Elizabeth Zepeda OTD, OTR/L (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy

UCEDD
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Elizabeth Zepeda received her Master’s degree and Doctorate of Occupational Therapy degree at the University of Southern California. Her clinical residency was completed at the USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), where she provided field-based occupational therapy services to children, adolescents, and young adults served within the Child and Transitional-Age Youth (TAY) Full-Service Partnership (FSP) Program. The UCEDD’s Child and TAY FSP program is an intensive, community-based mental health program dedicated to supporting children, adolescents, young adults, and families with high mental health and daily living support needs utilizing a client-centered, strengths-based, and culturally-humble approach to care.

As a clinical faculty member at the UCEDD, Dr. Zepeda is passionate about working with and bridging service gaps for vulnerable communities to ensure that all children, youth, and their families are provided with the services, resources, and supports that they need to learn, grow, and succeed.

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ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully 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) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status 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. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.