Mission & Philosophy

Mission
The mission of the OTA Program at Lone Star College-Kingwood is to develop effective Occupational Therapy Assistant practitioners who have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to succeed in an ever changing heath care delivery system. The students in the program will be encouraged and supported in valuing and participating in their communities and in professional activities throughout their life. 

OTA Program Philosophy
The LSC-Kingwood Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Philosophy aligns with both the "Philosophical Base of the Profession" and "Philosophy of Occupational Therapy Education".

"Man is an active being whose development is influenced by the use of purposeful activity.  Using their capacity for intrinsic motivation, human beings are able to influence their physical and mental health and their social and physical environment through purposeful activity. Human life includes a process of continuous adaptation.  Adaptation is a change in function that promotes survival and self-actualization.  Biological, psychological and environmental factors may interrupt the adaptation is impaired.  Purposeful activity facilitates the adaptive process."  ( AOTA, 1979)

 

"Occupational therapy education is grounded in the belief that humans are complex beings engaged in a dynamic process of interaction with the physical, social, temporal, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and virtual environments. Through active engagement within the internal and external environments, humans evolve, change, and adapt.  Occupational therapy educators advocate the use of occupation to facilitate health promoting growth, change, and/or adaptation with the goal of participation in meaningful occupation that supports survival, self-actualization, occupational balance, and quality of life." (AOTA 2007)

LSC-Kingwood Occupational Therapy Assistant program recognizes that there is a difference between activity, purposeful activity and occupation.  The program emphasizes the value of an individual's engagement in occupation as paramount to wellness. In order to promote health and wellness, we believe all aspects of human development must be examined and critically analyzed.

We believe that students learn and develop critical thinking by engaging in active participation. The intent of the program is to provide a seamless transition  between philosophy and practice. Modeling of professional behaviors are integrated throughout the curriculum.