OTA 140 Activity Analysis
Provides an introduction to activity analysis. Examines the impact of the interaction between activity demand, client factors, and contexts on occupational performance. Students will develop basic skills for analyzing, grading, and adapting purposeful activites to enhance occupational performance. Students will demonstrate a variety of purposeful activities used in occupational therapy practice including use of technologies that support the delivery of occupational therapy services. Required: Admission into the OTA program.
Notes
Career Technical Education (CTE) Course
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Describe the impact of interaction between activity demand, client factors, performance patterns, performance skills, and contexts on occupational performance. Demonstrate activity analysis in areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context, and client factors to implement the intervention plan. Analyze, grade, and adapt purposeful activities to enhance occupational performance. Perform select purposeful activities (involving therapeutic media and current technologies) used by entry level occupational therapy assistants in a safe and effective manner. Demonstrate the principles of the teaching-learning process using educational methods and health literacy education approaches. Locate and demonstrate understanding of professional literature, the quality of the source of information, and how quantitative and qualitative research studies inform occupational therapy practice in order to make evidence-based practice decisions.