Welcome to NCOTA2017 Annual Fall Conference Mark your calendars and make your plans to attend our Fall Conference November 10-12. Location is the popular McKimmon Center in Raleigh. We have a great conference planned that you won't want to miss! Click Here to Register. We have extended our early bird deadline to October 25th so there is still time to take advantage of the discount! Click on the links below for information on the programs. This year there are several new and exciting programs, including Appy hour and the AT/AE Design competition. You can read more about these in our conference materials above. The deadline for Poster Submissions has been extended until 10/15 so consider sharing your knowledge with others. Please click here for more details on completing your submission or Preview our Poster Session Lineup. We very much look forward to your participation in what promises to be yet another excellent Program. If you have any questions, please reach out to the conference planning committee at NCOTAConference@gmail.com Best, Katherine DeWitt & Anna Walls
NCOTA Continuing Education Co-Chairs
Awards and RecognitionsThe tradition of honoring the contributions and achievements of our colleagues continues in 2017! Our Annual Awards recognize significant contributions to NCOTA and to the profession of occupational therapy. This process depends on members who recognize the contributions of colleagues and nominate those colleagues for an Award. Deadline for nominations is October 30th! Link to the Submission Form: Awards and Recognitions
ACOTE Mandate for OTA education to move to the bachelor's level is now open for public comment. Please follow the link below to complete the survey that is collecting comments regarding this mandate. You can also send an email to acote-transition@aota.org. The survey and all comments will be open until SUNDAY November 5, 2017. Update on mandate
The Benefits of Membership
NCOTA aims to advocate, educate, and communicate. Membership in any professional association offers you to opportunity to lend your support, as many others have done in the past, to the mission and activities of that association and to your colleagues who are already involved. In addition to what you give, members also receive a few valuable benefits. Membership has been proven to enhance professional identity and pride. Members receive substantial discounts at continuing education events, making license renewal easier to manage, while knowing that those events are being produced specifically for you. Members become part of various networking resources, both locally and statewide. Members have a voice when lawmakers are considering legislation that might impact the care OT practitioners offer or access to that care for NC citizens. Join Today
Welcome to NCOTAThe North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association was founded in 1957 and was incorporated as a nonprofit professional association in 1976. Dedicated volunteers also led the drive for licensure in 1984. From then until now, occupational therapy has grown from a few therapists around the state to over 5,800 licensed OT and OTA practitioners in many different specialty fields. And yet the mission continues. Providing leadership in advocacy to legislation and policy makers. Supporting continued competence of OT practice through several comprehensive educational conferences each year, from the coast to the mountains. Helping to create networking opportunities and resources for our members. We hope you will find your visit to our site useful and, if you are not a current member, that you will consider joining with us. The future is exciting and we are looking forward to enjoying it together.
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