Bianca Doherty OTD ’17

What brought you to occupational therapy?
The movie “The Holiday”. I really liked the way Kate Winslet’s character worked with the older gentleman that lived next door and how she helped him regain his strength and confidence to go to the Hollywood awards ceremony at the end. I thought to myself, I’d love to work at a job like that, where you can help get people back to their previous levels of functioning so they can do things that are important to them. And then I started Googling and found OT!

Where are you located for your residency and what services are provided there?
I completed my residency at the USC UCEDD, a paediatric mental health site. I provided both individual and group occupational therapy services, and was also involved in interdisciplinary services/programs such as the Incredible Years group program, feeding therapy, Floortime, Early Childhood Assessment Clinic, and the School Aged Clinic for medication management.

What did you hope to learn from this past year?
I wanted to develop a skillset in the specialised area of practice paediatric mental health, improve my knowledge and skills in the area of Sensory Integration, and develop my leadership skills in order to be an effective advocate for clients and families.

If your childhood had a smell, what would it be?
Freshcut grass, or rain. The two extremes of Ireland. 😊

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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.