The New Zealand Association of Occupational Therapists

Supporting and representing occupational therapists since 1949

The New Zealand Association of Occupational Therapists (Inc) (NZAOT) provides services, support, representation and networking opportunities for occupational therapists. NZAOT has members across all occupational therapy practice areas within New Zealand and abroad.

NZAOT is a member of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.

• NZAOT Conference abstracts available

• Annual General Meeting of New Zealand Association on Occupational Therapists (Inc)
• Te Umanga Whakaora Accelerated Maori Occupational Therapy Workforce Development
• Huge fee reimbursements for DHB staff
• Benefits of NZAOT membership
• New NZAOT member benefit - Discounted Contact Tendering Support
• International Journal Database available for NZAOT members

NZAOT Conference abstracts available

Registrations for the NZAOT conference 'Shifting sands - creating our place' are open and full abstracts are now available from the conference website www.nzaotevents.com

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Annual General Meeting of New Zealand Association of Occupational Therapists (Inc)

The AGM will be held on Friday 10 September, 2010, (10.30am to 12.30pm), in conjunction with the NZAOT conference in Nelson.

Te Umanga Whakaora Accelerated Maori Occupational Therapy Workforce Development

This strategy document provides aframework and action plan for developing the Maori occupational therapy workforce. It has been developed by Te Rau Matatini in consultation with Maori occupational therapy practitioners, tangata whaiora (service users), occupational therapists, training providers, NZAOT and the Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand. Download a copy (pdf) of the document here.

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Huge fee reimbursements for DHB staff

All occupational therapists working for a DHB are entitled to a reimbursement of 80% of their NZAOT fees (early bird rate). Click here to download a copy of the following poster (pdf).

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Benefits of NZAOT membership

Membership of NZAOT has numerous benefits, such as:

• Support
• Networking opportunities
• Keeping informed
• Representation
• Protection
• Opportunities to be recognised

If you would like to download a poster, showing the benefits of NZAOT membership, please click here.

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New NZAOT member benefit - Discounted Contact Tendering Support

Preparing and submitting tenders is often a long and thankless task – a task that has no guarantee of success. Like it or not, the quality of a tender document may be seen as a reflection on your professional ability and even though you may be an ace practitioner, a poorly prepared tender can see you lose business. Independent Tendering Support will maximise your chance of winning contracts.

Illumine Consulting Ltd is offering NZAOT members a $100 discount on their Tender Support Package. For further details on this service...

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Looking for a journal article about ANYTHING to do with occupational therapy? Try OTDBase

OTDBase is a a very user-friendly search service of more than 8000 abstracts from 30 Occupational Therapy Journals from 1970 to the present. This extensive database of international journals is brought to you as an NZAOT member benefit.

To explore OTDBase and discover what other evidence based practice resources are available (NZAOT members only) click here.

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