OCC204 Enabling Strategies: Environmental Adaptation and Assistive Technologies (8)
AbstractThis subject focuses on developing occupational reasoning in relation to the compensation strategies of enviromental adaptation and the role assistive technologies play in enabling occupation.
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 2 | | Internal | Albury-Wodonga Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: OCC204
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Community Health |
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Assumed Knowledge| OCC100 and OCC103 and BMS255 |
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Enrolment restrictions| Must be enrolled in Bachelor of Occupational Therapy |
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| Incompatible subject(s) |
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| OTY303 OTY312 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to:
- generate occupational hypotheses regarding person-occupation-environment interactions;
- perform assessments of person-occupation-environment interactions;
- analyse environmental factors in relation to social and physical dimensions;
- present assessment findings and action recommendations, regarding person-occupation-environment interactions, that will enhance occupational engagement;
- describe the role of assistive technology in enabling occupational engagement;
- assess and prescribe assistive technology options within a person-centred manner;
- investigate appropriate assistive technology options from a range of sources and utilise this knowledge in practice.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Person-centred assessment
- Understanding environments
- Occupational health and Safety
- Reporting of environmental assessment findings
- Minor and major adaptations
- Introductory technical drawings
- Assistive technology for mobility, communication, self-care, domestic and work tasks, play and leisure
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
