1.

TITLE OF COURSE:

Occupational Disruption and Activity Analysis

PREFIX/NUMBER:

OTA 105

CREDIT HOURS:

3

2.

PREREQUISITE:

Admission to the Program

3.

RESOURCES NEEDED:

Course Module

TEXT:

Physical Dysfunction Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant, by Mary Beth Early

Crafts in Therapy & Rehabilitation, by Drake

Diseases of the Human Body by Warden -Tamparo & Lewis
Mental Health Concepts and Techniques by Early

OPTIONAL Texts:

DSM-IV  by American Psychiatric Association

SUPPLIES:

Students will be responsible for purchasing their own craft supplies other than those furnished by the department.

4.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Explores the diseases common to OT intervention, occupation, various treatment methods and techniques, and applies activity analysis.

5.

COURSE OBJECTIVES (Competencies):

By the end of the course, students will:

A.

Identify causes and symptomatology of diseases of the bones, joints, and skeletal muscle systems.

B.

Identify causes and symptomatology diseases of the central nervous system, physiological diseases and disorders, mental illnesses, and communicable diseases.

C.

Demonstrate the techniques involved in completing assigned activities, taking into consideration discussed symptomatology and client/patient abilities.

D.

Understand occupational therapy treatment methods and the therapeutic components of the proposed media.

E.

Analyze the activities in terms of their occupations, therapeutic use with clients of differing cultures and societies as impacted by environmental and community effects on the individual at different developmental levels.

F.

Understand the meaning and dynamics of occupation and purposeful activity when analyzing tasks relative to performance areas, performance components, and performance contexts to include functional activities of daily living.

G.

Demonstrate the skills necessary to teach an activity to a variety of patient/client populations.

H.

Create an activity analysis to explain grading and adapting purposeful and occupational activity for therapeutic intervention.

I.

Appreciate the influence of social conditions and the ethical context in which humans choose and engage in occupations. Modify intervention approaches to reflect the changing needs of the client.

J.

Use individual and group interaction and therapeutic use of self as a means of achieving therapeutic goals, and demonstrate the ability to educate and train client/family/significant others in facilitating skills in performance areas to include prevention, health maintenance, and safety.

6.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES: 

Exam over Physical Diseases

50

Exam over Mental Illness

50

Exam over class projects

25

Activity Analysis

50

Resource Information  (5 items)

25

Quality of Class Projects

25

Presentations

  50

Participation in Mandatory Class Activities (in classroom students only)

25

Total Points

300

Grading Scale

     Score Range

Letter Grade

93

to

100%

A

85

to

92%

B

77

to

84%

C

  69

to

76%

D

0

to

68%

F

Special Remarks:

Student must complete the course with a "C" or better in order to receive credit from the occupational therapy assistant program for graduation.

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COURSE OUTLINE:

Unit I

Introduction to the Course and Purposeful, Occupational Activity:

A.

The therapeutic use of activity

B.

Developmental levels of clients and activity analysis to include the aspects of cultural diversity

C.

Basic introduction to occupation, activity, and application to disability 

D.

Introduction to Diseases:

Diseases of the Bones, Joints and Skeletal Muscle Systems: Arthritis

Diseases of the Central Nervous System: Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Spinal Cord Injury, Cerebral Vascular Incident, Head Injury

Physiological Diseases and Disorders: Cardiac, Burns and Decubitus Ulcers, Amputation, Asthma, Emphysema, COPD

Behavioral Disorders/Mental Illness: Understanding the DSM IV, Anxiety, Affective Disorders, Schizophrenia, Personality Disorders, Communicable Diseases, AIDS, Hepatitis

Unit II

Lab Participation:

A.

Activity: 

Possible activities in which the student will practice and apply include, but are not limited to, Copper Tooling, Leather, Expressive Art, New Games, Basketry, Off Loom Weaving, Macramé, Adaptive Games, Exercise, Work, Leisure, Horticulture, Needlepoint, Turkish Knotting, Latch hook, Food preparation, Exercise, Loop potholders, Rake knitting, Block painting, Embroidery, Cross stitch, Counted cross stitch, Stained glass, String art, Jewelry, Ceramics, Mosaic Tile, and ADL Activities.

8.

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.

9.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.

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ADA NOTICE:

Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class.  Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.