The WFOT directly links 107 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?
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
- 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
- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Association of Occupational Therapists in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Associate member since 2021
- BOTSWANA - Botswana Occupational Therapy Association
Associate member since 2021
- BRAZIL - Associacao 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
- 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 since 2016
- 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 - Kuwait Group
Group since 2003
- 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
- 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 since 2004
- PERU - Asociacion Profesional de Terapeutas Ocupacionales del Peru
Associate member since 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 - ErgotherapeutInnen - 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
- 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