OCC1502 · Occupations across the lifespan

Overview

In this unit you will focus on the relationship between occupation, health, and well-being that supports occupational therapy practice from a lifespan perspective. You will also explore experiences of engaging in the occupation from psychological and occupational processes inherent in development. Throughout the unit, you will examine the progressive cognitive, behavioural, emotional, psychosocial and occupational changes occurring with age and when people's occupations are disrupted through disability, illness or occupational deprivation. You will engage in experiential activities, self-reflection as well as interactive and experiential learning and teaching to develop your skills in occupational analysis, critical appraisal of literature and research, teamwork, client centred practice and culturally sensitive intentional communication. During this unit, you will undertake practice education throughout the term.

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 human occupation and how the interaction of person–environment–occupation relates to health and wellbeing.
2. Contrast contemporary developmental lifespan concepts, theories and research.
3. Analyse biopsychosocial and occupational development across the lifespan in culturally diverse contexts.
4. Apply developmental theory to observations of typical childhood occupations.
5. Apply occupational therapy professional reasoning in practice situations.
6. Collect and analyse data on the occupational performance of self and others to inform understanding of health, wellbeing, and occupational participation.
7. Integrate knowledge of body functions and structures into occupational therapy reasoning.
8. Describe occupational justice issues in the allocation and distribution of resources within services.
9. Demonstrate professional behaviours consistent with OT competency standards during supported practice placement environments.

Workload

8 hours of teacher-directed study per week, including 4 hours of tutorials and 4 hours of practical classes. 8 hours per week of self-directed study. Total per week = 16 hours for 16 weeks Plus 72 hours Work integrated learning across 16 weeks

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