09/19/2025
Our students enrolled in class OTD618: Occupational Therapy and Mental Health, are working on an interesting project this month:
Last week the students used the ACES (Adverse Childhood Experience Screen) on our chosen Case Study patient(former NFL player Aaron Hernandez). This included watching part 1 of a Netflix documentary and reading part of a Boston Globe Spotlight article on Hernandez's life prior to turning 18. This week students are taking their ACES scores and using the Person-Environment-Occupation model to imagine that Hernandez is a patient coming into their Mental Health Clinic after his arrest. Students in groups are tasked with designing a treatment plan for him that would address the adverse childhood experiences he had as well as finding positive coping mechanisms in order to afford him the best occupational performance within his preferred activities.
At RMC OTD, we are all about hands-on learning and applying knowledge both in and outside of the classroom. With an in-person, immersive learning model, our students graduate ready to enter their OT field of choice- as represented by our 100% Career Placement Rate!
