Occupational Therapy & OT Assistants March 15, 2023 Download the

Occupational Therapy & OT Assistants March 15, 2023 Download the PowerPoint and access the recording: www.ncperkins.org/presentations

Career & Technical Education Team Bob Witchger Tony Reggi Patti Coultas Mary Olvera Anne Bacon Darice McDougald Lane Freeman Aaron Mabe

North Carolina Community College System Dr. Bob Witchger CTE Director, Team Perkins

North Carolina Community College System Dr. Tony Reggi CTE Associate Director,

North Carolina Community College System Dr. Mary Olvera CTE Coordinator and Program Administrator Public Service Technologies, Agriculture and Natural Resources Technologies, and Commercial Artistic Productions

North Carolina Community College System Dr. Lori Byrd Associate Director Academic Programs – Health Sciences

North Carolina Community College System Aaron Mabe Coordinator for Career and College Promise

North CarolinaCommunity Southwestern Community College System College Anna Walls Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Coordinator/Instructor

North CarolinaCommunity College Southwestern Community College System Jessica Koch OTA Student

North Carolina College Pitt Community Community College System Wendy Perrini Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Coordinator/Instructor

North CareerCarolina Pathways Community College System

North Carolina Occupational Therapy Assistant Community College System The Occupational Therapy Assistant curriculum prepares individuals to work under the supervision of a registered/licensed OT in screening, assessing, planning, and implementing treatment and documenting progress for clients receiving occupational therapy services. Course work includes human growth and development, conditions which interfere with activities of daily living, theory and process of occupational therapy, individual/group treatment activities, therapeutic use of self, activity analysis, and grading/adapting activities and environments. Graduates may be eligible to take the national certification examination for practice as a certified occupational therapy assistant. Employment opportunities include hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, long-term/extended care facilities, sheltered workshops, schools, home health programs, and community programs.

North OfferedCarolina at the following NC Community College System Community Colleges Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Cape Fear Community College Central Piedmont Community College Durham Technical Community College Pitt Community College Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Southwestern Community College

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