Overview
About the Program
Two-year, full-time degree schedule; mixture of core technical courses along with science, health terminology, psychology, computer, and general education classes; required clinical experiences provide professional development in the workplace.
Occupational Therapy Assistants treat clients of any age using purposeful activities and meaningful occupations to regain skills needed for independent, satisfactory and productive living. Under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, an OTA can treat clients with cognitive, physical, emotional and/or developmental disabilities in a variety of settings.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate basic clinical, problem solving and critical thinking skills essential to client-centered occupational therapy practice.
- Internalize the importance of fundamental skills and knowledge in the field and the entry-level competencies crucial to the occupational therapy assistant upon completion of the program.
- Learn the philosophy of occupational therapy and that occupation is a powerful medium that is an organizing force in human life and can also be used to promote health and well-being.
- Examine performance of occupations in the areas of activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, education, work, play, leisure and social participation.
- Select and apply appropriate occupational therapy theories and frames of reference as a foundation for assessment and intervention processes in classroom and fieldwork settings.
- Select and apply appropriate concepts of occupational therapy to enhance client participation in a variety of contexts through the adaptation of the environment, the modification of the task, or the treatment of the person.
- Internalize the occupational therapy processes necessary to provide effective intervention strategies and quality services to a diverse population across the span of practice settings for an occupational therapy assistant.
- Demonstrate the ability to use screening tools and to use appropriate occupations, tasks and activities to promote and restore health in a wide variety of service delivery systems in classroom and fieldwork settings.
- Internalize the distinct roles and responsibilities of the occupational therapist and the occupational therapy assistant in the supervisory process.
- Internalize the standards, ethics and professional behaviors of an occupational therapy assistant upon completion of the program.
- Internalize the value of lifelong learning, professional development and research to continuously improve the skill set of the individual and best practices within the occupational therapy profession.
Certification
The Marion Technical College Occupational Therapy Assistant Program is accredited by the:
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)
ACOTE, c/o Accreditation Department
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
4720 Montgomery Lane, Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20814-3449
(301) 652-2682
e-mail: accred@aota.org
website: www.acoteonline.org
The MTC OTA Program has been ACOTE accredited since 2011
Application Requirements – Limited Enrollment
- American College Test (ACT) composite score of 17 or higher or equivalent SAT composite score; or, an associate degree or higher in lieu of the ACT score.
- Basic computer skills prior to admission to the program. This can be satisfied through successful completion of MTC’S TST.
- A minimum overall 2.75 grade point average (GPA).
- A 40-hour documented observation experience with an occupational therapist or an occupational therapy assistant.
- A personal essay describing your strategies for balance between life and education, and career, goals as you begin a career as an occupational therapy assistant.
- Successful completion of four years of high school, or a standard equivalency test, or certification of equivalent education by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Completion of all MTC general admission requirements, including Application for Admission and nonrefundable application fee.
- Submission of the OTA Program Application.
- In order to graduate the program in two calendar years, it is necessary to either place into the college courses required for the degree or to take their prerequisite courses prior to entering the program.
After Admission to the Program
- Students admitted into the program are required to obtain CPR for Healthcare Providers, which must be maintained until graduation from the program.
- Students admitted into the program are required to submit to a criminal background check facilitated by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification. Students with certain felony, misdemeanor, or drug-related arrests as specified in ORC 4755.11 will be ineligible for admission into the program.
Career Opportunities
- Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Occupational Therapy Aides
Curriculum
The following is a typical course sequence for completing this program. The actual time needed to complete the program will vary according to each student’s individual needs.
First Semester
Second Semester
Third Semester
| OTA1530 | Functional Anatomy | 3 |
| OTA2040 | BioMechanical Intervention & Occ. Prfmnc | 4 |
| OTA2030 | PsycoSocial Intervention & Occ. Perfmnce | 2 |
| SCI1250 | Anatomy & Physiology II | 4 |
Fourth Semester
Fifth Semester
| OTA2500 | The Elderly and Occupational Performance | 2 |
| OTA2600 | Neural Plasticity and Occupational Perf | 2 |
| OTA2010 | The Child and Occupational Performance | 3 |
| OTA2510 | Clinical Conditions in Occ. Therapy | 3 |
Sixth Semester
Total Credit Hours: 64