OTAS 1000 - Foundation Skills of Occupational Therapy Practice

1.50 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: Admission into Occupational Therapy Assistant Program and HHSC 1030, PHIL 2100, ENGL 1180 or ENGL 1210, BIOL 2710, and PSYC 1010 all with grade C or better

Corequisite: OTAS 1012, OTAS 1110, OTAS 1210, OTAS 1230, and OTAS 1235

This course is designed as an introduction to activity and task analysis and the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework. Various activities including crafts and daily tasks are explored for beginning therapeutic application. The course introduces the Occupational Therapy Process and its application as well as the concepts of grading and adapting. Therapeutic activity selection will be emphasized with consideration of the client’s performance skills, performance patterns, client factors, contexts and environment activity occupational demands and their impact to occupation based performance.

(3 contact hrs)

Center Campus.

Fall Semester only.

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