The profession of Occupational Therapy focuses the
“Skills for the Job of Living.”

Welcome! to the CCBC Occupational Therapy Assistant program. This program has been in existence since 1988 and has maintained accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. Students enrolled in this curriculum of study learn to work with:

Individuals Toddlers School age children Teenagers Young adults Adults The elderly Groups of people

………………………with a variety of medical and psychosocial diagnoses.

Occupational therapy assistants under the supervision of the occupational therapist could provide treatment intervention in the following areas:

• Motor skills to enable someone to perform their self care/personal hygiene

• Fine motor/hand skills to perform all of the educational activities expected of a school age child or college student

• Skills to enable someone to live independently (e.g. cooking, cleaning, paying bills, shopping)

• Home modification to support someone “aging in place.”

• Provision of adaptive equipment/construction of splints to facilitate independence

…………………and the list goes on!

Graduates of the occupational therapy assistant program work in a variety of settings such as:

Hospitals	Community based health care centers	Nursing facilities
School systems	Inpatient/Outpatient mental health programs	Rehabilitation centers