OTA2051: Occupational Therapy for Adults and the Elderly

This course will emphasize occupational performance of typical and atypical individuals, theory and application, frames of reference, evidence-based practice, the occupational therapy process, and roles of the occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant in the holistic delivery of physical rehabilitation services in various practice settings. Students are placed at Level I Fieldwork sites for 24-35 hours towards the end of the course for experiences which apply academic course preparation to behaviors of adult and the elderly populations, as part of OTA2059 Level I Fieldwork for Adults and the Elderly.