OTA 106 - Core Skills and Modalities in Occupational Therapy Assistant

3 Credit Hours

This course explores the treatment continuum beginning with the onset of injury or disability and ending with the restoration of the client to maximal independence. The treatment continuum includes preparatory and adjunctive techniques, enabling and simulation activities, and purposeful tasks performed routinely during occupational roles. Students develop clinical skills for assessment and treatment techniques related to sensory, motor, psychosocial, vision deficits, and perceptual dysfunction. Topics include: assessment of pain, modalities, transfer techniques, wheelchair assessment and modifications, adaptive dressing techniques, splinting, hand injury assessment, adaptive equipment training, and exercise protocols.

Prerequisites: Admission to OTA Program. See OTA Program Pathway for coursework requirements.