
Membership in the AACO
The American Association of Certified Orthoptists (AACO) is a close network of orthoptists and orthoptic students across North America, working together to promote both the profession and the individual member. A membership to the AACO comes with numerous benefits (See below). One does not have to be employed in the United States to be a member of the AACO. Membership is only available to orthoptists.
AACO Member Types:
- Active Member: for orthoptists with a valid, up to date AOC certification
- Associate Member: for orthoptists without a valid, up to date AOC certification and/or orthoptists certified in another country
- Life Membership: for retired orthoptists who were dues-paying members of the AACO for at least 20 years
- Student Membership: for orthoptic students in AOC-accredited orthoptic programs
- Honorary Membership: conferred upon by the membership and awarded to non-orthoptists in recognition of outstanding contribution to orthoptics.
To become an AACO member, click on the link below to access the membership application.
Being a member of the AACO provides an Orthoptist with many benefits!
2023 AACO Member Benefits
- Continuing Education at reduced prices
- Discounted registration at the national meeting
- New! Access to our Online Learning Center for free and discounted CE opportunities
- New! Access to our CME tracking tool to help manage your CE for recertification
- Self Assessment Exam
- Professional Publications
- Journal of Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility: distributed annually & online access
- American Orthoptic Journal (AOJ): archived issues
- PRISM Newsletter: distributed bi-annually
- Straight Scoop Bulletin: e-mailed bi-monthly
- AACO Membership Directory
- Access to the orthoptic electronic forums
- Join a circles group and make connections with other orthoptists
- New! AACO Members will have access to an orthoptist only listerserv
- Ability to participate in the organization
- Ability to vote at national business meeting to help shape our organization’s future
- Opportunities to hold office or be an elected representative
- Opportunities to serve on the AACO Executive Committee or Board of Directors.
- Opportunities to serve on AOC
- Volunteer opportunities to serve on committees
- Practice Management Resources
- Billing for Orthoptic services: information and support
- Free access to salary and benefit survey via Practice Management Committee
- Access to the Members Only section of the AACO website which includes:
- Employment opportunities
- Brochure for your office: Selecting Children’s glasses
- Straight Scoop and PRISM archives
- Access to the AACO Bylaws and Policy Manual
- Pre- and Post- Academy reports
- Fundraising contact list for offices hosting a meeting
- Application for the AACO Honor Certificate
- Automatic membership to the International Orthoptic Association (IOA)
- Reduced registration to attend the IOA Congress
- Reduced registration to attend Orthoptic meetings in IOA member countries
- Access to the Members Only section of the IOA website:
- Receive special offers from journal publishers
- Access to the Orthoptic search facility containing titles and authors for international meetings (ESA, ISA, IOA) and articles in the British and Australian Orthoptic journals
- Download transactions from the recent IOA Congress
- Access to all IOA reports and minutes of the Annual General Meeting
- Access to the IOA Phrasebook containing a collection of useful phrases when carrying out an orthoptic exam (translated into the languages of the IOA member countries and several other languages)
- Access to the IOA Terminology document containing translations of over 500 orthoptic, ophthalmology and neuro-ophthalmology expressions (in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish)
- Access to Orthoptic job offers posted with the IOA
- Access to the Orthoptic World Wide Survey (OWWS)
- Access to the International Vision Screening Survey (IVSS)
- Ability to participate in the IOA Exchange and Volunteer Programs
- Ability to join important IOA committees
- Ability to network with your international orthoptic colleagues
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