Enabling Participation: Complex Conditions and Populations
Overview
In this unit, students will choose, describe, apply and justify principles of assessment and intervention for individuals or populations experiencing occupational performance challenges as a result of complex health conditions. Students learn to apply key components of health promotion interventions, as well as occupation based strategies to improve health and wellbeing for individuals and communities.
Requisites
OCC60010 Enabling Participation: Mental health 1
OCC70060 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 1
OCC70015 Professional Practice 2
Prerequisite rules:
OCC70020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 2
and
OCC70015 Professional Practice 2
and one of
OCC60010 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 1
or
OCC70060 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 1
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Select and apply an occupational therapy conceptual practice model to individuals and communities experiencing complex health problems
- Select and apply professional practice models to promote health and wellbeing of individuals and communities
- Investigate and synthesise person or community, environment and occupation factors to design service provision plans in complex settings
- Articulate professional reasoning and critique of evidence to justify intervention plan for individuals and communities experiencing complex health issues
- Generate solutions to complex issues applying best available evidence, communicating this with creative presentations and concise reports
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Activity Type | Activity | Total Hours | Number of Weeks | Hours Per Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus | Workshop | 20 | 5 weeks | 4 |
| On-campus | Class | 20 | 5 weeks | 4 |
| Online | Modules | 10 | 5 weeks | 2 |
| Specified Activities | Various | 35 | 5 weeks | 7 |
| Unspecified Activities | Various | 60 | 5 weeks | 12 |
| Live Online | Class | 3 | 2 weeks | 1.5 |
| On-campus | Lecture | 2 | 2 weeks | 1 |
| Total Hours: | 150 | Total Hours (per week): | 31.5 | |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reflective Essay | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Presentation and Report | Individual/Group | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Peer Review and Self-Assessment Report | Individual | 20% | 1,3,4 |
Content
- Dual diagnosis of Autism and Intellectual disability: assessment and intervention
- Depression and suicidal ideation in adolescents: assessment and intervention
- Oncology: enabling participation
- Working in partnershiop with Indigenous communities
- Health promotion approaches to address mental health in workplaces
- Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
- Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
- Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
- Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
- Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
- Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.