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APTA Humanitarian Award

Awards

This award recognizes an association member whose demonstrated leadership and outstanding humanitarian volunteerism have improved the quality of life of individuals throughout the world.

APTA President’s Note | Never Stop Learning

Aug 1, 2025/Article

APTA President Kyle Covington, PT, DPT, PhD, shares how growing your knowledge can expand your impact.

APTA to Congress: Keep Your Funding Promises to Children With Disabilities

Jul 26, 2023/News

APTA-supported IDEA legislation has arrived on Capitol Hill; meanwhile, APTA is taking its message directly to congressional leaders.

APTA Flash Action Strategy 2025: 8,500 Falls Prevention Letters Sent to Congress

Oct 6, 2025/News

Thousands of PT and PTA students participated in APTA’s Flash Action Strategy,  Sept. 17-18, by creating social media posts and videos promoting falls prevention awareness and the Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly, or SAFE, Act (H.R. 1171/S. 2612). APTA student member advocacy led to over

U.S. Department of Education Proposal Jeopardizes Physical Therapy Professional Recognition and the Future Health Care Workforce

Nov 24, 2025/Statement

APTA is deeply concerned by the recent recommendation from the Reimagining and Improving Student Education, or RISE, Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, which, if enacted, would designate the doctor of physical therapy degree — and dozens of other health care professional degrees — as a graduate degree

Steps To Opening a Cash-Based Service

Nov 22, 2021/Article

Review these practical steps that can be somewhat unique when providing cash-based services for an annual checkup by a physical therapist.

For Prospective PTCAS Programs

PTCAS is open to all Doctor of Physical Therapy education programs holding one of the following accreditation statuses with CAPTE.

APTA Practice Advisory: Emerging Technology: AI-Enabled Ambient Scribe Technology in Physical Therapy Documentation

Aug 29, 2025/Resource

Ambient scribe tools refer to systems that operate discreetly in the background and use artificial intelligence to automatically capture, transcribe, and summarize patient-provider interactions into structured clinical notes. As these scribes becomes more prevalent in health care, PTs and PTAs using

Ethics and Professionalism

APTA is the definitive source for standards of ethics and professionalism in the physical therapy profession.

Unlimited Adventure

Mar 1, 2017/Column

A program for people with neurologic conditions that's literally "out there."