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TITLE OF COURSE: |
Basic Occupational Therapy Application to Psychiatry |
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PREFIX/NUMBER: |
OTA 125 |
CREDIT HOURS: |
4 cr. (3L, 1LBV) |
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PREREQUISITE: |
PSY 101 & OTA 106 |
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CO-REQUISITE: |
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RESOURCES NEEDED: |
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TEXT: |
Mental Health Concepts and Techniques for the Occupational Therapy Assistant by Early
Action Speaks Louder, Remocoker & Storch |
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SUPPLIES: |
Supplies required for group presentation. |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: |
Identifies commonly seen psychiatric symptoms, methods for screening and assessment for the need for occupational therapy, and psychiatric occupational therapy techniques for the evaluation and treatment within a multicultural context.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES: |
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By the completion of this course, the students will |
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Develop an awareness of occupational therapy in the treatment area of behaviors/ psychiatric/mental health. |
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Identify commonly seen psychiatric symptoms and behaviors. |
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Explore age appropriate media, purposeful activities, and selected life tasks available to the occupational therapist and the OTA for treatment. |
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Identify the partnerships of the OTA/OT in the treatment of behaviors. |
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Identify screening and assessment techniques to identify the need for occupational therapy services. |
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Identify commonly seen evaluation techniques and methods of recording. |
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Explore the impact of culture and community on occupational therapy treatment |
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Understand the meaning and dynamics of occupation and purposeful activity including the interaction of performance areas, components and contexts for persons exhibiting varying behaviors |
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Use individual and group interaction and therapeutic use of self as a means of achieving therapeutic goals |
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Adapt the environment and occupations to the needs of the client and their sociocultural context |
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Use therapeutic adaptation with occupations pertinent to the needs of the client |
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Identify safety techniques and responsibilities of the OTA |
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Monitor and reassess the effect of OT intervention and the need for continual and/or modified intervention |
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Understand the role of the OTA in discharge planning |
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Improve professional oral and written communication skills |
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EVALUATION PROCEDURES: |
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Test over Units 1 & 2 |
75 |
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Test over Unit 3 |
100 |
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Test over Units 4, 5, & 6 |
75 |
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Test over Units 7, 8, & 9 |
50 |
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Group Protocol & Presentation |
100 |
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Quizzes & addition assignments |
100 |
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Final Exam |
100 |
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Grading Scale |
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Score Range |
Letter Grade |
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93 |
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100% |
A |
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85 |
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92% |
B |
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77 |
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84% |
C |
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69 |
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76% |
D |
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0 |
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68% |
F |
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Special Remarks: A student must receive a grade of "C" or better in order to receive credit for graduation from the OTA program. OTA program students may only repeat (1) OTA core curriculum course. If another D, F or W occurs in the OTA core classes the student may be dismissed from the OTA Program. A student is eligible to reapply for readmission into the program under the Chair /Advisory board discretion. |
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Course Outline
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Mental Health/Illness |
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Discussing "normality" as it applies to a person's mental health. |
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Identifying a definition of mental health and mental illness. |
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Identifying three predisposing factors to mental illness. |
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Identifying five precipitating factors to mental illness. |
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Identifying three strengths that they possess that will make that student a strong psychiatric certified occupational therapy assistant. |
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Displaying an understanding of the relationship of occupation to mental health. |
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Explaining how OTRs and COTAs work together in psychiatric OT practice. |
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Identifying 4 major psychiatric treatment settings. |
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Identifying the differences between acute and chronic as related to both psychiatric patients and/or treatment settings. |
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Therapeutic Use of Self |
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Defining what is meant by the term "the therapeutic use of self." |
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Identifying 7 areas of professional “ethics.” |
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Identifying two expectations of the therapeutic relationship. |
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Identifying seven roles that the COTA assumes in working with the patient. |
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