Welcome to OOTA’s home for Microcredentials
Responsive Occupational Therapy Practices
This micro-credential equips occupational therapy practitioners with practical knowledge and reflective skills to deliver equitable, responsive, and meaningful care across Ohio communities.
This micro-credential combines foundational learning with population-specific exploration to support inclusive occupational therapy practice. Each module features a 45–60 minute video presentation delivered by occupational therapy practitioners from Ohio and across the United States.
Core courses provide foundational knowledge that can be used as a guiding framework, while elective courses dive deeper into specific populations and contexts.
Throughout each course, participants will reflect on and address personal biases and systemic inequities, examine disparities affecting occupational engagement, and integrate strategies throughout the occupational therapy process, ensuring care is client-centered, respectful, and impactful.
Core Courses
- Cultural Responsiveness
- Ethics & Social Responsibility
- Trauma Informed Care
- Evidenced-Based Practice
Electives
- Rural Health
- Race & Ethnicity
- Disability & Neurodiversity
- Culture & Religion
- Gender & Sexuality
- Affirmative Practice
Microcredential programming participants will have 90 days from the date of enrollment to complete their coursework and attain their certificate.
Core Courses
Microcredentials: Cultural Responsiveness
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This course focuses on building self-awareness and culturally responsive practice in occupational therapy. Participants will explore the concept of cultural humility, examine their own identities and biases, and reflect on how these factors shape therapeutic relationships and clinical decision-making. Emphasis is placed on adapting assessments, interventions, and goals to ensure alignment with an individual’s cultural context. Participants will also develop a personalized plan for ongoing reflection and professional growth.
Microcredentials: Evidence Based Practice in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This course focuses on using data, research, and inclusive frameworks to address health disparities and inequities in occupational therapy. Participants will examine demographic trends and social determinants of health, integrate DEI-informed evidence into practice, and develop a practical plan for applying inclusive, evidence-based approaches to improve equitable client outcomes.
Microcredentials: Trauma Informed Care in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This course introduces trauma-informed approaches in occupational therapy, emphasizing the impact of trauma, systemic inequities, and intersecting identities on occupational participation. Participants will learn to identify institutional practices that may unintentionally cause harm and apply trauma-informed strategies throughout the OT process. The course highlights the importance of prioritizing safety, choice, collaboration, and meaningful participation in client-centered care.
Elective Courses
Microcredentials: Disability and Neurodiversity Affirming Care
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This elective centers disability justice and neurodiversity-affirming practice in occupational therapy. Participants will examine the impact of ableism and exclusionary systems, apply strengths-based and affirming frameworks, and critically evaluate policies and practices. The course emphasizes identifying opportunities to create more accessible, inclusive, and empowering care for disabled and neurodivergent clients.
Microcredentials: Affirmative Practices in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This elective emphasizes 2SLGBTQIA+ affirmative, strengths-based occupational therapy that validates and celebrates clients’ sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Participants will learn to integrate client-identified priorities into treatment planning and address the impact of heteronormativity, stigma, and discrimination. The course focuses on developing interventions and advocacy strategies that promote safety, inclusion, empowerment, and equitable access within healthcare and community settings.
Microcredentials: Gender & Sexuality in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This elective focuses on inclusive and gender-affirming occupational therapy practice for 2SLGBTQIA+ clients. Participants will examine systemic barriers, bias, and assessment practices that impact care delivery and client participation. The course emphasizes the use of inclusive language and affirming approaches, and supports the development of actionable strategies for advocacy and ongoing professional growth to promote equity, access, and meaningful participation.
Microcredentials: Culture & Religion in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This elective explores how cultural and religious beliefs shape clients’ occupational roles, routines, and therapeutic needs. Participants will reflect on their own assumptions and learn how to adapt assessments and interventions in respectful, client-centered ways. The course emphasizes honoring cultural and religious values while supporting autonomy, engagement, and meaningful participation in occupational therapy practice.
Microcredentials: Race & Ethnicity in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This course explores the impact of racism, structural inequities, and racial trauma on occupational engagement and health outcomes. Participants will examine both personal and systemic biases, apply racially informed frameworks, and develop culturally responsive interventions. The course emphasizes strategies that promote trust, equity, and meaningful participation for racially minoritized clients within occupational therapy practice.
Microcredentials: Rural Health in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This course explores occupational therapy practice in rural settings, with an emphasis on how geography, labor patterns, and historical factors shape access to services and participation in meaningful occupations. Participants will reflect on their own professional roles and identities when working within rural communities and develop culturally responsive, client-centered approaches. The course also focuses on designing sustainable interventions and building interdisciplinary resource networks that align with rural values, needs, and lived realities.
Microcredentials: Disability and Neurodiversity Affirming Care
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This elective centers disability justice and neurodiversity-affirming practice in occupational therapy. Participants will examine the impact of ableism and exclusionary systems, apply strengths-based and affirming frameworks, and critically evaluate policies and practices. The course emphasizes identifying opportunities to create more accessible, inclusive, and empowering care for disabled and neurodivergent clients.
Microcredentials: Affirmative Practices in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This elective emphasizes 2SLGBTQIA+ affirmative, strengths-based occupational therapy that validates and celebrates clients’ sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Participants will learn to integrate client-identified priorities into treatment planning and address the impact of heteronormativity, stigma, and discrimination. The course focuses on developing interventions and advocacy strategies that promote safety, inclusion, empowerment, and equitable access within healthcare and community settings.
Microcredentials: Gender & Sexuality in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This elective focuses on inclusive and gender-affirming occupational therapy practice for 2SLGBTQIA+ clients. Participants will examine systemic barriers, bias, and assessment practices that impact care delivery and client participation. The course emphasizes the use of inclusive language and affirming approaches, and supports the development of actionable strategies for advocacy and ongoing professional growth to promote equity, access, and meaningful participation.
Microcredentials: Culture & Religion in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This elective explores how cultural and religious beliefs shape clients’ occupational roles, routines, and therapeutic needs. Participants will reflect on their own assumptions and learn how to adapt assessments and interventions in respectful, client-centered ways. The course emphasizes honoring cultural and religious values while supporting autonomy, engagement, and meaningful participation in occupational therapy practice.
Microcredentials: Race & Ethnicity in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This course explores the impact of racism, structural inequities, and racial trauma on occupational engagement and health outcomes. Participants will examine both personal and systemic biases, apply racially informed frameworks, and develop culturally responsive interventions. The course emphasizes strategies that promote trust, equity, and meaningful participation for racially minoritized clients within occupational therapy practice.
Microcredentials: Rural Health in Occupational Therapy
MICROCREDENTIAL 1.0 Contact Hour | This course explores occupational therapy practice in rural settings, with an emphasis on how geography, labor patterns, and historical factors shape access to services and participation in meaningful occupations. Participants will reflect on their own professional roles and identities when working within rural communities and develop culturally responsive, client-centered approaches. The course also focuses on designing sustainable interventions and building interdisciplinary resource networks that align with rural values, needs, and lived realities.

