Mel Henderson

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Program Director/Instructor, Occupational Therapy Assistant

MS, OTR/L, MBA

Mel Henderson has been a registered occupational therapist for 24 years and has worked in a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and educational settings. He holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in occupational therapy and a master's degree in business administration. He has been the CWI OTA program director since 2019 and is leading the program through the rigorous accreditation process. Additionally, he serves as the Idaho Ambassador for the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, is a certified yoga instructor with emphasis in vinyasa and yoga nidra, and founded and is the executive director of The Pebble Project, a small non-profit organization that seeks to provide needed support to very poor and underserved school children in Third World countries.