OT 151 - Orientation to Occupational Therapy

Credits: 1

This course provides students with a general overview of occupational therapy history, philosophy, and practice. Students gain a beginning understanding of the value of occupation or purposeful activity in daily life, survey the role of occupational therapy with various populations and in a variety of settings; recognize national and state credentialing requirements, identify occupational therapy association functions at all levels, and recognize AOTA standards, ethics, and policies and their effects on occupational therapy practitioner conduct and patient treatment. Term(s) Offered (F=Fall, Sp=Spring, Su=Summer): F, Sp.

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