Occupational Based Therapeutic Groups

Catalog description

This course offers didactic and experiential components designed to prepare students to design and run occupation- based therapeutic groups, in all areas of occupational therapy practice. Students will learn to integrate knowledge of group process, group dynamics, and implementation of occupation-based approaches to therapy. Additionally, students will investigate and improve their capacity to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship with their clients. The course will include lectures and labs designed to teach students to use clinical reasoning and creative, critical thinking to assist clients.