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01/02/2026

📣 Call for Papers is OPEN!

The Kansas Occupational Therapy Association is now accepting speaker proposals for our 2026 Annual Conference in Lawrence, KS.

🗓 September 18–19, 2026
📍 DoubleTree by Hilton | Lawrence, Kansas
🎤 Theme: Rise Up! Empowering the OT Revolution

Share your expertise, research, and innovative practice with OT practitioners, educators, and students from across Kansas.

📝 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2026

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfilPhsciJEzJKoZBhSrSZzptYbQgwrx7-aAbk6UtsMlHgaMA/viewform?usp=header

Don’t miss your chance to participate in our state's biggest occupational therapy gathering!

12/31/2025

📢 KOTA Board Nominations Open!

Ready to lead and make a difference in OT across Kansas? Nominations are still open for several elected Board positions.

The following seats need to be filled:

1. Southern District Chair

2. Capital District Chair

3. Great Plains District Chair

4. Membership Chair

🗓 Deadline: January 2
Your voice matters—consider nominating yourself or a colleague today!

11/27/2025

Supporting OT and OTA students strengthens the future of our profession and our state association. Our state scholarship, the Gloria Scammahorn scholarship, provides financial assistance to students in Kansas and is housed at AOTF.

This Giving Tuesday, December 2, 2025, the AOTF is collecting donations to contribute to state scholarship funds. Your gift to any AOTF fund helps Kansas climb the leaderboard—and the top 4 states will earn an extra $500 for their 2026 scholarship!

Every donor counts. Every gift matters.
Support Kansas' Gloria Scammahorn scholarship or any AOTF fund and help us empower future practitioners.

Give here: wwww.aotf.org/Support

1 gift = multiple impacts. 💛

11/15/2025

🎓 OTD, OTA, and Pre-OT students—this one’s for you!
Join us for the Special Topics in OT Student Summit on February 7, 2026, from 9:30 AM–3:30 PM at Washburn University!

Connect with students and practicing OTs from across Kansas for a day of hands-on workshops in:
🧠 Brain injury rehab
🤲 Feeding therapy
🦿 Mobility
💻 Assistive technology
💬 Mental health promotion

You’ll be up, moving, and learning practical skills directly from experienced clinicians!

🍴 Take a lunch break to explore Topeka’s local eats and network with fellow OT students from across the state.

🎟️ This event is FREE for students, but space is limited — register by December 15 to save your spot!
👉 Link to registration: https://bit.ly/4nZBRry

11/14/2025

KOTA members: Your voice matters! 🗳️

Requests for Action to AOTA’s Representative Assembly are due Dec 31, 2025.

If you have an idea to improve OT policy or practice, submit an RFA—or run it by our Kansas RA Rep, Natalie Scott, OTD, OTR/L, BCG at natalielynscott@gmail.com.

New motions will be reviewed at the spring 2026 RA meeting. Let’s make Kansas voices heard!

11/13/2025

👕✨ KOTA Community — it’s voting time!

We’re thrilled to announce a limited-edition KOTA T-shirt coming your way for OT Month (April 2026)! Over the past month, several amazing designs were submitted by members across the state — and now it’s up to YOU to choose the winner!

🗳️ How to Vote:
➡️ Click the link https://bit.ly/4qZR12s to cast your vote for your favorite design OR check your email to vote there.

📅 Voting closes December 1 at 5:00 PM CST.
The winning design will be announced right here on Facebook!

👚 T-shirts featuring the winning design will be available for purchase closer to April — just in time to celebrate Occupational Therapy Month in style.

Let’s celebrate creativity, connection, and the incredible OT community that makes KOTA shine! 💙

11/04/2025

🌟 Save the Date! 🌟

Get ready to Rise Up and Empower the OT Revolution at the 2026 KOTA Annual Conference!
🗓️ September 18–19, 2026
📍 Lawrence, Kansas

Join occupational therapy professionals from across the state for two days of learning, inspiration, and connection. KOTA is currently looking into providing sessions on Thursday evening as well to provide attendees with as many CEUs as possible, but the schedule is not finalized at this time. We will share updates here as they come.

Let’s celebrate our passion for empowering others and shaping the future of OT!

10/27/2025

We would like to feature another one of our KOTA 2025 Conference Platinum Sponsors, Visit Topeka! Thank you to Visit Topeka for your support of the Kansas occupational therapy community!

We were thrilled to be able to host our conference this year in the state capitol. Topeka is filled with pivotal points in history, unparalleled novelties and attractions, and natural beauty that pairs perfectly with Kansas’ expansive horizon. We were able to explore all that Topeka has to offer during our time at the 2025 KOTA conference from new adventures, good food, public parks, and historical museums!

Thank you Visit Topeka!

10/26/2025

Today we are featuring one of our KOTA 2025 Conference Platinum Sponsors, Stormont Vail! Thank you to Stormont Vail for your support of the Kansas occupational therapy community! A word from our sponsor on their excitement to be involved with KOTA:

"Stormont Vail has long been a leader in providing high-quality healthcare to Kansans. We are a health system that knows our communities and regions that we serve, because we are neighbors helping neighbors, striving to treat everyone who walks through our doors as we would our own family. Our investment in our team members, technology, services, and communities means you are able to receive the best care close to home.

As a leading healthcare provider in the region, we are continually seeking quality, caring professionals. We are excited to sponsor the KOTA Conference because it is the perfect opportunity for us to engage with individuals of that caliber, and discover how Stormont Vail Health is the best place for them to achieve their career goals, working together to improve the health of our community."

10/25/2025

As we look back on conference this year, we would like to continue to thank the KOTA 2025 Conference Platinum Sponsors. Thank you to Ascension Via Chrisit for your support of the Kansas Occupational Therapy community! A word from our sponsor:

"Ascension Via Christi caregivers have been caring for and providing healing to Kansas communities for more than 135 years. As the largest healthcare provider in Kansas, we offer career opportunities across a number of hospitals, clinics, therapy centers and home health services. Via Christi operates six hospitals and 75 other sites of care and employs more than 6,400 associates. Via Christi is sponsored by Ascension, one of the nation’s leading non-profit and Catholic health systems, with a Mission of delivering compassionate, personalized care to all with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable.

To view our career opportunities: https://jobs.ascension.org/us/en/kansas

We are thrilled to have sponsored and presented at the 2025 KOTA Annual Conference! We appreciate the opportunity to have connected and networked with OTPs, students, and professionals from within the Kansas OT community. We hope you stopped by the Ascension Via Christi booth to connect and learn more about our amazing therapy team and current career opportunities!"

10/23/2025

🎨 CALLING ALL CREATIVES! 👕
We’re launching a KOTA T-Shirt Design Contest for OT Month 2026—and we want your design!

Submit your original, OT-themed artwork by Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 for a chance to have it featured on a limited-edition KOTA shirt!

🗳️ Public voting happens in mid-November right here on Facebook, and the winning design will be announced after the votes are in. The winning shirt will be available to purchase in time for OT Month (April 2026)!

📩 To enter:
Email your design (PNG/PDF/JPG) to kmcdaniel24@yahoo.com
Include your name, school/organization (if applicable), and a short design description.

Let’s showcase the creativity and passion of the OT community—design, vote, and wear it proudly! 💙

10/22/2025

🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 KOTA Award Winners! 🎉

We’re proud to recognize the outstanding contributions of Lynette Hofer, our Occupational Therapy Practitioner of the Year, and John Simard II, Volunteer of the Year! Your dedication, passion, and service continue to inspire the entire OT community. 👏👏

Thank you on behalf of the Kansas Occupational Therapy Association for advancing the field of occupational therapy and making a lasting impact through your hard work and passion. 💙

Address

825 S Kansas Avenue, Ste 500
Topeka, KS
66612

Telephone

+17852328044

Website

http://kotaonline.org/

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