Member Appreciation Week
Explore free CE and webinar offerings, sweepstakes, member stories, and how to make the most of your membership with AOTA resources, communities, and more!
Thank you from AOTA
This week, we're celebrating you! Thank you.
Your membership is what makes AOTA's work possible. From advocacy and professional resources to peer connection and learning opportunities, everything we do is built around you.
Member Appreciation Week is our chance to say what we hope you feel all year long: We're glad you're part of this community, and we don't take that for granted. Here’s our chance to show you how much we’re grateful for you!
Our appreciation—in action
We're holding a sweepstakes for a chance to win Amazon gift cards and AOTA Store gift cards for our community this week to thank you for your support of AOTA.
Sign into your MyAOTA account — make a profile if you don’t have one already! — and enter for a chance to win.
Read the official rules for the sweepstakes.
Free Continuing Education for all members
As a thank you for your membership, we're offering the Essential Course Bundle for Applied Brain Injury Rehabilitation at no cost this week for all members.
This three-course series covers the foundational knowledge OT practitioners need to support clients through brain injury rehabilitation, including health foundations, evidence-based practice, and systems of care. It's the starting point for AOTA's Professional Certificate in Applied Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Earn up to .3 CEU, 3 contact hours, and 1.75 NBCOT PDUs.
How to claim your free CE
1. Sign in to your MyAOTA account with your active AOTA membership.
2. Click the link below for the Essential Course Bundle for Applied Brain Injury Rehabilitation.
3. The price will appear as $0 during Member Appreciation Week.
4. Complete checkout to add the course bundle to your account.
This free CE offer is available to active AOTA members only from June 1–7.
Free webinars this week only
This week, we're also making two members-only webinars available at no cost. Earn up to 2.00 contact hours (when completing both sections of content).
The Empowering Caregivers Series offers practical guidance you can apply directly in practice and reflects AOTA's collaboration with AARP in support of caregivers and the OT practitioners who serve them. Typically a paid offering, these webinars are free for members this week only. To access the webinars, sign in with your active AOTA membership, click the webinar link, and complete checkout when the price appears as $0.
Free access to these webinars is available to active AOTA members through June 7.
Celebrating our members
AOTA is only as strong as our incredible members. This week, we're proud to spotlight two members — among our thousands! — whose work reflects their dedication and commitment to occupational therapy.
Every single AOTA member brings something valuable to this profession. We're proud to celebrate that this week and always. Are you doing something incredible in support of the occupational therapy profession? Does a friend or colleague have a remarkable story?
Kelly Sajdak, OTD, MSOLA, OTR/L
AOTA member-volunteer Kelly Sajdak shares how the skills and perspective of OT practitioners can shape healthcare quality, patient outcomes, and professional leadership.
Lauren Trent, MOT, OTR/L
AOTA member-volunteer Lauren Trent highlights OT's vital role in upper-limb prosthetic rehabilitation and recovery following workplace injury and the meaningful difference skilled, compassionate care can make.
Advocacy in action
One of the many important things your membership supports is advocacy, the ongoing work of protecting and advancing occupational therapy with the public, at state legislatures, and all the way to Capitol Hill.
Through AOTA Advocacy and Advocacy Issues, you can stay informed on the priorities and policy developments shaping the profession.
Elevate your practice with practical, easy-to-use resources
Being an AOTA member makes it easy to have up-to-date information at your fingertips. AOTA’s practice and clinical resources support your daily work in occupational therapy. As a member practitioner, you have quick access to evidence-based guidance, documentation and coding support, intervention resources, and current practice standards.
Make the most of your membership
Your membership gives you access to tools and resources designed to support you throughout your career, not just during Member Appreciation Week.
- Practice Essentials — Practical guidance for day-to-day clinical work, including access to AOTA’s Official Documents
- OT Practice — News, trends, and insights across the profession
- Continuing Education & Professional Development — Flexible learning that fits your goals
- Career Center — Resources to help you grow and navigate your career
- Events Calendar — Webinars, conferences, and opportunities to engage
- Advocacy — Stay informed and support the profession you love
- askAOTA — The tool that helps your practice, based on AOTA's 100 years of expertise!
Connect with your peers
Some of the most valuable parts of a membership aren't resources. They're relationships. AOTA offers several ways to find your people and build connections that last.
Special Interest Sections
Connect with members who share your practice area and professional interests and bring those conversations back to your everyday work.
Communities of Practice
Focused spaces to learn, exchange ideas, and grow alongside practitioners who care about the same things you do.
CommunOT
AOTA's member-only online community, where you can ask questions, share what's working, and learn from occupational therapy practitioners across every setting and specialty.
Thank you for all you do.
AOTA salutes you for the care you bring to the communities you serve, the commitment you bring to the occupational therapy, and the community you help build together. We're proud to support you and honored to have you as a member.