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ALOFT- American League of Functional Therapists

c/o ALOFT

P.O. Box 29

Stratford, CT 06615

Contact Information

Phone: 203-377-5451 Fax: 203-377-5451

E-mail: RFT@functionaltherapist.org

Email contact is preferred (please put “ALOFT” in subject line.)

Functional Therapy, OT for the 21st Century and Beyond.

You’ve done the hard part. Your work paid off and you are an Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapy Assistant. Join our trade organization of OTs and OTAs and become a Registered Functional Therapist RFT^TM or Registered Functional Therapy Associate RFTA^TM. This title is conferred upon members who qualify.

Not an OT or OTA? There are membership options which allow you to support this movement but don’t allow the use of the RFT or RFTA Collective Trademark or Membership Marks. You’ll still receive other member benefits like discounted courses and other benefits. It’s a great thing to support a great thing.

This is our “Official” Web Site. It is mainly an informational site designed to help people understand our field and how we can help. It is also a member’s site, application resource center and jumping off point for the many projects we are working on.

If you have ever wondered why you have continued to have to explain Occupational Therapy then you’re not alone. We have thought a lot about the best way to explain it. Some time ago I started saying “We’d be better called Functional Therapists.” And the response would be something closer to ongoing interest along with an instant understanding of what kinds of things I might be doing.

It still pales as a word against all the incredible and imaginative things a particular therapist might do to get someone back to their life, but no other simple word struck such a chord. So we’re going with it!

In order to do that successfully we have worked to ensure that we do it right. We have filed these with the US Patent and Trademarks office and have worked to understand how we can avoid this just being a generic term that could be used by anybody.

Thank you for your interest in this exciting organization.

Welcome ALOFT!