OTA Online Office Hours
Please join us for Online Office Hours on Tuesdays 7:00 – 8:00 pm ET.
For over 25 years TherapyEd has been the leader in helping prepare students for their OT and OTA Certification exams. We believe that expertise, experience, ethics, and giving back to the Occupational Therapy community matters. As part of our efforts to help every student succeed on the NBCOT® exams, we offer FREE Online Office Hours that are open to all exam candidates. These sessions are designed to help students, including those whose fieldwork and exam plans were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively prepare for fieldwork and the certification exam.
These FREE Online Office Hours include targeted content review which highlights foundational knowledge (e.g., TOP 5 “Must Know” points) in a specific area of practice according to the most current NBCOT® exam outlines for the OTR® and COTA® exams. An opened-ended Q & A session follows this review to give participants the opportunity to ask questions regarding effective exam preparation, test taking strategies, and the certification exam.
The content areas covered in coming weeks will be:
| August 1 | DSM-5 Diagnostic Review and Psychosocial Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| August 8 | The OT Process and Occupational Profile: Application to the Certification Exam |
| August 15 | Splints and Orthoses: Types & Functions |
| August 22 | Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| August 29 | Universal Design and ADA Accessibility Standards |
| September 5 | Prevocational, Vocational, and Work Programs: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| September 12 | Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems Disorders and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation |
| September 19 | Home Safety and Fall Prevention: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| September 26 | Occupation-Based Models of Practice: Application to the Certification Exam |
| October 3 | Fine Motor Skills, Grasp and Release Developmental Milestones |
| October 10 | Reflexes and First Year Sensorimotor Developmental Milestones |
| October 17 | Neurocognitive Disorders & Allen’s Cognitive Disabilities Model: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| October 24 | Developmental and Therapeutic Intervention Groups |
| October 31 | Happy Halloween! No Online Office Hours this week. |
| November 7 | Medical, Community, and School-based Practice Settings: OT Practice Considerations |
| November 14 | Adaptation to Aging, Low Vision: Evaluation and Intervention |
| November 21 | Oral Motor Dysfunction, and Swallowing Disorders: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| November 28 | Autism Spectrum and Sensory Processing Disorders: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| December 5 | Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistant: Collaboration, Role Delineation, and Supervisory Guidelines |
| December 12 | Risk Management: Universal and Transmission-based Precautions, Emergency Response |
| December 19 | Fractures: Precautions, Complications and OT Intervention |
| January 9 | The Application of Mindfulness to Certification Exam Preparation |
| January 16 | Preparatory Interventions: Therapeutic Exercise and Physical Agent Modalities (PAMs) |
| January 23 | Diabetes, Renal Disease, and Related Conditions: OT Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| January 30 | Wheelchair Prescription, Mobility Training, and Mobility Aids |
| February 6 | Wounds & Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Evaluation, Management, & Health Literacy |
| February 13 | DSM-5 Diagnostic Review and Psychosocial Evaluation and Intervention Approaches |
| February 20 | The US Health Care System: Ethical, Legal, & Reimbursement Considerations |
All you need to start is to sign-in with your email address. This will take you to the live Online Office Hours where you can focus on your exam preparation questions with our experienced instructors. Be sure that your camera and microphone are activated when you enter the office hours. That will help to ensure that the instructor will be able to address your questions efficiently and effectively.
We hope you join us each Tuesday to take advantage of the opportunity to learn about specific exam content areas from an experienced educator, acquire accurate and current information about the NBCOT® exam, and obtain personalized help. There is no charge for our Online Office Hours–it comes as a benefit of preparing with TherapyEd.