Occupational Therapy Assistant

Members reside in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and internationally.

AOTA’s major programs and activities are directed toward assuring the quality of occupational therapy services; improving consumer access to health care services, and promoting the professional development of members.

Headquartered in Raleigh and affiliated with the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), NCOTA was founded in 1957 and later incorporated as a not-for-profit membership organization in 1976. Over 700 occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and university students training for OT professions are members of the NCOTA.

OTseeker has been developed and maintained with generous funding from the Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales, OT-Australia, The Occupational Therapists Board of Queensland, The College of Occupational Therapists (UK) and the Canadian Occupational Therapy Association. Infrastructure has been provided from the University of Queensland, The University of Sydney, and University of Western Sydney.

Music Therapy is an established health profession in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. After assessing the strengths and needs of each client, the qualified music therapist provides the indicated treatment including creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music. Through musical involvement in the therapeutic context, clients' abilities are strengthened and transferred to other areas of their lives. Research in music therapy supports its effectiveness in many areas such as: overall physical rehabilitation.

ATRA was incorporated in the District of Columbia in 1984 as a non-profit, grassroots organization in response to growing concern about the dramatic changes in the healthcare industry. As a result of this response, ATRA has grown from a membership of sixty individuals in June 1984 to over 2,000 in 2012.

This collection features approximately 4500 full page plates and other significant illustrations of human anatomy selected from the Jason A. Hannah and Academy of Medicine collections in the history of medicine at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. Each illustration has been fully indexed using medical subject headings (MeSH), and techniques of illustration, artists, and engravers have been identified whenever possible. There are ninety-five individual titles represented, ranging in date from 1522 to 1867.