OTA

Spring 2018 Dorea Lauer The FVTC Foundation made it possible for an OTA student to connect her passions with a great career.​ Dorea Lauer, an 18-year-old from New London, set her sights on a career as an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) after she volunteered at a summer camp for children with autism. “I really want to work with

Students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) program spent October 12 at “OT Day at the Capitol” in Madison.   The trip allowed students to advocate for their profession, services and consumers as part of an awareness-raising experience. More than 300 therapists and students from around the state attended the gathering to meet with legislators on a variety of

Spring 2010 Occupational Therapy Today A chance hospital encounter opened Lucy Vanden Heuvel’s eyes to a career possibility. FVTC’s OTA program helped open the door.Lucy Vanden Heuvel’s future career was decided upon when she was a senior in high school and her grandmother had knee surgery. Vanden Heuvel was at a nursing home when an