OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROCESS:PEDIATRICS

Catalog description

This course focuses on the occupational therapy process as it relates to occupational performance in childhood through adolescence. Occupation-based models of practice and frames of reference will be explored to guide clinical reasoning for assessment and intervention services provided to children whose occupational performance is impacted by developmental, physical, cognitive, and psychosocial health-related conditions. Developmental theories and models of motor learning, sensory integration, and perceptual motor functioning will be examined. Screening, assessment, formulation of intervention plans, treatment implementation, discontinuation of services, and documentation will be emphasized. Students participate in level I fieldwork experience in a pediatric/adolescent setting as a part of this course.