Introduction to Occupational Therapy Assistant – Pediatrics
This curriculum is designed to academically prepare students to apply for the restricted admissions AAS Occupational Therapy Assistant program and to gain a job ready skill in health professions. Competencies include child health and nutrition, growth and development, behavioral support strategies, and teaching art, music, and movement. Students should be aware that completion of this program does not guarantee admission into the AAS Occupational Therapy Assistant program.
Employment opportunities include positions in childcare centers, Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms, family day care homes, preschool programs, centers for children with special needs, residential childcare facilities, and industry associated centers.
COST OF ATTENDANCE
The cost of attendance is an estimate of the costs a student may have while at Virginia Western.
ADVISING
healthprofessions@virginiawestern.edu
Fralin Center HP339
New Students: Chapman Hall
540-857-6644
Fax: 540-857-6640
Mailing address:
School of Health Professions
3091 Colonial Ave., SW
Roanoke, VA 24015
PROGRAM HEAD
Leah Savelyev, DHSc, OTR/L, OTA/L
Administrative Officer, Occupational Therapy Assistant
Certificate – Early Childhood Education, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 1996
A.A.S. – Occupational Therapy Assistant, College of Health Sciences, 2002
B.A. – Psychology, Mary Baldwin University, 2012
M.O.T. – Occupational Therapy, Cabarrus College of Health Sciences, 2016
D.H.S.C. – Doctor of Health Sciences, Radford University Carilion, 2022
SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Martha Sullivan, Dean