Enabling Participation: Youth
Overview
In this subject students will choose, describe, apply and justify principles of assessment and intervention for individuals or groups of adolescents who are experiencing occupational performance challenges as a result of a musculoskeletal, neurological or mental health conditions. Interventions will be occupation based and focus on recovery and/or adaptation.
Requisites
OCC60010 Enabling Participation: Mental health 1
OCC60020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 1
OCC70010 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 2
OCC70020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 2
OCC60015 Professional Practice 1
Rules
Pre-requisite
OCC60005 An Occupational Perspective of Health
AND
OCC60010 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 1
AND
OCC60020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 1
AND
OCC70010 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 2
AND
OCC70020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 2
AND
OCC60015 Professional Practice 1
27-October-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Select and apply an occupational therapy conceptual practice model
- Select and apply professional practice models which will guide assessment and intervention planning
- Synthesise person, environment and occupation factors to design an intervention plan for an adolescent or group of adolescents
- Articulate professional reasoning and critique of evidence to justify intervention plan
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Workshop | 6.00 | 5 weeks | 30 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Tutorial | 4.00 | 5 weeks | 20 |
| Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Various | 7.00 | 5 weeks | 35 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning | 4.17 | 12 weeks | 50 |
| TOTAL | 135 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Individual | 80% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Report | Individual | 20% | 4 |
Content
- Acquired brain injury: assessment and intervention
- Borderline personality disorder: assessment and intervention
- Eating disorder assessment and intervention
- Oncology: enabling participation
- Group approaches: to enable participation in daily life of adolescents with musculoskeletal, neurological or mental health issues.
- Youth autism
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.