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  • 3.00 Credits

    The course addresses the biopsychosocial dimensions of human occupations in adolescence and young adulthood. Disruptions in occupation due to disability, disadvantage, and/or life circumstance are examined. Frames of reference which guide evaluation and intervention to support engagement in occupation and participation are presented. Community practicum experiences are integrated. Offered fall semester only.
  • 4.00 Credits

    The student learns to evaluate and intervene with adolescents and young adults who are experiencing disruptions in occupations. The student refines skills in gathering an occupational profile and administering standardized and non-standardized assessments to analyze occupational performance. Performance skills, performance patterns, contexts, activity demands and client factors are all considered and target outcomes are identified. Community practicum experiences are integrated. Offered fall semester only.
  • 0.00 Credits

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  • 3.00 Credits

    The student learns concepts of typical and atypical development with emphasis on infants, children, and young adolescents (birth through 12 years). OT process, frames of reference, and intervention planning are presented. Offered spring semester only.
  • 4.00 Credits

    The student learns to analyze occupational performance in infants, children, and young adolescents (birth through 12 years) in a family-based model. The student analyzes childhood occupations and the impact of performance skills, performance patterns, contexts, activity demands, and client factors by doing standardized and non-standardized assessments. Intervention skills and outcome criteria are practiced. The student refines documentation skills and relates community practicum experiences to content. Offered spring semester only.
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course looks at sensory processing disorders (SPD), which includes sensory modulation challenges, sensory discrimination challenges, and sensory-based motor challenges. Sensory modulation challenges include sensory defensiveness and sensory under-responsiveness. Discussion of sensory-based motor challenges includes dyspraxia (motor planning difficulties) and sensory discrimination challenges that form the basis for the Sensory Integration (SI) frame of reference (FOR). The course includes presentation of the development of theories that explain SPD and the SI FOR, and the evidenced base that supports the development and use of assessments and treatment strategies. While this course is mainly aimed at occupational therapy students, others who work with children or in mental health may attend with permission. Offered spring semester only.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course explores theories and application of management activities, including personnel relations, supervision, administration, budgeting, planning, organizing and operating a department in a variety of health care settings. It also focuses on the complex mixture of separate subsystems which currently exist in the U.S. health care system. Its purpose is to examine the current issues and trends in health care and to prepare the student for future change in the delivery of therapy services within a wide range of health care and community systems based on an evidence-based approach. This course also provides the opportunity for the student to examine his/her responsibility as a change agent and explore the various avenues that create change. Offered spring semester only.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Provides a structured field-based setting for adolescents and young adults experiencing disruption in their occupations. Offered fall semester only.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Provides a structured field-based setting with children who are experiencing disruptions in their occupations. Offered spring semester only.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course introduces and engages students in the problem-based learning process. The focus is facilitation of critical thinking skills for occupational therapy practice. There is an emphasis on self-directed inquiry and learning facilitated by faculty. The student will participate in problem-based learning and critical thinking learning activities in a small group. In this self-directed inquiry process, the student will use case studies in mental health and physical functioning practice in a variety of practice settings and contexts to expand, apply and integrate learned concepts of occupational therapy practice, The outcome will be the development of critical thinking, solidification of knowledge and skills and utilization of evidence based practice. Offered fall semester only.
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