Skills for Living 2: Work

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This course focuses on the role of work/productive activities across the life span and in occupational therapy. Content includes vocational and functional capacity evaluation, work related assessment tools, work programs for clients with injury, developmental disabilities, cognitive deficits and mental health concerns. The influence of unique client characteristics, the environment, culture, social, economic and political factors impacting work and work programs will be considered throughout the semester. Students will be introduced to ergonomics, cumulative work injury and work hardening. Skill in activity analysis will be expanded through a job analysis, analysis of work related behaviors and skills, tool analysis, and an ergonomic seating evaluation. Lab activities link theory to clinical application.