OCTA 203:Physical Challenges to Occupation

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture hours per week: 3
Lab hours per week: 0

Prerequisite(s): OCTA 200 and OCTA 201
Corequisite(s): OCTA 204, OCTA 205, OCTA 206, OCTA 208
This course will provide knowledge of occupational therapy assessments and strategies for the OTA to use along with the OTR in gathering data and in assessing individuals in the adult population with various major medical diagnoses that have altered the individual’s performance in areas of occupation (ADL, IADL, health management, education, play, work, leisure, rest and sleep and social participation). Topics include evaluation and assessment of client factors, activity analysis, intervention principles, and the role of the OT practitioner in various practice areas. Students will apply didactic knowledge to the clinical setting in a variety of Level I-A fieldwork settings. Enrollment in OCTA program courses is limited to those students who have been selected and admitted to the professional phase of the program. Program courses are sequenced by semester and must be taken as a group each semester per program requirements. (Fall semester only)