HEALTHCARE
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Your journey into the fulfilling world of occupational therapy starts here.
Salary Range Potential:
$55,000+ /YEAR
Education Required:
Community College or Technical Degree
Skills Needed:
Active Listening, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Critical Thinking
Types of Employers:
Outpatient Physical Therapy Clinics, Nursing Facilities, Hospitals, Rehabilitation Centers, Sports And Fitness Facilities
Job Description
Occupational therapy is the only profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations). Occupational therapy practitioners enable people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health, and prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability.
Training Opportunities
The Occupational Therapy Assistant Curriculum is a two-year-program of study that prepares an individual to work as a co-participant in the entire occupational therapy process, at the discretion of the supervising licensed occupational therapist. The occupational therapy assistant provides intervention pertinent to creating and promoting healthy life-styles, restoring or habilitating a skill or ability, maintaining current level of function, modifying an activity to ensure success and addressing disability prevention.Graduates of this program may apply to take the National Certification Examination for the Occupational Therapy Assistant which is administered by the National Board of Certification of Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). Students accepted into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program must complete all OTA courses at Holmes Community College. Only academic credit earned at another regionally-accredited institution will be accepted by Holmes Community College toward graduation from the OTA program.The OTA application process opens annually on the first day of December and closes on the first day of March for the class that begins the following August.
Pre-requisites required:Application deadline is March 1st. Applicants must apply and be accepted to Holmes CC. Applicants must also complete an OTA application package. Applicant must: (1) have a minimum ACT score of 16, (2) have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all college courses, (3) complete A&P I and II with lab with a C or higher, (4) complete a minimum of 8 hours of volunteer work in an occupational therapy setting, and (5) have two reference forms completed and submitted with OTA application.
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Summary of Program Requirements:Application deadline is March 1st. Applicants must apply and be accepted to Holmes CC. Applicants must also complete an OTA application package. Applicant must: (1) have a minimum ACT score of 16, (2) have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all college courses, (3) complete A&P I and II with lab with a C or higher, (4) complete a minimum of 8 hours of volunteer work in an occupational therapy setting, and (5) have two reference forms completed and submitted with OTA application.
Skills NeededActive ListeningSpeakingReading ComprehensionWritingSocial PerceptivenessTime ManagementService OrientationMonitoringJudgment and Decision MakingCritical ThinkingCoordinationInstructingActive LearningComplex Problem SolvingPersuasionSystems AnalysisLearning StrategiesNegotiationManagement of Personnel ResourcesOperation MonitoringSystems Evaluation
