Educational Sessions
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No advance registration is required. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The AOTA Annual Conference & Expo features offerings on a multitude of topics geared to various experience levels and presented in different degrees of depth. Select from more than 700 educational sessions that suit your interests and meet your needs. There is so much to choose from to expand your horizons!
Primary Content Focus
- Academic & Fieldwork Education
- Children & Youth
- General & Professional Issues
- Health & Wellness
- Mental Health
- Productive Aging
- Rehabilitation, Disability, & Participation
- Work & Industry
Secondary Content Focus
- Academic Education
- Advocacy
- Administration & Management
- Developmental Disabilities
- Driving & Community Mobility
- Early Intervention
- Environmental Modifications
- Feeding, Eating, & Swallowing
- Fieldwork Education
- General & Professional Issues
- Gerontology
- Hands
- Health & Wellness
- Home & Community Health
- International & Cultural Issues
- Low Vision
- Mental Health
- Physical Rehabilitation
- Private Practice
- School Systems
- Sensory Integration/Sensory Processing
- Technology
- Work & Industry
Definition of Session Levels
- Introductory is geared to practitioners with little or no knowledge of the subject matter. Focus is on providing general introductory information.
- Intermediate is geared to practitioners with a general working knowledge of current practice trends and literature related to the subject matter. Focus is on increasing understanding and competent application of the subject matter.
- Advanced is geared to practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter based on current theories and standards of practice as well as current literature and research. Focus is on recent advances and trends, and/or research applications.
Guide to Session Abbreviations
| |
Session Types |
| B |
1-hour SIS Buzz Session |
| PA |
30-minute Research Paper |
| PO |
Poster |
| RP |
1-hour or 1½-hour Research Platform |
| RWP |
Research Work in Progress (Poster) |
| SC |
90-minute Short Course (some may be 60-minutes) |
| TD |
Tech Day Session |
| WS |
3-hour Workshop |
| IN |
6-hour Institute (Wednesday only) |
| S |
6-hour Seminar (Wednesday only) |
| TA |
Talk About ( 1 or 1.5 hours) |
Special Focus or Sponsorship
| (AOTA) |
AOTA session |
| (AOTF) |
AOTF session |
| (SIS) |
Special Interest Section session |
AOTA Sessions
Sessions designated (AOTA) have been designed to address today's hottest topics, featuring invited speakers or AOTA staff. Be sure to check out sessions on advocacy, evidence-based practice, reimbursement, scope of practice, the Centennial Vision, and many more.
Tech Day Sessions
Attend one or all 3 highly popular Tech Day sessions. Experience interactive exploration of high and low technology products that enhance client participation in occupations across the lifespan. Sessions will address technology applications for children and youth and adults of all ages and products and software will be demonstrated by the presenters. Attendees will benefit from hands-on learning on a variety of topics at multiple work stations. Up to 10 different stations will be set up during each of three 1½-hour sessions.
Sessions, speakers, and times are current as of December 10, 2013, and are subject to change. Please refer to the online Program Planner for the most current session information.
