OCT 5320C - Children and Youth Interventions

Hours: 5

This course prepares students to critically appraise and deliver occupational therapy interventions for children and youth in various settings as they apply to persons, groups, and populations. Topics include common diagnoses, funding, equipment, evidence-based interventions, referral, consultation, discharge, transition of care, inter- and intra-professional collaboration and cultural considerations of the individual, and cultural considerations of the individual’s family or community. This course provides opportunities for developing occupation-based practice skills while considering children and youth, families/caregivers, and their communities across a variety of practice settings and levels of care.