Sonia Trejo OTD, OTR/L (she/her/ella)

Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy; appointed faculty at the Behavioral Health Institute, Community Behavioral Health program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

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Sonia Trejo is an associate professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy at the Community Behavioral Health program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention with a minor in Occupational Science, in addition to her Master of Arts and Doctorate of Occupational Therapy degrees, all from the University of Southern California. Her doctorate degree focused on the development of the Re.F.R.A.M.E. Mealtimes Model, a framework for holistically supporting children and families with feeding challenges.

Sonia’s experiences are centered around pediatrics in a variety of settings. Her passions include feeding assessment and intervention, interdisciplinary collaboration, and family-centered care. She also enjoys finding solutions to address the needs of families as well as program development. In her role at CHLA, she coordinates and provides feeding services and serves at the Feeding Clinic Coordinator for an interdisciplinary assessment clinic within a pediatric mental health setting. Additional interests include serving diverse and underserved populations and providing culturally relevant and sensitive care to clients and families. She also volunteers as part of the Southern California Community Council for Feeding Matters to expand the impact for and awareness of pediatric feeding and eating disorders. Her passion for supporting families experiencing feeding difficulties led to the creation of a toolkit for families, which won the “Best Design” award for the GameChanger Knowledge Mobilization Challenge.

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ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) 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 master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is in Accreditation–Inactive 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.

Professional program graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the 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.