Occupational Therapy Assistant

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I am thinking about going into occupational therapy assistant, upon graduation. I am looking at St. Catherine University in St Paul. I first heard about St. Catherine University on the internet. I typed in occupational therapy assistant schools on the internet, where I came across a website which listed every single school in the nation that has accredited occupational therapy assistant program. The list provided me with the name of the city, address, phone number and the email of the counselor, which I found out to be extremely helpful and useful.
There are number of reasons why I choose this school, the top most reason is because the program is accredited through Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American

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