OTA 206 Devel. Disabilities - Treatment and Applications
This course focuses on students learning about the functional implications of various pediatric diagnoses on areas of occupation: self-care, play, education, and social participation while considering sociocultural and ethical issues when working with children and adolescents and their families. These experiences promote essential critical thinking and clinical reasoning abilities in students as they learn to apply theoretical frames of reference in pediatric occupational therapy and develop assessment skills and intervention plans for children and adolescents with various diagnoses. Lab experiences will be part of the class, and allow students to practice specific occupational therapy assessment measures and intervention techniques for infants, children and adolescents.
Cross Listed Courses
n/a
Prerequisite
All first quarter OTA classes
Offered
Winter
Outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of common developmental disabilities and their potential impact on participation and performance in typical daily activities.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of normal and atypical human development throughout the life span (infants, children, adolescents, adults, and elderly persons).
- Articulate the importance of using statistics, tests, and measurements during the evaluation process, specifically for assessment of pediatric diagnoses, needs, and outcome measures
- Identify specific pediatric OT practice models and their intervention characteristics as necessary for organization and development of evidence-based intervention for pediatric clients.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework by applying the domain and process to the pediatric population
- Identify the role of an OTA when working in a variety of settings and with interprofessional personnel as part of the consultative process in school systems, outpatient clinics and transitional programs to identify occupational needs
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of AOTA’s Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice and use them as a guide for ethical decision making in professional interactions, client interventions and employment settings of early intervention, schools, outpatient clinics, inpatient.
- Design intervention strategies for remediation and/or compensation for functional deficits affecting occupational performance that are age/developmentally appropriate and give evidence of clinical reasoning
Instructional Mode:
Hybrid