OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (OCCT)

Examination of research approaches and issues within occupational science and occupational therapy. Development of skills in writing research proposals and applying research results to insure evidence-based practice.

Direct experience with clients/patients in varied service treatment settings. Experience will include adult disabilities.

Direct experience with clients/patients in varied service treatment settings. Experience will include adult disabilities.

An introduction to the structures, functions, and processes of the human body that support participation. Mental and sensory processing, digestion, reproduction, endocrine, and immune responses that support occupation are explored.

An introduction to the structures, functions, and processes of the human body that support participation. The focus is on motor and somatosensory capacities and the structures related to those functions.

An exploration of the biological and phenomenological aspects of specific mental and physical health conditions that may be experienced by children, adolescents, and young adults.

This course addresses the biological and phenomenological aspects of specific mental and physical health conditions that may be experienced by adults.

Complex health conditions and changes affecting older adults' capacity to engage in meaningful occupations. Biomedical and narrative perspectives.

Overview of OT practice settings, professional organizations, and regulatory bodies. Factors influencing practice, including legislation, reimbursement, documentation, and culture of communities. Ethics, confidentiality, self-awareness, teamwork, and professionalism in practical settings.

Introduction of core foundations for occupation-centered occupational therapy practice. Students learn fundamentals of professional communication and behavior, therapeutic use of self, clinical reasoning, activity analysis, theory, and evidence-based practice.

Occupational therapy majors only. This course focuses on occupational therapy practice with children, adolescents, and young adults who have disabilities or health problems that inhibit occupational performance and/or social participation, across a variety of situations.

A focus on occupational therapy practice with adults that have physical and/or mental health conditions that impact their participation in occupations.

Occupational therapy majors only. Provides opportunities for students to practice and begin developing key clinical skills in assessment, intervention planning, intervention strategies, and documentation in practice with children, adolescents, and young adults.

This applied lab addresses the content and technical skills of practice with adults who encounter occupational therapy due to various life and health conditions.

Introduction to the philosophical tenets of occupational science and their application to occupational therapy. The course highlights the multiplicity of interconnected factors which generate participation in occupational situations.

Changing capacities for engagement with occupations and occupational opportunities during childhood, adolescents, and early adulthood.

Examination of the patterns of participation through occupational engagement with families, communities, workplace, and other social structures in the middle years of the life course.

Changing capacities for engagement with occupations and occupational opportunities during older adulthood. Strategies for compensation and adaptation.

Occupational therapy majors only. Exploration of environmental dimensions of performance. Learn to use assistive and rehabilitation technologies in practice. Students assess situational impact on performance, modify the environment for therapeutic effect, and utilize technology.

This course develops the students' understanding of social systems, how they function, and are perpetuated through everyday practices. Students partner with community entities to identify strengths, resources, and service gaps and develop a response.

Professional understanding and skills to assess practice context, plan programs, and management of profession interpersonal relationship for collaboration and service delivery.

Elective. Independent study to pursue specific interests and topics. Faculty supervision. May be repeated for credit.

Applied Research Seminar with particular focus on the application of the scientific process to address an identified clinical problem.

Collaborative research projects in occupational science or occupational therapy. Emphasis on data collection, analysis, and professional communications of research findings.

Permission of the department.