ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTION IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

OCT5AEI

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject will provide students with advanced knowledge of environmental intervention for people with disabilities, to enable access and effective occupational performance in the home, work and community (e.g.: access audits, kitchen or workstation redesign). It combines lectures, practical classes, student presentations and outside visits. The theoretical framework of the subject will be based on the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance, and WHOs International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF). Students will gain skills in: clinical reasoning; the application of evidence based practice; advanced technical drawing and computer aided design (CAD); preparation of reports for public bodies and legal purposes.

Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Anne Williams

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: Subject to sufficient enrolments. Must have completed a Bachelor degree in Occupational Therapy by Faculty of Health Sciences.

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Using environments to enable occupational performance	Prescribed	Letts, L., Rigby, P. and Stewart, D.	THOROFARE: SLACK (2004)
Readings	AS1428.1: Access for people with disabilities	Recommended	Standards Australia	SYDNEY: STANDARDS AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL (2001)
Readings	An Occupational Therapist's Guide to Home Modification Practice	Recommended	Ainsworth, E., De Jong, D.	THOROFARE: SLACK (2010)
Readings	Enabling occupation: An occupational therapy perspective	Recommended	Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists	2ND ED. OTTAWA: CAOT PUBLICATIONS ACE (2002)

Distance Education, 2014, Semester 2, Distance Education

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Robin Lovell

Class requirements

Scheduled Online Class
One 39.0 hours scheduled online class per study period and delivered via online.
"Equivalent to 39 hours of class time."

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
One 1,000-word Audit of Public Building		20
One 1,000-word Technical Drawing assignment		20
Participation in web-based discussions		15
one 2,500 word written assignment		45

Online, 2014, Semester 2, Online