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Jun 3, 2020/Author
Carmen Elliott, is vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and executive director of the Physical Therapy Fund as of April 2021. Elliott is a longtime member of the APTA staff team, having been with the association since 2006. Previously she served as APTA’s vice president of insurer relations,
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Jun 1, 2017/Article
APTA is committed to preserving the provisions of Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act to ensure that students with disabilities have access to physical therapy services necessary to take full advantage of a free and public education.
Jan 28, 2022/News
Prioritize your career development and enrich your knowledge in a specific area of care through APTA’s innovative program.
Feb 8, 2024/News
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House would relieve PTs from having to pursue signed plans of care from referring physicians.
May 12, 2020/News
The resources describes OA as "still an under-recognized chronic condition."
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
Jun 1, 2017/Magazine
The Importance of Patient Education and Self-Management
Aug 4, 2021/Test & Measure
This summary reviews a questionnaire to measure self-efficacy and contains information on use of it to screen patients or clients in a general clinical setting and reviews the use of this questionnaire with adolescents and adults in a general clinical setting without regard to a specific diagnosis or
Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws
HOD P08-22-14-17: States APTA's support for physical therapist services as a mandatory benefit in all Medicaid programs.