Occupational Therapy Assistant
Associate in Science Occupational Therapy Assistant
The objective of the Associate in Science degree, Occupational Therapy Assistant, is to train you to work as an assistant in private occupational therapy offices, hospital outpatient clinics, or state and federal agencies. You will learn how to help patients adjust to disabilities caused by illness, injury, or aging. Specifically, you will learn to enable clients to live independently by teaching them to carry out important daily activities. You will learn to work with occupational therapists to evaluate clients, develop a rehabilitative program to meet client needs, and execute that program while maintaining records of their progress.
Curriculum
The AS degree Occupational Therapy Assistant, requires satisfactory completion of 79 credits.
The requirements listed in the catalog at the time of entry into the program are the ones you must fulfill for graduation. You also have the option to meet the requirements listed in subsequent catalogs. However, if you choose this option, you cannot combine requirements from two or more catalogs. For example, if you entered the program in fall 2006, you can fulfill the requirements in either the fall 2006 catalog or the fall 2007 catalog. However, you cannot combine requirements from both.
If you leave the program for a semester or more, you must fulfill the requirements in effect at the time of or subsequent to your re-entry. For example, if you entered the program in fall 2006, took a hiatus in spring 2007, and returned in fall 2007, you must fulfill the requirements in the catalog for fall 2007 or later.
Courses
Occupational Therapy Courses
OTA 110 Introduction to Occupational Therapy
OTA 111 Foundations of Occupational Therapy Practice
OTA 112 OT Concepts for Pediatrics
OTA 112L Pediatrics Lab
OTA 119L/L Therapeutic Activities and Laboratory
OTA 125 Fieldwork Level I: Community/Activities
OTA 126 Critique: Fieldwork Level I: Community/Activities
OTA 161 Psychosocial Dysfunction
OTA 224 Health Concepts for the Elderly
OTA 224L Health Concepts for the Elderly Lab
OTA 172 Emerging Areas of Practice
OTA 232 Fieldwork Level I: Physical
Dysfunction / Developmental / Educational
OTA 233 Critique: Fieldwork Level I: Physical
Dysfunction/Developmental/Educational
OTA 236 Assistive Technology: Implications for OT
OTA 236L AssistiveTechnology Laboratory
OTA 237 Clinical Physical Dysfunction
OTA 237L ClinicalPhysical Dysfunction Laboratory
OTA 238 Therapeutic Modalities II
OTA 247 OT Concepts for Pediatrics
OTA 249 Professional Concept
OTA 249L ProfessionalConcept Laboratory
OTA 270 Fieldwork Level II A
OTA 271 Field Work Level II B
