopp March 18, 2025

OT Practice Article

Practicing cultural humility within the emerging health care landscape

Elizabeth Wanka and Margaret (Peggy) Grill, Volume 30 • Issue 3 • March 2025, pp. 18-21 March 01, 2025

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.

Know current best practices

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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.

Start or advance your career

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Explore career opportunities and view job listings

Whether you're just starting out or looking for new opportunities, your AOTA membership provides the tools and resources you need to find a job, advance your career, and be your best.

Grow your knowledge

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Develop professionally to realize your full potential

Professional development and continuing education programs empower you to acquire new knowledge and capabilities. Improve your effectiveness. Enhance your reputation. Create new wins.

See how AOTA is advocating for you

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AOTA advances your vital role as a trusted provider

Your membership allows us to be a powerful voice for the profession. We protect your needs and create new opportunities by advocating on your behalf though state and federal government outreach.

Connect with the AOTA community

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Stay connected, find your inspiration

The AOTA community is your place to connect and collaborate with other OTs and OTAs. Share knowledge and ideas, seek creativity, and find your inspiration.

Get involved

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Share your knowledge and passion

Your AOTA membership gives you unlimited opportunities to participate in projects and events that advance the profession and make your voice heard.

Practice resources

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Building a thriving and inclusive occupational therapy community

The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is leading the profession to support a strong and welcoming occupational therapy community by providing resources and tools to strengthen occupational therapy practitioners' contribution to a healthy and engaged community.

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.

Use AOTA’s pain management resources in your everyday practice

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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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

Occupational therapy: Inspiring hope, changing lives

Your clients deserve informed care