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Welcome to our community! We are a not-for-profit association of occupational therapy practitioners and friends dedicated to the advancement of the occupational therapy profession and to the improvement of the quality of occupational therapy services for all.

New York State Occupational Therapy Association (NYSOTA), which represents over 1000 members, strives to:

  • Support professional ethics and discipline.
  • Promote the standing of occupational therapy as a viable profession in New York State.
  • Foster the highest capability of occupational therapy practitioners to meet the need of changes in society and health care provisions.
  • Advance research and education in occupational therapy.
Our occupation is your profession!
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Call for Papers - Conference 2008
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OT On Campus
2007 NYSOTA Awards




Mental Health OT in NYC:
Walk for Mental Health

Occupational therapists working in mental health, wellness and obesity management are featured in a ten-minute video on You Tube. National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) members, occupational therapists and other health care providers discuss the benefits derived from a walking program developed last year in preparation for a NAMI Walk for Mental Illness Awareness event in NYC. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.



E-Blasts are periodic NYSOTA emails that are packed with information regarding OT practice issues, legislative alerts, upcoming professional development opportunities, and other information relevant to your practice. E-Blasts area a valuable member benefit that help you to stay current and fresh.  If you have not yet supplied NYSOTA with a valid email address, please do so by contacting the NYSOTA Office.


If you use a personal email account, please check the settings on that account to ensure that bulk mail from info@nysota.org is accepted (and not automatically directed to a "spam" or "junk mail" folder)

If you use an email address that is routed through a business server, please check with your IT professionals to ensure that the NYSOTA email address is not blocked.



Member Benefit:
CEU
Tracker

You’re up for NBCOT renewal and you’re scrambling to remember all of your professional development activities for the past 3 years! Fear not. Your friends at NYSOTA have kept a file of all NYSOTA approved continuing education (CEU) activities you’ve attended over the past three years. And that valuable information is right at your fingertips. Here’s how to access it:

  • Just log onto NYSOTA.org
  • Move your mouse curser over the Site Menu tab.
  • Scroll down to Member Services.
  • And click CEU Tracker.
  • There, you will find an up-to-date record of NYSOTA-sponsored CEU activities you've attended, including event titles, dates of attendance, hours attended, and number of PDUs earned.
  • It’s that easy!
It is important to note that the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) requires practitioners to earn a minimum of 36 Professional Development Units (PDU) during each three-year cycle. One CEU is equal to ten PDUs.

 

IAN Research Findings:
Occupational Therapy

Date First Published: February 15, 2008

The Interactive Autism Network (IAN), a project collecting information online from families of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) from throughout the United States, reports on the use of occupational therapy. How many families are using occupational therapy, or related sensory-based interventions, like sensory integration (SI) therapy, weighted vests, brushing techniques, or deep pressure, to treat their children? How difficult is it for families to obtain these treatments, and to what extent do families feel they have been helpful? READ MORE...


How To Submit Items For NYSOTA Newsletter

Please note the new expanded format of the NYSOTA News . The Districts have agreed to support the statewide newsletter, so there is expanded content from each district in the new version of the newsletter. Articles should be forwarded to the editor electronically (by email) in Word documents or formats that can be universally read.

Articles should be limited to a maximum of 120 words. Longer documents that are received may be edited down at the editor’s discretion. Photographs may be sent via digital image or in hard copy. All materials submitted should be electronically sent to Ann Burkhardt nebrighteyes@yahoo.com and copied to the, Merrill Zoldan at mzoldan@aol.com . Articles may also be submitted to the district newsletter chairperson for submission with the district content of the news. Please note the following upcoming line for submission to the NYSOTA News for 2008:

Submission Due Date Publication Date
June 15 July 1
September 15 October 1
December 15 January 1


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Continuing Education

NYSOTA is an AOTA-approved provider of continuing education. Earn NBCOT PDUs through NYSOTA state and district workshops and other NYSOTA-sponsored training activities.

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