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The Occupational Therapy Assistant program at Amarillo College is a 24-month program consisting of both classroom instruction and clinical experience. The last semester is a full-time 40 hour per week practicum.
The program consists of up to twenty students who have met the application requirements, completed the application process, and have been chosen and accepted a position in the current class.
Graduates of the program will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the Occupational Therapy Assistant administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After passing this exam, you will be a certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA).
You will learn:
- occupational performance throughout the lifespan
- occupational performance for elders
- principles of occupational therapy
- human structure and function
- therapeutic use of occupations
- therapeutic interventions
- mental health in occupational therapy
- physical function
Occupational Therapy Assistant (A.A.S.)
