We attend the classes together for two years. We get to know each other very well. We become a big family and look out for each other. We enjoy kidding around with each other in our lab classes as we learn the many skills we will need in the practice of occupational therapy. Using their capacity for intrinsic motivation, human beings are able to influence their physical and mental health and their social and physical environment through purposeful activity.
Human life includes a process of continuous adaptation.
Adaptation is a change in function that promotes survival and self-actualization. Biological, psychological, and environmental factors may interrupt the adaptation process at any time throughout the life cycle. Dysfunction may occur when adaptation is impaired. Purposeful activity facilitates the adaptive process. The first class of the professional component in the Bachelor's degree program in Occupational Therapy began their course work in June of 1994.