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UCA Occupational Therapy Department presents ACTS program
Acting Creates Therapeutic Success (ACTS) will perform “These are the ACTS of Our Lives” Nov. 17 at 7p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall. Admission is free.
Acting Creates Therapeutic Success (ACTS) is a community-based program created by occupational therapists from the Department of Occupational Therapy at UCA designed to provide an opportunity for adults with developmental disabilities to participate in the performing arts with facilitation from occupational therapy students.
Every November, a captivating play is performed in Reynolds Performance Hall by Occupational Therapy students and performers.
The comedic play, “These are the ACTS of Our Lives” is based on day-time soap operas such as General Hospital, The Young and the Restless, As the World Turns, Days of Our Lives, etc. Using concepts and basic scenes from common soaps,
Occupational Therapy students and adults have created an entertaining, clever, and hilarious performance for all to enjoy.
Dr. Chad Lairamore, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, has been appointed by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy to the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) Task Force. This task force will be working on new content outlines for the NPTE. The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy develops and administers the NPTE for both physical therapists and physical therapist assistants in 53 jurisdictions – the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These high-stakes exams assess the basic entry-level competence for first time licensure or registration as a PT or PTA within the 53 jurisdictions.