Course

Objective:

Learning Outcomes:

• Define occupational roles and identify how to balance occupational roles for optimal health
• Define the components of the Occupational Therapy Framework: Domain and Process
• Define the roles of a registered occupational therapist and an occupational therapy assistant, including national and state requirements
• Describe courses of study and level of fieldwork and identify traits necessary to be a safe and effective therapist throughout various scopes of practice
• Identify the role of occupational therapy in psychosocial practice, physical disability practice, and pediatric/educational systems practice, and introduce models of occupational performance to carry-out interventions in these practices
• Describe diseases and disorders occupational therapists frequently treat, and introduce models and theories to guide interventions for these diseases and disorders
• Define/recognize OT Models (Occupational Performance, Model of Human Occupation, and Occupation Adaptation) and carry-out, explore and develop skills, based on the model, by participating in tasks
• Practice creating goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely (SMART goals)
• Define Occupational Therapy and describe the importance of occupation and the multiple roles of occupational therapists
• Describe the history and philosophical principles of occupational therapy
• Describe and demonstrate activity analysis through various tasks/activities
• Identify and define members and roles of the healthcare team that works closely with occupational therapy practitioners, and understand the different roles of each team member
• Recognize the occupational therapy process
• Referral, evaluation, treatment planning, treatment process, and discharge process, and apply the framework to this process
• Describe the different service deliveries within the field of occupational therapy, and analyze the documentation to support occupational therapy services for the purpose of reimbursement
• Demonstrate an understanding of the application of evidence-based practice based on the ability to comprehend a scholarly report
• Explain how to adapt and grade tasks/occupations and environments to meet client occupational and safety needs
• Review and complete learning style inventories and reflect personal learning styles to occupational therapy practice/process
• Demonstrate professional behaviors in classroom and laboratory settings

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