The WFOT directly links 111 Member Organisations around the world, with an individual membership of in excess of 29,000 therapists and a national organisation membership that represents over 633,000 occupational therapists internationally
Interested in working as an occupational therapist in another country/territory?
WFOT has prepared guidelines to assist qualified occupational therapists who are interested in working outside their own country/territory. This can be a unique, enriching professional and personal experience, for which the individual therapist needs to plan carefully.
Refer to the "Occupational Therapy International Practice Guide"List of Member Organisations:
- ACOT - Association of Caribbean Occupational Therapists
Regional member since 1994
- ALGERIA - Algerian National Association of Occupational Therapists
Associate member since 2024
- AOTRG - Arab Occupational Therapists Regional Group
Regional member since 2012
- APOTRG - Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Regional Group
Regional member since 2006
- ARGENTINA - Asociacion Argentina de Terapistas Ocupacionales
Full member since 1970 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- ARMENIA - Armenian Ergotherapists Association (ARM_ETA)
Associate member since 2012
- AUSTRALIA - Occupational Therapy Australia
Full member since 1952 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- AUSTRIA - Ergotherapie Austria
Full member since 1978 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- BAHAMAS - Occupational Therapy Association of the Bahamas
Associate member since 2018
- BANGLADESH - Bangladesh Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 2000
- BELGIUM - Ergotherapie Belgium
Full member since 1968
- BERMUDA - Bermuda Occupational Therapy Association
Associate member since 1992 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- BHUTAN - Bhutan Association of Occupational Therapists
Associate member since 2023
- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Association of Occupational Therapists in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Associate member since 2021
- BOTSWANA - Botswana Occupational Therapy Association
Associate member since 2021, Full member since 2023
- BRAZIL - Associação Brasileira dos Terapeutas Ocupacionais (ABRATO)
Full member since 1994 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- BULGARIA - Association of Bulgarian Ergotherapists
Associate member 2010-2014, Full member since 2014
- CANADA - Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists / Association canadienne des ergothérapeutes
Full member since 1952 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- CHILE - Colegio de Terapeutas Ocupacionales de Chile A.G
Full member since 1980
- CHINA - China Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 2018 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- CLATO - Confederacion LatinoAmericana De Terapeutas Ocupacionales
Regional member since 2002
- COLOMBIA - Colegio Colombiano de Terapia Ocupacional
Full member since 1976 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- COSTA RICA - Asociacion de Profesionales en Terapia Ocupacional
Associate member 2016-2022, Full member since 2022
- COTEC - Council of Occupational Therapists for the European Countries
Regional member since 1994
- CROATIA - Hrvatska udruga radnih terapeuta
Associate member since 2010, Full member since 2023
- CYPRUS - Cyprus Association of Occupational Therapists
Associate member 1996-2018, Full member since 2018 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- CZECH REPUBLIC - Czech Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 2002
- DENMARK - Danish Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1952 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican Republic Society of Occupational Therapy (SODTEO)
Associate member 2016-2023, Full member since 2023
- ESTONIA - Estonian Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 2006
- ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 2022
- FAROE ISLANDS - Ergoterapeutfelagid / Faroese Occupational Therapists Association
Associate member since 2014 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- FINLAND - Suomen Toimintaterapeuttiliitto ry
Full member since 1972 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- FRANCE - Association Nationale Francaise des Ergotherapeutes (ANFE)
Full member since 1964 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- GEORGIA - Georgian Occupational Therapists' Association
Associate member 2006-2016, Full member since 2016
- GERMANY - German Association of Occupational Therapy e.V.
Full member since 1958
- GHANA - Occupational Therapy Association of Ghana
Full member since 2016
- GREECE - Panhellenic Association of Ergotherapists
Full member since 1992
- GUYANA - Guyana Association of Occupational Therapists
Associate member since 2018 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- HAITI - Haitian Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 2016
- HONG KONG - Hong Kong Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 1984
- ICELAND - Icelandic Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 1976 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- INDIA - All India Occupational Therapists Association
Full member since 1952
- INDONESIA - Indonesian Occupational Therapists Association
Full member since 2000
- IRAN - Iranian Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 2006
- IRELAND - Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland
Full member since 1970 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- ISRAEL - Israeli Union of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1952
- ITALY - Associazione Italiana dei Terapisti Occupazionali
Associate member 1978-2002, Full member since 2002 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- JAMAICA - Occupational Therapy Association of Jamaica
Associate member since 2018
- JAPAN - Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1972
- JORDAN - Jordanian Society for Occupational Therapy
Full member since 1992 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- KAZAKHSTAN - Kazakhstan Ergotherapy Association
Associate member since 2016
- KENYA - Kenya Occupational Therapists Association
Full member since 1976
- KOREA - Korean Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1998
- KOSOVO - Instituti Kosovar i Ergoterapise / Kosovo Institute of Ergotherapy
Full member since 2017
- KUWAIT - Kuwaiti Occupational Therapy Association
Group since 2003, Full member since 2024
- KYRGYZSTAN - Kyrgyz National Association of Occupational Therapists
Associate member since 2022
- LATVIA - Latvian Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1998
- LEBANON - Lebanese Occupational Therapists Syndicate
Associate member 2018-2022, Full member since 2022
- LITHUANIA - Lithuanian Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 2016
- LUXEMBOURG - Association Luxembourgeoise des Ergotherapeutes Diplomes (ALED)
Associate member since 1990
- MACAU - Macau Occupational Therapists Association
Associate member since 2006
- MADAGASCAR - Association Malgache Pour L'Ergotherapie (AMET)
Associate member 2014-2018, Full member since 2018
- MALAWI - Occupational Therapy Association of Malawi
Full member since 2014
- MALAYSIA - Malaysian Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 1990 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- MALTA - Malta Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1994
- MAURITIUS - Occupational Therapists Association Mauritius
Full member since 2006 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- MEXICO - Asociacion de Profesionales en Terapia Ocupacional AC
Associate member 1998-2004, Full member since 2004
- MONGOLIA - Mongolian Occupational Therapy Association
Associate member since 2021
- MOROCCO - Occupational Therapy Association of Morocco
Full member since 2017 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- NAMIBIA - Namibian Association of Occupational Therapists
Associate member 2000 - 2021, Full member since 2021 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- NEPAL - Association of Nepal Occupational Therapists
Associate member since 2023
- NETHERLANDS - Ergotherapie Nederland
Full member since 1960
- NEW ZEALAND - Occupational Therapy New Zealand | Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa
Full member since 1952 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- NIGERIA - Occupational Therapist Association of Nigeria (OTAN)
Associate member since 1992 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- NORWAY - Norwegian Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1958 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- OTARG - Occupational Therapy Africa Regional Group
Regional member since 2004
- PAKISTAN - Pakistan Occupational Therapy Association
Associate member 1992-1996, Full member since 1996
- PALESTINE - Palestinian Association for Occupational Therapy
Full member since 2006
- PANAMA - Asociacion de Terapeutas Ocupacionales de Panama
Associate member 2004-2023, Full member since 2023
- PERU - Asociacion Profesional de Terapeutas Ocupacionales del Peru
Associate member 2006-2022, Full member since 2022
- PHILIPPINES - Philippine Academy of Occupational Therapists Inc.
Full member since 1968
- POLAND - Polish Occupational Therapy Association
Associate member since 2018
- PORTUGAL - Associacao Portuguesa de Terapeutas Ocupacionais
Full member since 1964
- ROMANIA - Professional Association of Occupational Therapists from Romania
Associate member 2012-2018, Full member since 2018
- RUSSIA - Russian Professional Association of Ergotherapists
Full member since 2004
- RWANDA - Rwanda Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 2016 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 2016 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- SERBIA - Association of Occupational Therapists of Serbia
Associate member since 2021
- SEYCHELLES - Seychelles Occupational Therapy Association
Associate member since 2010
- SINGAPORE - Singapore Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1992
- SLOVENIA - Slovenian Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 2004
- SOUTH AFRICA - Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa
Full member since 1952 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- SPAIN - Consejo General de Colegios de Terapeutas Ocupacionales
Full member since 1972 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka Society of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1992
- SWEDEN - Swedish Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1952 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- SWITZERLAND - Ergotherapie - Verband Schweiz
Full member since 1962
- TAIWAN - Taiwan Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 1986
- TANZANIA - Tanzania Occupational Therapy Association
Full member since 2002
- THAILAND - Occupational Therapists Association of Thailand (OTAT)
Full member since 2002
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Trinidad and Tobago Occupational Therapy Association
Associate member 2012-2016, Full member since 2016 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- TUNISIA - Association Tunisienne D'Ergotherapie
Associate member since 2012
- TURKEY - Turkish Ergotherapy Association
Associate member 2006-2012, Full member since 2012
- UGANDA - Uganda Association of Occupational Therapists
Associate member 1996-1998, Full member since 1998
- UKRAINE - Ukrainian Society of Ergotherapists
Associate member 2017-2021, Full member since 2021 | WFOT Individual Membership Included
- UNITED KINGDOM - Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1952
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - American Occupational Therapy Association Inc
Full member since 1952
- URUGUAY - Uruguayan Association of Occupational Therapy
Associate member since 2024
- VENEZUELA - Federacion Venezolana de Terapeutas Ocupacionales
Full member since 1968
- ZAMBIA - Zambia Occupational Therapy Association
Associate member 2014-2016, Full member since 2016
- ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe Association of Occupational Therapists
Full member since 1990 | WFOT Individual Membership Included