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      PRE-ADMISSION INFORMATION

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      • Information Session Schedule
      • Essential Functions of the Profession
      • Program Mission and Goals

       

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      CONTACT INFORMATION

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      Program Coordinator

      Waxahachie Campus | (972) 923-5120
      Midlothian Campus | (972) 775-7284

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      Administrative Assistant
      Midlothian Campus | (972) 923-5121

       
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      Please use the form below to get more information about the programs at Navarro College. A member of our Recruiting staff will be in touch with you shortly. We hope to assist you in any way that we can.

      Essential Functions of the Profession


      In addition to educational and professional standards, Occupational Therapy Assistant students encounter physical, cognitive, communicative, and environmental factors in the classroom, internal and external labs, field trips, and fieldwork.

      The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) bans discrimination of persons with disabilities. In order to identify essential performance components, which may challenge the success of a student in becoming an Occupational Therapy Assistant including participation in the academic activities of the classroom and fieldwork education, the student needs to carefully review the essential functions. Although the performance requirements may vary depending on the specific area of practice, the most common physical, cognitive, and communicative, and environmental requirements are listed here.

      If a student is unable to perform a requirement as listed, the student should see the ADA coordinator to identify eligibility for accommodation(s) and the steps in obtaining accommodation(s). Eligibility for accommodation requires professional documentation.

       

      Physical Factors
      SPEECH
      Communicate/Clarity     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential
      HEARING
      Conversation     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential
      Telephone Sometimes (1-30%)        
      SIGHT
      Natural or Corrected     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential
      Depth Perception     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential
      Color Vision   Frequently (31-75%)   Daily Job Essential
      MOBILITY
      Lift, Push, or Pull 40 lbs.     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential
      Lift, Push, or Pull 75 lbs.   Frequently (31-75%)   Daily Job Essential
      Standing   Frequently (31-75%)   Daily Job Essential
      Move about facility     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential
      Bending   Frequently (31-75%)   Daily Job Essential
      Crawl, stoop, or crouch   Frequently (31-75%)   Daily Job Essential
      Kneeling   Frequently (31-75%)   Daily Job Essential
      Running Sometimes (1-30%)        
      Walking   Frequently (31-75%)   Daily Job Essential
      CLIMBING
      Stairs Sometimes (1-30%)       Job Essential
      Others Sometimes (1-30%)       Job Essential
      JOINT MOBILITY
      Neck     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential
      Arms/Hands     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential
      Trunk/Pelvis     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential
      Hips/Legs     Always (76-100%) Daily Job Essential

       

      Cognitive / Mental / Environmental Factors

      REASONING
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Deal with abstract and concrete variables, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Yes
      Interpret instructions furnished in oral, written diagrammatic or schedule form. Yes
      Deal with problems in standard situations Yes
      Carry out detailed, simple-to-complex written or oral instructions Yes
      MATHEMATICS
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Simple skills - add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers and fractions, calculate time, simple measurements, percentages, and norms Yes
      READING
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Complex skills - comprehend medical records, documents, evaluations, manuals, journals, instructions in use and maintenance of equipment, safety rules, and procedures Yes
      WRITING
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Complex skills - Patient documentation using behavior objectives, technical terminology, and functional outcomes for reimbursement Yes
      Simple skills - complete English sentences with correct medical terminology for medical records documentation Yes
      REPORTING
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Oral reports at team conferences, staffings, family conferences, and family/staff/caregiver education sessions Yes
      PERCEPTION
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Spatial - ability to evaluate and treat visual perceptual skills in the areas of visual discrimination, figure-ground, spatial relations, position in space/form consistency, visual memory and visual sequential memory Yes
      Form - ability to perceive pertinent details in objects, models, or in pictorial or graphic material, and visual sequential memory Yes
      CLERICAL
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Ability to perceive pertinent detail in verbal and tabular material; to observe differences in copy, to proof-read words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic Yes
      DATA
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Synthesizing Yes
      Coordinating Yes
      Analyzing Yes
      Copying Yes
      PERSONAL TRAITS
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Ability to comprehend and follow instructions Yes
      Ability to perform simple and repetitive tasks Yes
      Ability to maintain a direct care work load of average 6 hours/day Yes
      Ability to make generalizations, assessments, or decisions without immediate supervision Yes
      Ability to relate to other people, including diverse populations, beyond giving and receiving instructions Yes
      Ability to motivate people Yes
      Ability to perform complex and/or varied tasks Yes
      Ability to accept and carry out responsibility for direction, control, and planning Yes
      Ability to adapt approach to individual needs of clients Yes
      Ability to maintain poise and flexibility in stressful or changing conditions Yes
      Ability to conduct self in accordance with professional ethics Yes
      Manage time/rationale in efficient manner Yes
      WORK
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Work outdoors Yes
      Work indoors Yes
      Exposure to extreme hot or cold temperatures No
      Work at unprotected heights No
      Be around moving machinery Yes
      Exposure to marked changes in temperature/humidity No
      Exposure to dust, fumes, gases, odors, mists, or other irritants Yes
      Exposure to excessive noise No
      Exposure to solvents, grease, or oils Yes
      Using computer monitor No
      Working with explosives No
      Exposure to vibration No
      Exposure to flames or directed heat Yes
      Work around others Yes
      Work with others Yes
      Exposure to slippery or uneven surfaces Yes
      Work in confined spaces Yes
      TRAVEL
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      By car Yes
      By car in high traffic No
      By car for 6-hour days No
      SAFETY EQUIPMENT (REQUIRED TO WEAR)
      Job Essential: Yes/No
      Safety glasses Yes
      Face mask/face shield Yes
      Ear plugs No
      Hard hat No
      Protective clothing Yes
      Protective gloves Yes
      Exposure to blood and other body fluids, including potentially infective materials. Yes

       

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