OT 830 - Assessment and Intervention II: Adolescence to Young Adult

4 Credit(s)

Occupational therapy assessment and intervention approaches are explored as they apply to adolescents and young adults whose lives have been affected by complex developmental, physical, psychological, cognitive, and neurological disorders. Students learn the historical and theoretical basis for a variety of assessment tools and client-centered intervention strategies. Learning activities designed to promote professional reasoning and collaborative team skills help students to develop a repertoire of strategies to assess and analyze the occupational performance in context, establish goals appropriate to the individual and practice setting, and design client-centered intervention plans. Hands-on occupation based techniques, consultative models, reimbursement and practice domain challenges and opportunities, documentation strategies, patient/client and caregiver teaching, and theoretical constructs are explored. Adaptive equipment, assistive devices, group protocols and dynamics, as well as emerging technologies are examined. Students complete interprofessional collaborative assignments and in-class activities that focus on developing a repertoire of strategies to enhance interprofessional collaboration and client-centered care. Professionals from a variety of health and human services professions including physical therapy, social work, clinical psychology, and human sexuality participate in this aspect of the course.
Prerequisite(s): OT 720.