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.
Turn the latest pediatric evidence into everyday practice
From infancy to young adulthood, AOTA’s Children & Youth Specialty Conference is designed to strengthen your pediatric occupational therapy practice. Learn new assessment, treatment, and collaboration ideas related to topics like sensory regulation, feeding difficulties, functional cognition, oculomotor development, neurodivergence, play, childhood trauma, socialization, sleep, screentime, and more. Earn up to 10.75 contact hours while connecting with OTs and OTAs who are passionate about pediatric 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
Sexual Health CoP Open House
November 4 from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm ET. Learn about the Sexual Health Community of Practice!
NICU CoP Open House
November 5 from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm ET. Learn about the NICU Community of Practice!
Using Smartphones and Smart Home Technology to Expand Occupational Participation
November 10 from 8:00 pm-9:00 pm ET. Please join the RDSIS for an engaging practice chat. Register today!
Call for Papers/Reviewers
Deadline November 10 | Submit a proposal or sign up to be a reviewer for AOTA INSPIRE 2027 and/or the 2027 Technology & Innovation in OT Specialty Conference.
Upcoming Events
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