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Motivate 2026: June 19-20, Save the Date!

Motivate will take place June 19-20, 2026 and will be hosted at University of Arkansas in Fayettville, AR. 

Motivate is the annual conference hosted by the Arkansas Occupational Therapy Association which seeks to provide you with:
    • Tools to succeed in your career in occupational therapy
    • Networking to aid in your growth as an occupational therapy practitioner
    • Knowledge to be proactive in legislation affecting occupational therapy in Arkansas
    • Knowledge of current research being done by others in Arkansas

Register for
conference today!

Call for posters/presentations is now open!

We are honored to invite you to submit a proposal to share your expertise with our community.

Submit your application today!


**DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: March 20th, 2026**

For any inquiries regarding the submission process, please contact the AROTA secretary directly at secretary.arota@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you at AROTA Motivate Conference 2026!


To submit your application, please click on the following link:


APPLY to present
at conference!

We are Now accepting nominations for the 2026 AROTA Excellence Awards!

Did you know that you could nominate a colleague for:
  • Most outstanding OTR
  • Most outstanding OTA
  • Most outstanding Fieldwork Educator
  • Most outstanding Academic Educator
  • Most outstanding OTA Student
  • Most outstanding OT Student

Well, you can and you SHOULD! Why wouldn’t you want to recognize one or more of your colleagues and/or students for one of these awards – they do so much for the profession, so it is the least you can do!

Stop what you are doing and nominate someone TODAY! Feel free to get with your friends and submit one together – just do it!  The link to the nomination form is below:


Nominate a friend
for an award!