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Expanded Horizons, Open Ambitions ⟩
February 27, 2025
by Mason
In occupational therapy school, students have the opportunity to take part in a plethora of fieldwork experiences, and students engage in both level 1 and level 2 fieldwork. Uniquely here at USC Chan,…
How I Learned To Effectively Communicate Boundaries as a Student & Future Clinician ⟩
February 24, 2025
by Jowy
Hey there! It’s Jowy Cenat. I want to talk about something that’s been a total game-changer for me lately: The power of saying no and communicating your needs effectively. If you’re like me,…
USC Chan Magazine
Summertime and the Livin’ is OT ⟩
During the past decade, USC’s Summer Occupational Therapy Immersion program has graduated more than 500 students, changing their lives and careers while building an internationally-connected Trojan family.
Golden Goals ⟩
After receiving a heart transplant at Keck Hospital of USC, former NCAA soccer player Courtney Shoda is relearning how to play the game of life.
Join the Club: Faculty Member Joy Agner Mobilizing Knowledge about the Clubhouse Model to Support People with Mental Health Conditions ⟩
By partnering with a community organization, one USC Chan faculty member demonstrates how to engage a user base, develop a collaborative research agenda and put knowledge to work for the people who can most use it.
Can Sensory Adaptations Ease Children’s Dental Fears and Anxieties? ⟩
New $5.5 million NIH-funded study led by Leah Stein Duker extends research line begun in 2011.
Professor Sharon Cermak’s Retirement Caps Illustrious Career Spanning More than Five Decades ⟩
Celebrating the 55-year career of one of occupational therapy’s most prolific researchers studying developmental disorders in children.
View/download the Fall 2024 issue (6.6MB)
Growing by Design ⟩
When designing the USC Peace Garden, landscape architect Daniela Velazco prioritized people and planting.
New Team Challenge Looking to Change the Game ⟩
The inaugural gamechanger team-based challenge finds new ways of moving academic knowledge into the real world to benefit people’s everyday lives and occupations.
Mitigating On-the-Job Stress ⟩
Shawn Roll leading interdisciplinary team on $1.1M National Science Foundation grant for managing and mitigating on-the-job stress using artificial intelligence.
International Study Shows Link Between Brain Age and Stroke Outcomes ⟩
A USC-led team of researchers find that brain age, a neuroimaging-based assessment of global brain health, may play a role in post-stroke outcomes and could potentially help identify people at risk for poorer outcomes.
Beyond the Spectrum ⟩
Rethinking autism research from the perspective of an autistic researcher.
View/download the Fall 2023 / Winter 2024 issue (4.7MB)
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The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is accredited by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.
Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for the national certification examination administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. All states require licensure to practice; a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT® OTR certification examination or attain state licensure. NBCOT® program data results are available at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.