OTA 203 Applied Experience I - B

Students participate in observations and guided practice opportunities for applying OT principles in traditional and nontraditional settings

Spring

Clinic

Gather and share data for screening and evaluation using tools such as assessments, observations, checklists, histories, professional consultations, and interviews with the client and others.
Develop skill and ability in observation, asking questions, effective interpersonal relationships, communication skills, and retrieving client information.
Cultivate professional responsibility in appropriate dress, appropriate behavior, confidentiality of information, and responsibility to client, facility/environment and self.
Develop understanding of the therapeutic environment, occupational therapy's role in the evaluation and treatment, ethical considerations, and the responsibilities of team members.
Cultivate therapeutic use of self, as identified by developing empathy, developing an appreciation of sociocultural, socioeconomic and diversity of others, and adjusting feelings and behavior for therapeutic gain.
Provide therapeutic use of self, including one’s personality, insights, perceptions, and judgments as part of the therapeutic process in both individual and group interaction