3 FACULTY-FACILITATED, COMMUNITY-BASED LEVEL-I FIELDWORK PROGRAMS

Finding sufficient placements for students' Level I fieldwork experien ces has become a major challenge in occupational therapy education and has led to the increased involvement of faculty members in facilitati ng these experiences. The conceptualization, site selection, program i mplementation, and outcome of three faculty-facilitated Level I fieldw ork programs, designed for occupational therapy fieldwork students at Eastern Kentucky University, are presented here. The first program inv olved moving a faculty member and students to a small town in the moun tains of Eastern Kentucky for 4 weeks and assigning the students to pe diatric fieldwork at local agencies. The second, organized and develop ed by a faculty member and implemented by faculty members and students , provided an enrichment opportunity to adult consumers of psychosocia l services. The third, also organized and developed by one faculty mem ber and implemented by faculty members and students, provided day-care services to persons with Alzheimer's disease. In all three programs, persons receiving service as well as the agencies, students, and facul ty members benefited from the experience. The use of faculty role mode ls is recommended to demonstrate and reinforce the application of theo ry to practice.