Professional Background Checks Policy

Professional Background Checks

Incoming students of the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program must acknowledge the mandatory federal and civilian background checks that are administered with acceptance into the program. Following notification of acceptance, but prior to the end of the first semester, students must submit documentation of these background checks. This process must be repeated during the second year for Ohio licensure.

Essential Functions

What are the essential functions?

Essential functions describe required skills and abilities for completion of the Occupational Therapy Assistant program and to work as a generalist occupational therapy assistant. This list is a summary of essential functions students are required to meet throughout program coursework and fieldwork experiences. Additional information can be found at http://online.onetcenter.org

Anne Pavlansky and William Bintz

Professor William Bintz, Ph.D., and one of his former students, Kent State alumna Anne Pavlansky, will receive the 2024 Dr. Cindy Bowman Presenter’s Award at the annual conference of the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA) at the upcoming OCTELA conference, March 1-2 at the Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio. "I am so pleased for and proud of Anne for receiving this award," said Bintz. "It speaks very highly of her as a first-year teacher and deservedly so." Bintz, who teaches in the School of Teaching, Learning, and C...

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