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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
90 hours per semester Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 232 may not be audited. OTA 232 may not be taken credit/no credit. Weekly practicum hours may vary to accommodate students, faculty, and health professionals. Students will be required to purchase and wear a specified uniform according to the requirements of the fieldwork setting. A KCC student patch and nametag may also be required. OTA 232 is supervised practical experience with occupational therapy personnel or related professionals in which students apply knowledge gained in OTA courses. Settings include inpatient, outpatient, home/community-based programs and emerging areas of practice that focus on patient/clients in physical dysfunction/rehabilitation, or in an early intervention or school based programs. Following on-site objectives, students will observe and participate in specific interventions appropriate to their skill level for 90 hours. Professional conduct is expected and performance will be documented and evaluated. Upon successful completion of OTA 232 the student should be able to: 1. Interact through written, oral and nonverbal communication with the client, family, significant others, colleagues, other health professionals and the public in a professionally acceptable manner. 2. Apply knowledge gained in OTA courses using knowledge of AOTA Code of Ethics, Core Values and Standards of Practice to educate the client, caregiver, family and significant others and to facilitate skills in areas of occupation, prevention and health maintenance. 3. Explain the role of the occupational therapy assistant and occupational therapist in screening, evaluation and intervention and the importance of the rationale for supervision and collaborative work. 4. Observe and participate in selected aspects of the OT process in physical dysfunction/rehabilitation or in an early intervention or school based program appropriate to their skill level such as training in self-care, mobility, transfers, feeding and eating or fabrication of orthotic devices. 5. Teach compensatory strategies through the use of technology, prosthetics or adaptations to the environment and use sound judgment in regard to safety of self and others. 6. Document the Fieldwork experience and engage in formal evaluation of performance.
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1.00 Credits
1 hour lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 233 may not be audited. OTA 233 may not be taken credit/no credit. OTA 233 is a discussion of student experiences in OTA232 Fieldwork Level I with emphasis on problem solving, identifying ethical issues, sharing professional knowledge and insights. This course will provide an opportunity for the instructor to give feedback to students about inpatient, outpatient, home/community based programs and emerging areas of practice that focus physical dysfunction/rehabilitation or early intervention or school based programs. Students will continue to examine and practice documentation methods for reporting Occupational Therapy services. Upon successful completion of OTA 233 the student should be able to: 1. Demonstrate oral communication proficiency 8 by summarizing Fieldwork I experiences during group discussion including client conditions and corresponding treatment. 2. Identify strategies for analyzing issues and making decisions to resolve personal and organizational ethical conflicts. 3. Demonstrate written communication proficiency by documenting occupational therapy services effectively to ensure accountability of service provisions and to communicate the need and rationale for OT services. 4. Describe the ongoing professional responsibility for providing fieldwork education and the criteria for becoming a fieldwork educator. 5. Discuss strategies for ongoing professional development to ensure that practice is consistent with current and accepted standards. 6. Identify personal and professional abilities and competencies as they relate to job responsibilities.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 236 may not be audited. OTA 236 may not be taken credit/no credit. OTA 236 focuses on the provision of assistive technology and orthotics for individuals with physical disabilities. Information presented includes terminology, models, assessment, regulation, funding and roles of practitioners. Students will become familiar with basic principles relating to electronic enabling devices, augmentative and alternative communication, input and output options, low technology devices, technologies for keyboarding and wheelchairs. Basic principles of work rehabilitation will be explored including interventions and compensatory strategies for ergonomics, thermal modalities and splints that facilitate occupational performance. Upon successful completion of OTA 236 the student should be able to: 1. Define terms associated with assistive technology including rehabilitation technology, universal design, assistive technology practitioner, assistive technology supplier and various AT devices and equipment. 2. Select data for screening and evaluation of client factors that indicate assistive technology, work or orthotic needs. 3. Identify intervention plans and strategies that utilize principles of assistive technology and AT devices, as well as orthotic and ergonomic concepts to facilitate occupational performance. 4. Explain compensatory strategies, such as the use of technology, adaptations to the environment and involvement of humans and nonhumans in the completion of tasks. 5. Identify principles of superficial thermal and mechanical modalities and recognize their use as preparatory measures to improve occupational performance. 6. Give examples of various reimbursement systems and documentation requirements that affect occupational therapy practitioners in the provision of assistive technology.
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1.00 Credits
3 hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 236L may not be audited. OTA 236L may not be taken credit/no credit. OTA 236L focuses on those methods and techniques necessary to delivery Occupational Therapy services utilizing assistive technology and orthotics. 9 Students will grade and adapt wheelchair seating and mobility options, recommend and fabricate low technology assistive devices and switches. Students will participate in splint fabrication and application of selected superficial thermal modalities and ergonomic principles. Community resources will be explored. Upon successful completion of OTA 236L, the student should be able to: 1. Modify environments and adapt processes by applying a variety of low technology assistive devices and ergonomic principles. 2. Demonstrate strategies using assistive technology and devices including electronic aids and seating systems to enhance occupational performance. 3. Demonstrate fabrication, application, fitting and training in orthotic devices including splints to enhance occupational performance. 4. Demonstrate grading and adapting the environment, tools, materials, occupations and interventions to reflect the changing needs of the client and the sociocultural context. 5. Demonstrate safe and effective administration of superficial thermal and mechanical modalities to achieve established goals while adhering to contraindications and precautions. 6. Identify community resources and strategies to promote the profession and assist the consumer in gaining access to occupational therapy services.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 237 may not be audited. OTA 237 may not be taken credit/no credit. OTA 237 focuses on physical dysfunction conditions seen in adults most commonly referred to occupational therapy and applicable occupational therapy theory and interventions. Models of service delivery in inpatient, outpatient, and home/community based are examined as well as OT theories and frames of reference. The impact of sociocultural and socioeconomic conditions, values, and lifestyle choices upon delivery of services is explored. Upon successful completion of OTA 237, the student should be able to: 1. Define occupational therapy theories, models and frames of reference and related terminology. 2. Describe the effects of physical and mental health, heritable diseases and predisposing genetic conditions, disability, disease processes, and traumatic injury to the individual within the cultural context of family and society on occupational performance. 3. Define the impact of sociocultural, socioeconomic, and lifestyle choices upon delivery of services in various practice settings and give examples of a variety of systems and models of service delivery as they relate to adult physical dysfunction conditions. 4. Identify development, remediation, and compensation techniques for enhancing physical, cognitive, perceptual, sensory, neuromuscular and behavioral skills in the physical dysfunction settings. 5. Identify documentation methods appropriate to area of service, recommend the need for termination of services when stated outcomes have been achieved or they can not be achieved and when to recommend to the occupational therapist the need for referring clients for additional evaluation. 6. Describe the need for supervisory roles, responsibilities and collaborative professional relationships between the 0 occupational therapist and occupational therapist assistant during the OT Process in the physical dysfunction settings.
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1.00 Credits
3 hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 237L may not be audited. OTA 237L may not be taken credit/no credit. OTA 237L focuses on those methods and techniques necessary to delivery occupational therapy services in the area of adult physical dysfunction. Evaluation, treatment intervention planning, safety precautions, community resources, documentation and basic functional rehabilitation strategies will be the primary emphasis. Upon successful completion of OTA 237L, the student should be able to: 1. Administer the most common used evaluation tools for physical dysfunction assessment and use occupation for the purpose of assessment. 2. Assist with the development of occupationally based intervention plans and strategies, including goals and methods to achieve them, based on the stated needs of the client as well as data gathered during the evaluation process. 3. Display competency and safety in providing training in techniques to enhance mobility and function, including physical transfers, dressing, and therapeutic exercises. 4. Explain the need for and demonstrate the proper use of compensatory strategies when desired life tasks cannot be performed and identify community resources in order to facilitate discharge planning, incorporating the needs of the client and significant others involved. 5. Display proficiency in documentation appropriate to each treatment area to meet standards for reimbursement of services. 6. Demonstrate the ability to educate the client, caregiver, family and significant others to facilitate skills in areas of occupation, prevention, health maintenance, and safety.
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2.00 Credits
3 hours lecture per week for 10 weeks Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 249 may not be audited. OTA 249 may not be taken credit/no credit. OTA 249 reinforces those concepts and principles regarding professionalism for the occupational therapy assistant in the delivery of services. Advocacy for the consumer and the profession will be explored and applied through knowledge of the legislative process, professional organizations and social conditions impacting service delivery. Basic tenets of professional behavior, values, and ethics will be discussed. Case studies will be reviewed to reinforce the occupational therapy process and clinical reasoning skills in preparation for Fieldwork II and the national certification exam. Upon successful completion of OTA 249, the student should be able to: 1. Identify the systems and structures that create federal and state legislation and regulation and their implications and effects on practice, including knowledge of national requirements for credentialing, licensure, certification or registration under state laws. 2. Articulate the influence of social, economic, political, geographic or demographic factors and the ethical context in which humans choose and engage in occupations, on the practice of Occupational Therapy. 1 3. Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the AOTA Code of Ethics (including the informal and formal ethical dispute resolution systems), Core Values and Attitudes of Occupational Therapy Practice and AOTA Standards of Practice, as a guide for professional interactions, client interventions and employment settings. 4. Distinguish between the roles and supervisory levels of the OTR, COTA and non-professional personnel to ensure effective, competency-based, legal and ethical supervision, and professional relationships. 5. Use professional literature to make evidence-based decisions in collaboration with the occupational therapist that are supported by research. 6. Explain and give examples of how the role of the professional is enhanced by knowledge of and involvement in international, national, state and local Occupational Therapy Associations and related professional associations.
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1.00 Credits
4.5 hrs lab per week for 10weeks Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 249L may not be audited. OTA 249L may not be taken credit/no credit. OTA 249L focuses on those methods and techniques necessary to develop professionalism. Students will advocate for the profession through participation in the legislation process and by addressing local or global health issues. Professional development strategies for national certification exam and employment will be demonstrated. Clinical observation and reasoning skills will be applied through participation in real life treatment scenarios in OT practice settings. Upon successful completion of OTA 249L, the student should be able to: 1. Articulate to consumers, regulatory boards, policy makers, other audiences and the general public both the unique nature of occupation as viewed by the profession and the value of occupation to support participation in context(s) for the client. 2. Demonstrate knowledge of local and global social issues, including prevailing health and welfare needs and identify the role and responsibility of the practitioner to address changes in service-delivery policies to effect changes in the system. 3. Identify strategies for ongoing professional development, including demonstrating personal and professional abilities and competencies as they relate to job responsibilities, to ensure that practice is consistent with current and accepted standards. 4. Demonstrate professional advocacy by participating in Occupational Therapy or community organizations and/or agencies promoting the profession. 5. Identify how various practice settings affect the deliver of Occupational Therapy services to clients. 6. Facilitate discharge planning by identifying the needs of the client, caregiver, family and significant others; resources; and discharge environment, including community, human and fiscal resources, recommendations for environmental adaptations and home programming.
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6.00 Credits
40 hours practicum per week for 8 weeks Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 270 may not be audited. OTA 270 may not be taken credit/no credit. Weekly practicum hours may vary to accommodate students, faculty, and health professionals. Students 2 will be required to purchase and wear a specified uniform according to the requirements of the fieldwork setting. A KCC student patch and nametag may also be required. OTA 270 is work experience in one area of occupational therapy practice under the supervision of a registered occupational therapist (OTR) or a certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA). Students will be involved in phases of the occupational therapy process and follow the operating procedures of the affiliation site. Students will develop clinical reasoning skills, ethical practice, professionalism, and entry-level competency. Upon successful completion of OTA 270, the student should be able to: 1. Gather and share data for the purpose of screening and evaluation, utilizing specified screening tools; assessments; skilled observations; checklists; histories; consultations with other professionals; and interviews with client, family, and significant others. 2. Assist with the development culturally relevant occupation-based intervention plans and strategies based on current occupational therapy practice, the stated needs of the client and data gathered during the evaluation process. 3. Select and apply direct occupational therapy interventions and procedures to enhance safety, wellness and performance in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), education, work play, leisure and social participation. 4. Collaborate with occupational therapists on therapeutic interventions, recognizing and communicating the need to refer to specialists for consultation and intervention. 5. Document occupational therapy services to ensure accountability of service provision to meet standards for reimbursement of services and effectively communicate the need and rationale for services. 6. Monitor and reassess the effect of occupational therapy and the need for continued or modified intervention in collaboration with the client, caregiver, family, significant others.
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6.00 Credits
40 hours practicum per week for 8 weeks Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 271 may not be audited. OTA 271 may not be taken credit/no credit. Weekly practicum hours may vary to accommodate students, faculty, and health professionals. Students will be required to purchase and wear a specified uniform according to the requirements of the fieldwork setting. A KCC student patch and nametag may also be required. OTA 271 is the final course in the Occupational Therapy Assistant curriculum. Students work in an occupational therapy setting under the supervision of a registered occupational therapist (OTR) or a certified occupational therapy assistant (COTA) providing OT services to a client population different from that experienced in OTA 270. Students become involved in phases of the occupational therapy process under the operating procedures of the affiliation site to achieve entry-level competency. Upon satisfactory completion of this course, the student is eligible to sit for the national certification exam given by the National Board of Certification for Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). Upon successful completion of OTA 271, the student should be able to: 1. Gather and share data for the purpose of evaluating client(s)' occupational performance in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), education, work, play, leisure, and social participation, articulating the role of the occupational therapist and assistant in this process. 3 2. Assist with the development culturally relevant occupation-based intervention plans and strategies based on current occupational therapy practice, the stated needs of the client and data gathered during the evaluation process. 3. Collaborate with occupational therapists on therapeutic interventions, and under their direction, demonstrate the consultative process with specific consumers and consumer groups. 4. Select and apply direct occupational therapy interventions and procedures to enhance safety, wellness and performance in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), education, work play, leisure and social participation. 5. Facilitate discharge planning by identifying the needs, resources and discharge environment of the client, caregiver, family and significant others, to the occupational therapist and others involved. 6. Document occupational therapy services to ensure accountability of service provision to meet standards for reimbursement of services and effectively communicate the need and rationale for services.
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