OCC1042 · Human occupation and development

Overview

You will learn about the principles and mechanisms underlying the relationship between persons, their environments and occupations; and how it relates to human health and wellbeing. The concept of occupation will be described, and how people shape and are shaped by their engagement in occupation and their environmental context across the lifespan. This unit will describe how individuals change and develop as they age, exploring the occupational processes inherent in human development, and in doing so examining the progressive cognitive, physical, emotional, behavioural, psychosocial and occupational changes that occur with age. You will engage in experiential exercises to support and reinforce their learning of human occupation and life-stage development concepts, including participation in a community-based volunteering experience.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Describe and explain classifications of human occupation, and how the interaction of person-environment-occupation relates to health and wellbeing
2. Articulate and contrast contemporary developmental lifespan concepts, theories and research
3. Identify and discuss the physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioural, social and occupational aspects of development across the lifespan, and the influence on development of external factors
4. Locate, retrieve and use resources to identify the relationship between persons, their environments and occupations and key occupational science concepts relevant for practice
5. Identify data collection methods, collect and analyse data on the occupational performance of self and others
6. Describe observations and critique these in relation to developmental theories about typical childhood occupations
7. Examine issues relevant to a health professional as well as reflect upon work completed as a team after participation in a community-based volunteering experience
8. Demonstrate effective presentation skills in written, visual and verbal modes

Workload

Academic: 8 hours of teacher directed study per week, composed of 2 hours of seminars (24 hours for teaching period), 2 hours online activities and 4 hours of tutorials (48 hours for teaching period),12 hours of self-directed study per week. Total per week = 20 hours (240 hours for teaching period) Practice education placement experience: You will complete 45 hours of practice education placement experience over the course of the semester. Four (4) hours per week of community placement has been calculated in the unit workload requirement. You will be required to travel locally to the community-based organisation to complete your placement hours. Community placement counts towards the minimum 1,000 hours of placement experience that is a requirement for student graduation and course accreditation (OT Council). Total per week: 24 hours per week

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.