USC at AOTA
Heading to the American Occupational Therapy Association's annual Inspire conference in Philadelphia? See this year's featured speakers, celebrate nine USC-affiliated award-winners and get the details for our Trojan Family Reception atUSC Chan at AOTA.
Occupational Science
USC Chan founded the firstoccupational science (OS)PhD program,Undergraduate Minor and academic department. OS content is woven throughout all of the academic curricula, studied in ourinterdisciplinary research programs and disseminated throughpublications and theUSC Occupational Science Symposium.
Lifestyle Redesign®
Lifestyle Redesign® is an intervention approach pioneered at USC Chan that continues to be taught in undergraduate, graduate, andcontinuing education courses, utilized by our occupational therapists at theUSC Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice and advanced through ourresearch studies.
Sensory Integration
Sensory integration theory, assessment and intervention were developed at USC Chan by Faculty Emeritus A. Jean Ayres PhD, OTR and continue to be taught today in our academic degree andcontinuing education programs and furthered through ourresearch studies.
Trojan Family
TheTrojan Family is USC’s lifelongworldwide network of esteemed alumni and USC Chan’s alumni total over 3,000 and hail from 48 of the 50 states and more than 60 different countries. Keep up with USC Chan by browsing the latest issue ofUSC Chan Magazine and joining theAlumni Association.
USC at AOTA
Heading to the American Occupational Therapy Association's annual Inspire conference in Philadelphia? See this year's featured speakers, celebrate nine USC-affiliated award-winners and get the details for our Trojan Family Reception atUSC Chan at AOTA.
Occupational Science
USC Chan founded the firstoccupational science (OS)PhD program,Undergraduate Minor and academic department. OS content is woven throughout all of the academic curricula, studied in ourinterdisciplinary research programs and disseminated throughpublications and theUSC Occupational Science Symposium.
Lifestyle Redesign®
Lifestyle Redesign® is an intervention approach pioneered at USC Chan that continues to be taught in undergraduate, graduate, andcontinuing education courses, utilized by our occupational therapists at theUSC Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice and advanced through ourresearch studies.
Sensory Integration
Sensory integration theory, assessment and intervention were developed at USC Chan by Faculty Emeritus A. Jean Ayres PhD, OTR and continue to be taught today in our academic degree andcontinuing education programs and furthered through ourresearch studies.
Trojan Family
TheTrojan Family is USC’s lifelongworldwide network of esteemed alumni and USC Chan’s alumni total over 3,000 and hail from 48 of the 50 states and more than 60 different countries. Keep up with USC Chan by browsing the latest issue ofUSC Chan Magazine and joining theAlumni Association.
USC Chan ranked No. 2 in U.S. News’ 2025 rankings ⟩
April 8, 2025
Ranking reflects USC’s high reputation among nationwide peers.
Nine faculty and alumni to receive AOTA, AOTF awards ⟩
March 20, 2025
Nine USC faculty members and alumni will receive annual awards presented by the American Occupational Therapy Association and American Occupational Therapy Foundation during the association's annual…
PhD candidate Franklin receives AOTF Kielhofner Award ⟩
February 7, 2025
$5,000 award will support qualitative and participatory approach to expand "belonging" theory in occupational therapy.
What Kind of OT Do You Want to Be? ⟩
April 9, 2025
byMason
Everyone goes to OT school for different reasons. Everyone has a unique and passionate dream for their future that drives them to work hard. I think one of my favorite parts about being a USC Chan…
March 25, 2025
byCara
Spring break just finished and I’ve returned to my regularly scheduled programming! Usually, I go back home, but since this is my senior year of college, I wanted to make the most of my remaining…
Summertime and the Livin’ is OT ⟩
During the past decade,USC’s Summer Occupational Therapy Immersion program has graduated more than 500 students, changing their lives and careers while building an internationally-connected Trojan family.
Golden Goals ⟩
After receiving a heart transplant at Keck Hospital of USC, former NCAA soccer playerCourtney Shoda is relearning how to play the game of life.
Join the Club: Faculty Member Joy Agner Mobilizing Knowledge about the Clubhouse Model to Support People with Mental Health Conditions ⟩
By partnering with a community organization, one USC Chan faculty member demonstrates how to engage a user base, develop a collaborative research agenda andput knowledge to work for the people who can most use it.
Can Sensory Adaptations Ease Children’s Dental Fears and Anxieties? ⟩
New $5.5 million NIH-funded study led byLeah Stein Duker extends research line begun in 2011.
Professor Sharon Cermak’s Retirement Caps Illustrious Career Spanning More than Five Decades ⟩
Celebrating the 55-year career of one of occupational therapy’smost prolific researchers studying developmental disorders in children.
View/download theFall 2024 issue (6.6MB)
Growing by Design ⟩
When designing the USC Peace Garden, landscape architectDaniela Velazco prioritized people and planting.
New Team Challenge Looking to Change the Game ⟩
The inauguralgamechanger team-based challenge finds new ways of moving academic knowledge into the real world to benefit people’s everyday lives and occupations.
Mitigating On-the-Job Stress ⟩
Shawn Roll leading interdisciplinary team on $1.1M National Science Foundation grant for managing and mitigating on-the-job stress using artificial intelligence.
International Study Shows Link Between Brain Age and Stroke Outcomes ⟩
A USC-led team of researchers find thatbrain age, a neuroimaging-based assessment of global brain health, may play a role in post-stroke outcomes and could potentially help identify people at risk for poorer outcomes.
View/download theFall 2023 / Winter 2024 issue (4.7MB)
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The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status by ACOTE®.View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA,www.acoteonline.org. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).
Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®),nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online atwww.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.