佛里森学院

Occupational therapy is a client-centered health profession. Using a holistic approach, occupational therapists facilitate improved capability in their client and then adapt the task and environment, empowering the person to resume their meaningful occupations.

Occupational therapists work with clients of all ages from diverse cultures in a variety of treatment settings. Occupational therapy assistants work in collaboration with the occupational therapist to improve the health and well being of their client within an ever-changing environment. Our students learn that inter-professional collaboration with other healthcare professionals improves client care and how sociopolitical issues impact vulnerable populations as well as global health care systems.

Through hands-on practice, our students learn the latest treatment techniques and interventions in a state-of-the-art lab in order to incorporate evidence-based interventions into their practice. The occupational therapy assistant program is a community of faculty, staff, and students who are ethical, caring, and compassionate. We foster strong leaders who practice in a dynamic global healthcare climate and who are passionate about their beliefs and advocacy position in caring for clients, families, and communities.

Mission

The Felician University Occupational Therapy Assistant Program, within the framework of Catholic tradition and commitments to Franciscan values, strives to prepare a diverse student population with a customized education that provides the technical knowledge and professional skills required by current and emerging local, state, and national occupational therapy e program has established high educational standards to facilitate the development of the professions future leaders to provide collaborative, effective, client-centered, outcome-based occupational therapy services within the ever-changing environments and demands in healthcare.