Become an Occupational Therapy Assistant

Applications will reopen August 15, 2024.

The application window is August 15 - October 15 annually.
Please note: You must have a student ID and logged in to MyPortal to access the application.
Learn more about the application and selection process.

An Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) is a practitioner that works to help individuals to increase independence with activities of daily living. OTA’s work to facilitate problem-solving, strength, and coordination in the process of recovery from illness, injury, or disability to help individuals develop skills they don’t have or to recover skills that have been lost.

Occupational Therapy Assistants implement treatment plans and design interventions to address patient and client goals.

The Clovis Community College OTA program is focused on providing a quality educational program that values the uniqueness of all human beings and produces competent, professional entry-level occupational therapy assistants to serve the diverse populations and settings within Fresno/Clovis, the central San Joaquin Valley, the state of California and the nation.

It is also the charge of the OTA Program to encourage students to be stellar professionals and life-long learners.

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Our Mission

Creating Occupational Independence – One practitioner at a time

Interested in a career in Occupational Therapy?

We recommend attending an information session to answer your questions and guide students for success. The program has extensive prerequisites, several requirements, and a detailed application process.

Interested Students are invited and encouraged to attend an information session.

Information Sessions We recommend attending an information session to answer your questions and guide students for success. The program has extensive prerequisites, several requirements, and a detailed application process.

Watch Program Info Session Video Series:

  1. Part 1 - Introduction/Program Overview, 13 min.
  2. Part 2 - Pre-requisites/Additional Requirements, 22 min.
  3. Part 3 - Application Process and Selection Process Overview, 13 min.
  4. Part 4 - Next Steps, 33 min.

 The Clovis Community College associate-degree-level occupational therapy assistant (OTA) program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), located at 6116 Executive Boulevard, Suite 200, North Bethesda, MD 20852-4929. ACOTE’s telephone number c/o AOTA is (301) 652-AOTA and its web address is www.acoteonline.org. Graduates of the program will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapy assistant administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). After successful completion of this exam, the individual will be a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA). In addition, all states require licensure in order to practice; however, state licenses are usually based on the results of the NBCOT Certification Examination. Note that a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT certification examination or attain state licensure.

Students must complete 16 weeks of Level II fieldwork within 18 months following the completion of the didactic portion of the program

ACOTE (Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education