Level I FW (4 courses) (1 credit each) (4 credits total)(content intertwined with practice courses)
Level I C Fieldwork 6439: Pediatrics and Adolescents
Level I C Fieldwork 6439: Pediatrics and Adolescents
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the role of OT in a variety of practice settings.
- Articulate and apply occupational therapy theory, client-centered evaluation, and OT practice-related evidence to formulate, implement and modify occupation-based interventions.
- Demonstrate effective interdisciplinary collaboration skills to maximize OT clients’ and populations’ functional outcomes.
- Demonstrate an emerging understanding of task analysis in areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, activity demands, context(s) and environments, and client factors in required course assignments.
- Discuss with fieldwork educator observations based on appropriate theoretical approaches, models of practice, and frames of reference to develop occupation-based intervention plans and strategies based on the stated needs of the client and family as well as data gathered during the evaluation process.
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively utilize available community resources and create/generate new resources to meet the needs of OT clients and populations.
- Demonstrate professional written and verbal communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents and presentations.
- Use of sound judgment in regard to safety of self and others and adhere to safety regulations throughout the occupational therapy process.