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The National OTA Certification Exam Review & Study Guide
The best-selling National OTA Certification Exam Review & Study Guide is here. Up-to-date for the COTA® exam with a comprehensive academic content review and our advanced AI Learning Assistant, it provides complete online practice exams, personalized feedback, and insightful Score Reports to guide your studying.
Completely up-to-date for the COTA® exam — 5th Edition.
TherapyEd’s National OTA Certification Exam Review & Study Guide by Rita P. Fleming-Castaldy combines the AI Learning Assistant, comprehensive and easily understood content review, and three complete online practice exams — in full color and fully updated for the new exam.
- AI Learning Assistant for deeper, individualized studying
- 600 questions across 3 complete online practice exams
- Extensive rationales — understand how to get the right answer
- Personalized study feedback & insightful Score Reports
- Studying & test-taking strategies, exam hints & cautions
- Up-to-date information about the certification process
- Access to the TherapyEd Learning Portal
Why It’s the #1 Guide
The best-selling Study Guide for the COTA® exam — for a reason.
A Full academic Review
The Review & Study Guide
- Complete online practice exams — rigorous questions to fully prepare you for the COTA® exam
- In-depth explanations of answers for both correct and incorrect choices
- New AI Online Learning Assistant for unmatched depth in reviewing and understanding all questions
Practice before taking your exam
Complete Practice Exams
- The Guide with 3 complete online practice exams — designed to mirror the real COTA® exam
- Rigorous exam-level questions to make sure you are fully prepared
- In-depth analysis of individual strengths and weaknesses to better guide studying
Better understanding with AI
New AI Online Learning Assistant
Use TherapyEd’s revolutionary new AI Online Learning Assistant to better prepare for the COTA® exam.
- Go into depth on all practice exam questions
- Interact and ask questions to better understand each item
- Review pre-set questions or ask your own to cover every area of the exam
Complete Content Review
Everything the COTA® exam covers – in one guide.
The Guide’s content review is organized into chapters aligned with the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework — covering every practice area the COTA® exam tests, in a clear outline format with full-color graphics, tables and figures.
- The Process of Occupational Therapy
- Human Development and Aging
- Professional Responsibilities and Service Management
- Musculoskeletal System Disorders
- Neurological System Disorders
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary System Disorders
- Gastrointestinal, Renal-Genitourinary, Endocrine, Immunological and Integumentary System Disorders
- Neurological and Cognitive-Perceptual Approaches: Evaluation and Intervention
- Biomechanical Approaches: Evaluation and Intervention
- Psychosocial Approaches: Evaluation and Intervention
- Evaluation and Interventions for Occupational Performance Deficits
- Mastery of the Environment: Evaluation and Intervention
Meet the Authors
Written and revised by leaders in the profession.
The Review & Study Guide is written and revised by a team of distinguished occupational therapy educators and clinicians led by Rita P. Fleming-Castaldy. Click to read her full bio.
Rita P. Fleming-Castaldy
Rita P. Fleming-Castaldy
PhD, OTL, FAOTA
Dr. Fleming-Castaldy is an Instructor at TherapyEd, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Scranton. She is the Chairperson for the History Preservation Project of the Occupational Therapy Leaders and Legacies Society. Dr. Fleming-Castaldy previously served as Program Director at Dominican College and on the faculty at New York University. She received her Doctor of Philosophy, post-professional M.A., and undergraduate degrees in Occupational Therapy from New York University. In addition to the best-selling “National Occupational Therapist Certification Exam Review & Study Guide”, Dr. Fleming-Castaldy is the editor of several texts and the author of numerous journal articles. She has presented nationally and internationally on a diversity of professional issues. Dr. Fleming-Castaldy serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. Her areas of expertise include occupational therapy history, professional development and career mobility, mental health practice, community participation, and disability rights and advocacy. In 2002, she was honored by being named a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association, and in 2017 she was given the Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Occupational Therapy by the AOTA in appreciation for her extraordinary contributions to the advancement of occupational therapy.
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