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THE HONORS PROGRAM AT ALVERNIA COLLEGE
Excellence, Interaction, Enthusiasm
Occupational Therapy Course Offerings
Occupations: The Rituals of Everyday Life
What would your life be like if you did absolutely nothing? How do we decide what we should do? How do we understand our occupations and activities? This course will emphasize the importance of work, play, and taking care of yourself as a way to be satisfied with your life.
Stigma: Living with Mental Illness
This course examines the experience of metal illness as it has changed from early history to modern times, including; the rise and fall of asylums; psychiatry and medicalization of behavioral problems advocacy, the consumer movements and community based treatment. The phenomena of stigma will be studied and as it effects the lives of people with metal illness, families, communities, providers of services, and heath care policy.
For More Information, Contact:
Dr. Victoria Williams, Director of the Honors Program
Francis Hall 406
Office Phone (610) 796-5511
Victoria.williams@alvernia.edu
Updated: October 12, 2006