Our OT students experience active learning, while enabling people to engage in the life activities that are important to them, within their own environments.
This manifests in numerous ways, including:
The University of Minnesota’s Occupational Therapy program has led the OT profession nationally and internationally since it was first accredited in 1946.
Our lengthy history delivering curriculum in a hybrid learning format – both in-class and online – has contributed to outstanding academic outcomes, and a seamless transition to off-site learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The OT program’s graduation rate is close to 100 percent, and employers in a variety of settings are actively seeking to hire our graduates to improve the life skills of the people they serve.
Neurorehabilitative approaches are intervention strategies that promote occupational performance and participation with individuals who have neurological injury or neurological development that is altered and impacts day-to-day activities.
COURSE WILL REOPEN IN SPRING 2024 WITH NEWLY REVISED CONTENT!
Course Objectives:
This course is designed for occupational therapy practitioners who are interested in learning about the role of OT in professional practice with clients with age-related Neurocognitive Disorders (NCD). The course will begin with an overview of contemporary OT theory, trends in reimbursement and culture and diversity. Next is an overview of client-and family-centered care with this population and ethical considerations in practice.
This course was designed for occupational therapists interested in expanding their knowledge of the roles of OT in pediatric medical settings. Learners will review the occupational therapy process of referral, evaluation, documentation, intervention planning and discharge in a medical pediatric setting. Concepts of child and family centered care, reimbursement, and ethical considerations in practice will also be addressed.
COURSE WILL REOPEN IN SPRING 2024 WITH NEWLY REVISED CONTENT!
Course Objectives:
This course is designed for occupational therapists interested in expanding their knowledge about the role of OT in school-based settings. It provides information about current legislation affecting practice including IDEA and the evolution of NCLB (No Child Left Behind) to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The course includes information about best practice including the updated OT Practice Framework 3rd Edition and practice strategies with children with autism, learning disability, and behavioral disorders.
Feeling frustrated with your patients/clients? Feeling frustrated with yourself? Reconnect with the basics of therapeutic use of self by exploring the psychosocial aspects of practice that influence the experience of both therapists and patients/clients. Concepts of mental and physical health, wellness, resilience and interpersonal style and approaches are emphasized to demonstrate how mind and body are inextricably connected to occupational engagement in anyone.
COURSE WILL REOPEN IN SPRING 2024 WITH NEWLY REVISED CONTENT!
Review entry-level knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate and design interventions for remediation of upper extremity strength deficits. Topics include strength evaluation and manual muscle testing; evaluation of grip and pinch strength; and interventions to remediate muscle weakness.
COURSE WILL REOPEN IN SPRING 2024 WITH NEWLY REVISED CONTENT!
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