Occupational Therapy Assistant Programs Online

Supervised by occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants provide rehabilitative treatments in a variety of settings, including hospitals, schools, nursing homes and community health centers. Employment of occupational therapy assistants is projected to increase by at least 30 percent, to 34,600, from 2008 until 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the American Occupational Therapy Association, five accredited occupational therapy assistant training programs in the United States deliver a significant portion of coursework through online distance learning.
  1. Santa Ana College

    • Santa Ana College offers a two-year associate of science degree. In addition to its on-campus program, an online and evening/weekend option is available. Lectures are delivered through online multimedia with laboratory coursework held on campus two evenings a week or on Saturdays. Coursework includes psychology, applied kinesiology, medical terminology, pathophysiology, physical and psychological function and dysfunction, the psychsociology of work and fieldwork training.

      Santa Ana College

      1530 West 17th Street

      Santa Ana, CA 92706

      714-564-6000

      sac.edu

    Darton College

    • Darton College offers an associate degree in occupational therapy assisting that is “partially online.” Most requirements are available through a variety of instructional technologies, including televised lectures and video streaming. Several courses, including hands-on fieldwork training, must be completed on campus, at another college or in a professional clinical setting. Coursework includes patient care, functional anatomy and kinesiology, physical occupational functions, assistive techniques, therapeutic media and treatment methods.

      Darton College

      2400 Gillionville Rd

      Albany, GA 31707

      229-317-6000

      darton.edu

    Baptist Health Schools Little Rock

    • The Baptist Health Schools Little Rock, in conjunction with Pulaski Technical College, offers an associate of applied science in which approximately half of all coursework is available in an online learning format. General education and prerequisite coursework in English, algebra, psychology, computer science, anatomy and physiology, sociology and communication is delivered through video lectures, online interactive discussions and online examinations. The distance learning portion is delivered by Pulaski Technical College while the on-campus requirements are taken at Baptist Health Schools Little Rock. These include medical terminology, disease processes, fundamentals of occupational therapy assisting and supervised fieldwork.

      Baptist Health Schools Little Rock

      11900 Colonel Glenn Road

      Little Rock, AR 72210-2820

      501-202-6200

      bhslr.edu

    Wallace State Community College

    • Wallace State Community College offers an associate of applied science degree in which approximately half of all coursework is available in an online learning format. In addition to general education coursework in the liberal arts and sciences, several major courses are available online. These include the fundamentals of occupational therapy, human development across the life span, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and first aid.

      Wallace State Community College

      801 Main Street NW

      Hanceville, AL 35077-2000

      256-352-8000

      wallacestate.edu

    Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College

    • Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College offers an occupational therapy assistant associate degree program both at its Ashland campus and through partial distance education at its New Richmond, Rice Lake and Superior locations. Distance coursework is delivered through a combination of interactive television lectures, print-based correspondence and online multimedia. Distance learning requirements include oral and written communication, anatomy and physiology, developmental psychology, general psychology, sociology and race, ethnic and diversity studies. Additional on-campus courses include medical and psychosocial conditions, activity analysis, the theory of occupational therapy, geriatric practice and physical rehabilitation.

      Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College

      1019 South Knowles Ave

      New Richmond, WI 54017

      715-246-6561

      witc.edu

      Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College

      1900 College Drive

      Rice Lake, WI 54868

      715-234-7082

      witc.edu

      Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College

      600 North 21st Street

      Superior, WI 54880

      715-394-6677

      witc.edu

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