Overview

This unit enables students to choose, describe, apply and justify principles of assessment and intervention for individuals or groups of children who are experiencing occupational performance challenges as a result of a musculoskeletal, neurological or developmental conditions. Students learn to apply occupation focused and evidence-based assessments and interventions with children at different stages of development and their families.

Requisites

Prerequisites

Rules

Pre-requisite
Admission into MA-OCC Master of Occupational Therapy

Equivalent units
OCC80030 Enabling Participation: Children
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Date Term 4
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
22-September-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
22-September-2025
Census date
10-October-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
17-October-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Select and apply an occupational therapy conceptual practice model to children at different stages of development engaged in childhood occupations
  • Select and apply professional practice models including family centred practice, cognitive, motor and sensory approaches which will guide assessment and intervention planning
  • Analyse person, environment and occupation factors to design an intervention plan for a child or small group of children
  • Articulate professional reasoning and critique of evidence to justify and communicate intervention plans for children
  • Appraise, summarise and communicate relevant evidence in problem based learning tutorials and/or presentations
  • Appraise qualitative research studies

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class		4.00 6 weeks 24
On-campus
Workshop		4.00 6 weeks 24
On-campus
Lecture		2.00 6 weeks 12
Specified Activities
Various		6.00 6 weeks 36
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		9.00 6 weeks 54
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment Individual  40%  4,5,6
Case Presentation Individual/Group  30%  1,2,3,4,5
Case Study Report Individual  30%  1,2,3

Content

  • Childhood development
  • Play
  • Cerebral palsy: assessment and intervention
  • Autism: assessment and intervention
  • Development coordination delay: assessment and intervention
  • Group approaches: to enable participation in daily life of children with musculoskeletal, neurological or developmental issues

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.