These MOT students at USM/L-A recently conducted an "AVON for AWAP" fundraising
event: First row: Kirsten Coulter, AWAP Court Advocate Rijah
Newell, Jill Welch, Andrea Millhouse, and Catherine Lewis. Second row:
Susan
Lake Windley, Lesli Chambers, Heidi Begin, Stacie Drapeau,
Trisha Turgeon, Erin Adams Rowan, and Sheila Raymond. Third Row: Katie
Jewett, Elizabeth
Hall, and Erin Noyes.
November 2004
In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October,
the Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) at USM/L-A
has raised $600.00 for the Abused Women’s Advocacy
Project (AWAP) by selling Avon products. SOTA called the
fundraiser “AVON for AWAP.”
Occupational therapists have a professional responsibility
to identify domestic violence and address related issues
within their scope of practice. SOTA members hope that "AVON
for AWAP" helped to raise awareness of domestic violence
issues. SOTA is also committed to engaging in community based
activities and fund-raisers. The association has supported
AWAP in the
past with Thanksgiving food drives and “Dollars
for Diapers” fundraising efforts.
The Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) program at USM-LA,
fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational
Therapy (ACOTE), of the American Occupational Therapy Association
(AOTA), is an entry-level graduate program that can be completed
in two years on a full-time basis. Ninety-eight percent of
the graduates of this program (over the last five years)
have passed the National Certification Exam, compared to
a national
average of 84%.
Applications for 2005 fall admission to the MOT program
are being accepted. Candidates must have completed a bachelor's
degree (in any discipline) at a regionally accredited college
or university. For students who have not yet attended college,
the MOT "Jump Start" program is an option. This
program enables students to complete their undergraduate
and MOT graduate education at USM-LA in five years. Anyone
interested in learning more about and/or pursuing a career
in occupational therapy is encouraged to call Luisa Scott
at 753-6523.
