Overview

This unit enables students to choose, describe, apply and justify assessments and interventions for individuals living in the community who are experiencing occupational performance challenges as a result of mental health problems. Students will develop service provision plans that are occupation based and focus on recovery and/or adaptation.

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Term 4
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
16-September-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
16-September-2024
Census date
04-October-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
11-October-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Select and apply an occupational therapy conceptual practice model to scenarios of people experiencing mental illnesses
  • Select and apply professional practice models including recovery and strengths models, which will guide assessment and service provision
  • Analyse person, environment and occupation factors to develop hypotheses about factors contributing to occupational issues in the context of mental illness
  • Articulate professional reasoning and critique of evidence to justify a service provision plan for individuals experiencing mental illnesses
  • Produce creative reports to communicate information to others using relevant literature
  • Appraise qualitative research studies

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		11.43 7 weeks 80
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Various		10.00 1 week 10
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentGroup 20% 1,2,3 
PresentationGroup 20% 1,2,3,4 
ReportIndividual 60% 2,3,4,5,6 

Content

  • Problem Based Learning (PBL) cases: Adults with occupational performance / participation problems as a result of mental health issues including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder
  • Mental status examination, risk assessment
  • Self-management
  • Recovery-oriented practice
  • Appraising qualitative evidence

Study resources

Reading materials

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