COTA 2340 - Children and Youth Practice

4 Credit(s) 3 credits lecture/1 credit lab

This client-centered, occupation-based course focuses on all aspects of the occupational therapy (OT) process for children and youth who may have health and/or developmental conditions leading to performance skill deficits. Course emphasis is on the role of the Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) within the OT domain and process, service delivery models, frames of reference, evidence-based practice (EBP), and documentation. Specific interventions techniques related to various treatment approaches are addressed. The course prioritizes development of intervention techniques utilizing activity analysis and clinical reasoning to develop creative, client-centered, and outcome-based interventions.

Course Prerequisite(s):

COTA 1002 , COTA 1007 , COTA 1050 , COTA 1105 , COTA 1155 , COTA 1260 , COTA 1270 , COTA 1280 , COTA 1290 , HLTH 1005 , PSYC 1406 , PSYC 1506 , SPCH 1500 , and ENGL 1107 OR ENGL 2105
This course is restricted to the following major, Occupational Therapy Assistant.

Course Corequisite(s): COTA 2310, COTA 2330, COTA 2350, and COTA 2391