Occupational Therapy Process: Pediatric Part 2. 5 Credit Hours

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This course covers occupational therapy practices with children and adolescents with disabilities, their families, peers, and other significant persons. The students critique selected theoretical perspectives, models of practice, and frames of reference for occupational therapy, including occupation-based, task adaptation, skill acquisitional, sensory processing, behavioral, social skill, social emotional, and ecological views. They integrate these foundations into the occupational therapy processes and ensure cultural and socioeconomic relevancy; child-centered focus; and therapeutic-use of self. Students will demonstrate evidence-based decision making to guide assessment, intervention planning, outcome measure identification, intervention, monitoring progress/outcomes, and program termination. Occupational therapy processes are examined and developed to support participation in the home, school, and community contexts. This course contains 3 Lecture credit hours and 2 Lab credit hour.