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.
One day courses on Visual Perception and Praxis – PROMPT INDICATION OF INTEREST REQUIRED
Time to renew your NZAOT membership
New NZAOT member benefit - Discounted Contact Tendering Support
Occupational Therapy related media releases
International Journal Database available for NZAOT members
Te Umanga Whakaora: Accelerated Māori Occupational Therapy Workforce Development
One day courses on Visual Perception and Praxis – PROMPT INDICATION OF INTEREST REQUIRED
Deirdre Cooke, PhD will be presenting these one day courses on visual perception and praxis around New Zealand in late March.
For further information, click here.
To register your interest in attending the workshops, click here.
Time to renew your NZAOT membership
The new membership year starts on 1 April, and as usual a discounted early bird fee is available. For a membership form, click here.
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...
Occupational Therapy related media releases
Occupational therapy the missing link in primary health care
Media release from AUT University - 02 NOVEMBER 2009
The return to work, school or unassisted living for people suffering from debilitating sickness or injury could be far more successful if occupational therapists were included in primary health teams, according to a senior lecturer at AUT University. Read more...
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.
Te Umanga Whakaora: Accelerated Māori Occupational Therapy Workforce Development
Tēnā koutou Tēnā koutou Tēnā koutou katoa
The New Zealand Association of Occupation Therapists is proud to partner with Te Rau Matatini to implement this workforce development strategy. We look forward to more Māori being trained, joining the profession and becoming involved in their professional association. We also look forward to an increasingly culturally competent occupational therapy workforce, for all the people in Aotearoa.
Launch Speech by Hon Tariana Turia, Associate Minister of Health
Launch Speech by Elizabeth Rowland, President
For your copy of Te Umanga Whakaora email: j.hopkirk@matatini.co.nz
or download from: Te Rau Matatini - Aotearoa Maori Mental Health Workforce Development
“Occupation occupies our body, mind and spirit. Meaningful occupation must drive our inquiry and distinguish our practice. Our therapies must engage mind, body and spirit - Suzanne M. Peloquin ”
