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
Explore the Mental Health Specialty Conference Program
Attend sessions spanning toddlers to adults, inpatient psychiatric care to community-based practice. Wherever you work, mental health matters to OT practice. You'll earn up to 10.75 contact hours and take home strategies to better care for your clients and yourself.
Registration now open for the 2026 Education Summit
Join educators, researchers, and academic faculty for a weekend dedicated to occupational therapy education. The Education Summit is where you become part of the future of OT education—navigating changes in student needs, curriculum development, fieldwork demands, and technological advancements in the classroom and the workplace.
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. Not able to attend the live webinars? Register and 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.
September 3 | 2:00 pm–3:00 pm ET
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing healthcare, creating both excitement and uncertainty for many practitioners. This session will help occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) move beyond the fear and hype surrounding AI by exploring how different types of AI can observe, respond, and adapt in real time. Participants will learn how AI can support clinical decision-making, individualize care, engage caregivers, and extend opportunities for practice across clinic, school, and home environments, while keeping the practitioner at the center of care.
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
Board of Directors meeting
August 20 (executive session only) and August 21 (open to members) | AOTA members are invited to join this virtual meeting. Registration required.
Nominate a colleague for AOTA Awards
Deadline: August 28 at 11:59 am ET (just before noon). AOTA members: Be a part of the process by nominating a colleague for one of AOTA’s prestigious awards!
Family-Based Developmental Monitoring to Identify Children with Possible Developmental Delays
August 28 from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm ET. Please join the CYSIS for an engaging practice chat. Register today!
2027 Entrepreneurship Specialty Conference Call for Papers/Reviewers
Deadline September 4 | Submit a proposal or sign up to be a reviewer for the 2027 Entrepreneurship Virtual Specialty Conference to be held in January.
Upcoming Events
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AOTA is committed to providing an environment that encourages the free expression and exchange of ideas and promotes equal opportunities and respectful treatment for all participants.
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