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NAU Occupational Therapy Program

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Website: https https://nau.edu/occupational-therapy/

The fully accredited NAU Doctor of OT degree is the only public and non-profit graduate program in the Southwest United States. NAU OT provides contemporary practice content and instructional approaches to prepare graduates to be leading, competent occupational therapy practitioners as practice-scholars and advance the profession’s knowledge and practice to improve the quality of life supporting individual self-efficacy and sustainable communities across a variety of health conditions and contexts.

11/05/2025

NAU OTD alumni—you are invited to a special celebration on April 22, 2026 in Anaheim, CA at the AOTA Inspire Annual Conference.

Let’s reconnect and celebrate the impact of occupational therapy together.

Check your email or use the link in our profile to let us know if you are interested in attending. Your response helps us plan and estimate attendance.

Please indicate your interest by November 30, 2025.

For questions, contact ot.otd@nau.edu

We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

10/31/2025

🎃 Happy Halloween from the NAU OTD crew! 💀

Halloween got us thinking… if you had a skull buddy, what would you name it?

10/27/2025

🌎 Celebrating World OT Day 🌎

To honor World OT Day, our OT students share their “I am” statements. Each one is a reflection of their identity and commitment to the profession.

In every voice, a vision. In every statement, a story.

They represent the future of Occupational Therapy.

Let’s lift their voices and celebrate the power of becoming.

10/26/2025

It’s conference season! Over the past month, faculty have stayed on top of current trends through , , and the Academic Leadership Council conferences. We believe learning never stops. To keep advancing our teaching, we need to keep learning ourselves.

Check out Dr. Bachman at the conference, where she expanded her expertise and reconnected with alumni and community partners. Shoutout to our presenters who shared their research and inventions ( ) to help advance care for upper extremity conditions.

To our students: Stay curious, stay connected, and never stop learning—your future patients are counting on it.

10/22/2025

🎶 When I dip, you dip, we dip🎶 OT edition

From dance moves to making orthotics — we dip into learning every day!

10/19/2025

That’s a wrap, Fall Conference!

Thank you to everyone who made it happen. We are grateful for all you do!

Big love to our incredible student and faculty presenters for sharing your knowledge and passion. You truly made us proud!

And a special shoutout to our second-year student, Rachel Baker, awarded Outstanding Occupational Therapy Student of the Year! Congrats, Rachel!

10/14/2025

Our OT students in the Arizona AHEC Scholars Program just wrapped up their first immersions in Nogales, Wickenburg, and Payson, where they explored how social determinants of health impact care and wellness across Arizona.

The AHEC Scholars Program is a two-year, hands-on learning experience for health professions students from NAU, ASU, and University of Arizona who are committed to serving rural and underserved communities across Arizona.

10/12/2025

It’s Resting WHFO Lab Day for our hybrid students! ✋ (Wrist-Hand-Finger Orthosis, for the non-OTs 😉)

Today we’re training future occupational therapists to become skilled hand therapists! A WHFO supports the wrist, hand, and fingers to prevent loss of motion and maintain proper alignment.

10/07/2025

Hands-on assessments + anatomy models = best study tools to make it all click!

Learning by doing > cramming 🧠 🫀

on your midterms!

09/26/2025

Second-year OTD student Lauren Koepke took her passion for occupational therapy to Capitol Hill during Hill Day on September 19.

She met with Arizona lawmakers to advOcaTe for critical legislation supporting mental health, Medicare accessibility, school-based OT services, and telehealth.

The experience was both empowering and eye-opening, strengthening her voice as a future leader in OT advocacy.

09/22/2025

- we hope your wrist is healing well! Check out these custom orthotics made by our future hand therapists in the Upper Extremity class. Students will be learning more about wrist injuries over the next few weeks—let us know if you’d like to stop by 💙💛

09/09/2025

Future OTs in action!

At Barrow Neurological Institute’s Weekend Robotics Program, OT students build preclinical skills in upper extremity handling, wheelchair management, and robotics in rehab—while gaining hands-on research experience to drive program improvement.

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NAU, Phoenix Biomedical Campus, 435 N 5th Street
Phoenix, AZ

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(602) 827-2450

Website

https://nau.edu/occupational-therapy/

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