{"id":7895,"date":"2025-06-23T15:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T19:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/?p=7895"},"modified":"2025-06-23T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T19:54:33","slug":"best-of-aota-annual-conference-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/best-of-aota-annual-conference-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of AOTA Annual Conference \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Best-of-AOTA-Annual-Conference-Part-2-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Best-of-AOTA-Annual-Conference-Part-2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Best-of-AOTA-Annual-Conference-Part-2-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Best-of-AOTA-Annual-Conference-Part-2-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Best-of-AOTA-Annual-Conference-Part-2-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Best-of-AOTA-Annual-Conference-Part-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>AOTA Inspire at Philly included so many great vendors and resources that I am sharing my favorites over a couple of blog posts. What&#8217;s this month\u2019s focus: resources for the OT clinician including supports for billing policy, documentation and patient education.<\/p>\n<p>Exploring great products is one of my favorite conference activities \u2013 hope you enjoy my picks!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amplify OT: <\/strong>Founded and run by an OT, Amplify OT, meets a unique and practical educational need of occupational therapists \u2013how to navigate the system of cares, billing\u00a0 and policies that dictate all we do.\u00a0 The site offers resources for the OT clinician to strengthen their advocacy efforts on behalf of OT and patients, increase an understanding of the policies, including Medicare, that govern reimbursement and assist in elevating measurable, value-based OT care.<\/p>\n<p>Check out their website at <a href=\"https:\/\/amplifyot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amplify OT<\/a> for resources and a free trial of their online learning platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Note Ninjas: \u00a0<\/strong>Providing practical documentation and treatment tools, the Note Ninjas help OTs and PTs focus on the patient.\u00a0 The site includes templates, examples, and word banks to support thorough and defensible documentation, as well as treatment plans backed by evidenced-based strategies to help keep patients engaged.\u00a0 Membership also includes community support, printable pocket guides, and sessions led by clinicians in specialized settings.<\/p>\n<p>Checkout their website at <a href=\"https:\/\/thenoteninjas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Note Ninjas<\/a>, for more information on the Adult and Pediatric resources offered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Occupational Therapy Toolkit: <\/strong>While I might be a bit biased, I believe my book, the <em>Occupational Therapy Toolkit<\/em>, is the best source of patient education handouts for the OT working with patients with physical disabilities, chronic conditions or geriatric.\u00a0 This 869-page practical resource provides the OT with 110 treatments guides on conditions ranging from Action Tremor to Chronic Pain Syndrome to Hip Fracture to Parkinson\u2019s.\u00a0 The book includes 382 reproducible, full-page, easy-to-read, illustrated handouts for the OT patient.\u00a0 Ranging from ADLs, IDALs, education, and therapeutic exercise, the handouts reinforce one-on-one treatment and provide a reference for patients and caregivers after the appointment.\u00a0 This is a go-to resource that will be used every day.<\/p>\n<p>Visit my website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/\">OT Toolkit<\/a>\u00a0 to download a sample of the book including the Table of Contents, Treatment Guides, and Patient Handouts in English, Spanish and French.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AOTA Inspire at Philly included so many great vendors and resources that I am sharing my favorites over a couple of blog posts. What&#8217;s this month\u2019s focus: resources for the OT clinician including supports for billing policy, documentation and patient education. Exploring great products is one of my favorite conference&#8230;<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/best-of-aota-annual-conference-part-2\/\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#DC0201\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Best-of-AOTA-Annual-Conference-Part-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7895"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7899,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7895\/revisions\/7899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottoolkit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}