FOUNDATIONS FOR THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT

4.0 HR. (OC) Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Occupational Therapy Assistant Curriculum or department approval. This course provides an introduction to the health care discipline of occupational therapy, including its history, philosophy, theory, ethics, safety of self and others, evidenced-based research and practice, cultural diversity, and specifically role delineation within the occupational therapy process and the Practice Framework. A broad overview of the relationship of physical and psychosocial health and disease will be presented, along with a focus on occupational performance, documentation and the Practice Framework for the occupational therapy assistant. Three lecture hours and two laboratory hours per week.