OTA 224
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Occupational Activity Analysis
This course provides students with fundamental knowledge of occupation based activities and how occupation is used in assessment and therapeutic intervention of persons served by the occupational therapy practitioner. Students will develop skills in reasoning, analysis and problem-solving related to the appropriate selection of occupational based activities. Emphasis is placed upon the importance of human occupation across the life span in promoting and restoring mental and physical health and well-being. Topics include identification of performance components, ways of adapting and grading occupations across the life span, along with the development of skill and proficiency in activity analysis. Upon completion, students should be able to describe, analyze, and document a variety of occupation based activities used in assessment and treatment of pediatric, adolescent and adult populations with physical or psychosocial dysfunction. CORE.
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