Overview

This unit enables students to select and apply occupationally focused assessments and interventions for individuals or communities who are experiencing complex mental health conditions. Students learn to apply key components of evidence-based interventions including vocational, cognitive-behavioural, sensory, case management and health promotion interventions to specialist practice areas.

Requisites

Prerequisites
OCC60005 An Occupational Perspective of Health
OCC60010 Enabling Participation: Mental health 1
OCC60015 Professional Practice 1

Rules

Pre-requisite
OCC60005 An Occupational Perspective of Health
AND
OCC60010 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 1
AND
OCC60015 Professional Practice 1

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
HE Block 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-February-2025
16-March-2025
Last self-enrolment date
03-February-2025
Census date
14-February-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
28-February-2025
Results released date
29-April-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Select and apply an occupational therapy conceptual practice model to complex mental health scenarios
  • Select and apply professional practice models including education and remediation approaches with individuals or health promotion and community development with communities, which will guide assessment and service provision
  • Investigate and synthesise person or community, environment and occupation factors to design service provision plans
  • Articulate professional reasoning and critique of evidence to justify and evaluate service provision with individuals and communities
  • Demonstrate research and communication skills

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial		4.00 6 weeks 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Workshop		4.00 6 weeks 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Seminar		2.00 6 weeks 12
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Various		8.67 6 weeks 52
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		5.43 7 weeks 38
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentGroup 30% 2,3,4 
PresentationIndividual 30% 1,2,3,4,5 
ReportIndividual 40% 2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Assessment and intervention early psychosis
  • Assessment and intervention adults and older adults experiencing mental illness
  • Community assessment and treatment
  • Group approaches: to enable participation for people with complex mental health issues

Study resources

Reading materials

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