Overview

This unit enables students to choose, describe, apply and justify principles of assessment and intervention for individuals or groups of children who are experiencing occupational performance challenges as a result of a musculoskeletal, neurological or mental health conditions. Students learn to apply occupation focused and evidence-based assessments and interventions with children at different stages of development and their families.

Requisites

Prerequisites
OCC70010 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 2
OCC70020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 2

Rules

Pre-requisite
OCC70010 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 2
AND
OCC70020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 2

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Select and apply an occupational therapy conceptual practice model to children at different stages of development engaged in childhood occupations
  • Select and apply professional practice models including family centred practice, cognitive, motor and sensory approaches which will guide assessment and intervention planning
  • Analyse person, environment and occupation factors to design an intervention plan for a child or group of children with complex problems
  • Articulate professional reasoning and critique of evidence to justify and communicate intervention plans to children, parents, teachers and carers
  • 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		6.00 6 weeks 36
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		9.00 6 weeks 54
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PresentationGroup 40% 1,2,3,4 
ReportIndividual 40% 1,2 
e-PortfolioIndividual 20% 4,5 

Content

  • Childhood development
  • Play
  • Cerebral palsy: assessment and intervention
  • Autism: assessment and intervention
  • Development coordination delay: assessment and intervention
  • Group approaches: to enable participation in daily life of children with musculoskeletal, neurological or 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.