Amy Solomon

Name and Contact

• Amy Solomon, OTD, MS, OTR/L

• Email: Asolomon55@comcast.net 

Training and Advanced Certifications

• Bachelor of Science, Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University

• Post-Professional Masters, Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University

• Doctorate, Occupational Therapy, Rocky Mountain University

Area(s) of Expertise

• OT and OTA Education and Program Accreditation

• Faculty Development

• Professional Development

• Clinical Background in Mental Health

Awards and Honors

• Dottie Davis Service Award, Occupational Therapy Association of Colorado

• Service Award, Accreditation Council of Occupational Therapy

Leadership Accomplishments

• Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education

• Roster of Accreditation Evaluators – Team Chair

• Occupational Therapy Association of Colorado – Professional Development Chair; Conference Chair

• Textbook Editor and Chapter Author; Contributing Author

• Academic Education Special Interest Session – New Educator Mentoring Program Mentor

• Northwest College Alumni Board of Directors – Secretary; President; Mentorship Program Chair

• Political advocate for licensure for OTAs in Colorado

Passions

• OT and OTA Education

• Faculty and Professional Development

• Curriculum Development

Narrative

My passion for education has been a career-long journey, beginning with clinical experience in mental health at Denver Health and Hospital Authority. In my first year of practice, I observed and learned the role of the fieldwork educator and supervisor. During this process, my mentor, also the department head, recognized my affinity for education and put me in charge of the fieldwork program. I participated in the Commission on Education, which at the time, had state-affiliated groups. Education became my passion. 

I then accepted a part-time position teaching mental health and administration at an occupational therapy assistant (OTA) program in Denver. During that time, a new OTA program was developing in Denver and I became the founding program director. I remained in that position until the program voluntarily closed. During that tenure, I joined the Roster of Accreditation Evaluators (RAE). 

I then returned to the clinic where I supervised fieldwork students and was invited to sit on the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE). My term with ACOTE finalized in 2014; I remained on the RAE. When I had the opportunity to return to education, I joined another developing program as the academic fieldwork coordinator, then moved into the program director position. I had the opportunity to supervise a doctoral student who focused her capstone on education. I also testified on the rigor of OTA education to the Colorado legislature in support of OTA licensure in Colorado. In retirement, I remain involved in the profession and support my love of OT/OTA education by a continued role on the RAE, as a mentor in the New Educator Mentorship Program (NEMP) of the Academic Education Special Interest Section (AESIS), as professional development chair of my state association, and as an advisory board member in my former program. 

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