OTAP

This manipulation course provides knowledge and use of tools, equipment, and basic techniques of therapeutic media. Emphasis is given to analysis and instruction of activities frequently used as occupational therapy media in multiple community and clinical settings.

This lab class provides hands-on experiences that correspond to the didactic portion of Therapeutic Media. Students demonstrate analysis of activity, identifying media for various populations, adapting activities for patients and clients, and skill and safety in the use of tools.

This lab provides hands-on experiences that correspond to the didactic portion of Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. It includes exploration of occupational therapy assessments, demonstration of selected practice skills, constructing assistive and adaptive equipment, and the ability to use the teaching-learning process with the pediatric patient, family, significant others, colleagues, other health providers, and the public.

Provides a basic introduction to the field of occupational therapy for the occupational therapy assistant student. Content includes an introduction to the history, philosophy, and practice of occupational therapy, professional organizational structure, legal/ethical implications, and the process of service delivery. Various models of health-care, education, community, and social systems are also examined. Reimbursement mechanisms related to various practice settings, and federal and state regulatory and legislative bodies affecting practice are explored. Informal and formal ethical dispute-resolution systems and personal and organizational ethical conflict resolution systems that have jurisdiction over occupational therapy practice are examined.

This lab course provides hands-on experiences that correspond to the didactic portion of the Psychosocial Occupational Therapy course. Emphasis is placed on independent and active learning to develop work behaviors of collaboration and intra‑professional relationships. Students will practice assessments relevant for OTAs, treatment planning involving group process and implementation of group therapy.

This lab course provides hands-on experiences that correspond to the didactic portion of Applied Kinesiology for OTAs. This course includes hands-on surface palpation of joints and muscles, and biomechanical principles of joint motion, posture, and balance.

This course provides fundamental knowledge of practice skills used with pediatric patients and with various diagnoses. Observation, assessments appropriate for OTAs, treatment planning, and documentation techniques are introduced.

Basic theories of psychosocial occupational function will be covered. Group dynamics, group process, teaching/learning process, therapeutic use of self, expected roles and student self-analysis will be key concepts integrated throughout the course. Evaluation, treatment intervention, pharmacology, discharge process, documentation and reimbursement, advocacy and leadership within the psychosocial population are emphasized.

This course expands upon previous knowledge of musculoskeletal anatomy and neuromuscular physiology to include applied movement concepts and normal functional movement patterns, identifying anatomical position and major planes of the body, and the structure and basic functional implications of the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems.

This course focuses on the etiology, clinical process, and prognosis of common diseases and illnesses, and the effect of disease or illness on an individual’s performance and the impact this has on the person, family, and society. Content includes physical, mental, developmental, and orthopedic conditions.

This course continues where Clinical Conditions I leaves off. It focuses on the effects of physical, developmental and mental health, heritable diseases and predisposing genetic conditions, disability, disease process, and traumatic injury to the individual within the cultural context of family and society on occupational performance.

This course provides intermediate practice skills for therapeutic interventions and techniques used to treat adults with functional deficits caused by medical, orthopedic, and neurological conditions. This course provides the students with skills to assess functional ability and independence in daily life tasks and occupations across the life span with various diagnoses. Emphasis will be given to adult and geriatric conditions and treatment.

This lab course provides hands-on experiences that relate to the didactic portion of Occupational Therapy in Physical Dysfunction. Students review the use of occupational therapy terminology as it relates to practice, demonstrate selected practice skills, including the fabrication, application, fitting and training in orthotic devices, principles and concepts of therapeutic exercise, advanced positioning techniques, and the use of superficial, thermal and mechanical modalities.

Preparation for full-time clinical practice, the national certification process, state licensure, and future employment.

This course expands the knowledge and skills gained from previous courses presenting aspects of OT practice, professional ethics, conduct, communication, and academic and clinical competencies required for testing and licensure, scope of practice, and the OTA’s professional organization.

This course expands the knowledge and skills gained from previous courses, presenting practical application and procedural aspects of OTA practice, professional ethics, conduct, and communication.

This lab course provides hands-on experiences relating to the didactic portion of Occupational Therapy in Emerging and Specialty Areas of Practice. Students demonstrate selected practice skills such as joint protection, energy conservation, and work simplification; explore alternative/emerging treatment approaches; describe evaluation techniques for daily living activities; learn development, remediation, and compensation for physical, cognitive, perceptual, sensory, neuromuscular, and behavioral skills; and demonstrate knowledge of assistive technology and augmentative communication.

This course provides students with an opportunity to observe and participate in clinical fieldwork. Students begin to develop professional work habits and are expected to function as participant observers in the assigned clinical setting. Students spend one week (40 clock hours each) in three different field work settings for a total of 120 clock hours.

This course provides information and guidance for the transitional process of becoming an occupational therapy practitioner. This course encompasses a variety of professional skills and concepts, completes documentation for state licensure, participates in final preparations for certification by the National Board of Certification in Occupational Therapy, and examines employability skills.

Students will learn the basic roles and functions of an occupational therapy practitioner and the role of occupational therapy in medical, educational, and community models, as well as emerging areas of practice that are predicted to grow in the future. Students explore a variety of work settings, and/or types of practice, including OT role delineations in community-based and nontraditional settings. Ethical and legal issues and professional advocacy are also addressed. The student will study specialty areas through case discussion, enhancement of treatment techniques, review of literature, and current trends.

This application course synthesizes previous didactic instruction and clinical experiences obtained in Fieldwork I. Students may encounter a variety of populations in a traditional or non-traditional setting and assume increasing responsibilities under supervision as appropriate for the setting.

This application course synthesizes previous didactic instruction and experiences obtained in Fieldwork IIA. Students may also encounter a variety of populations in a traditional or non-traditional setting. Students are placed in a setting different from Fieldwork IIA. Students assume increasing responsibilities under supervision as appropriate for the setting.