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The Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Program prepares the student for entry into a health care/community service profession that uses a variety of activities and modalities to help individuals learn and/or re-learn daily life skills needed in order to function at their most productive and independent level. The OTA, under the guidance of an occupational therapist, uses their knowledge of human growth and development in the areas of physical, social and emotional functioning to carry out programs with clients of all ages. Clients who have a varying abilities resulting from physical injury or trauma, disease, aging, mental illness or substance abuse may require occupational therapy intervention. Functional goals established jointly with the client are aimed toward individual self-care, entry/reentry into the community and/or to work. Activities employed may take many forms but might include activities as basic as daily tasks of bathing, dressing and cooking, or may be as complex as the use of computer assisted communication or work simulator devices.
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Jana Cragg, M.A., OTR
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| About This Page: This page last updated March 02, 2006. Compiled by Larry Duron for the Allied Health Department at St. Philip's College. For questions or comments about this web site, send email to: lduron@accd.edu |
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