OTA 2330 - OT Int. and Tx: Adults
Credit hours: 3
Prerequisites: OTAP 1340, OTAP 1350, OTAP, 1360, OTAP 1370, OTA 1380, OTAP 1240, or by permission of instructor
Course Description:
A study of physical and mental health limitations and obstacles to occupational engagement for individuals and populations. Topics include common diagnoses and treatment environments, treatment for areas of occupation (ADL, IADL, rest and sleep, education, work, play, leisure, and social participation), considering performance skills, performance patterns, client factors and context will be reviewed. Students will be required to develop applications for enabling function and physical well-being.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- Select and provide safe, client centered, interventions and procedures (including preparatory, purposeful, and occupation based) pertinent to the needs of the client. These include prevention, remediation, compensation, and other methods across the scope of physical, sensory, cognitive, and mental health practice.
- Demonstrate therapeutic use of self, safety awareness and judgment, and use therapeutic adaptation with occupations pertinent to the needs of the client. Adapt the environment, tools, materials, and occupations to the needs of the client and their sociocultural context. Use safety precautions with the client during therapeutic intervention. Modify and grade intervention approaches to reflect the changing needs of clients.
- Provide fabrication, application, fitting, and training in orthotic devices used to promote occupational performance.
- Recognize the use of PAMs as a preparatory measure to improve occupational performance and articulate knowledge of safe and effective administration and precautions
- Demonstrate an understanding and ability to effectively educate and train the client, caregiver, family, and significant others to facilitate skills in areas of occupation as well as prevention, health maintenance, health promotion, and safety.
- Monitor, reassess, and communicate the effect of OT intervention, and determine in collaboration with the OT, client, family members, significant others, and other professionals the need for continued and/or modified intervention, referral, or discharge.
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