OTA 121 - Developmental Disabilities 1 Lab

1. Apply scientific evidence, theories, models of practice, and frames of reference that underlie the practice of occupational therapy to guide and inform interventions for persons, groups, and populations in a variety of practice contexts and environments.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of and apply the interaction of occupation and activity, including areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context, and client factors.
3. Explain to the community of interest (e.g., consumers, potential employers, colleagues, third-party payers, regulatory boards, policymakers, and the public) the distinct nature of occupation and the evidence that occupation supports performance, participation, health, wellness, and well-being.
4. Demonstrate professional reasoning to inform occupation-based interventions that focus on: Client factors, performance patterns, and performance skills. Creation, promotion, establishment, restoration, maintenance, modification, and prevention.
5. Contribute to the evaluation process of  client(s)’ occupational performance by completing an occupational profile and administering standardized and nonstandardized screenings and assessment tools as delegated by the occupational therapist. Explain the importance of using  psychometrically sound assessment tools  when considering client needs, and  cultural and contextual factors.
6. Collaborating in the development of occupation-based intervention plans and strategies that must be client centered, culturally relevant, reflective of current occupational therapy practice, and based on available evidence. Under the direction of an occupational therapist, report on data for evaluation of client outcomes.
7. Provide direct interventions and procedures to persons, groups, or populations to enhance safety, health and wellness, chronic condition management, and performance in occupations. This must include the ability to collaborate with the occupational therapist related to interventions and selecting and delivering occupations and activities: Occupations as a therapeutic intervention Interventions to support occupations including therapeutic exercise Interventions to support well-being (e.g., complementary health and integrative health) Interventions to support self-advocacy related to the person, groups, or populations and Virtual interventions
8. Design and implement occupation-based interventions using the strategies of establish, restore, and modify approaches to address deficits in performance skills.
9. Demonstrate interventions that address dysphagia and disorders of feeding and eating, and train others in precautions and techniques while considering client and contextual factors.
10. Demonstrate knowledge of oral motor development, precautions, and techniques to provide interventions which address functional limitations surrounding feeding and eating performance in children 

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
2. Discuss the basic tenets of occupational therapy.
3. Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
4. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.
5. Assist in the management of occupational therapy services.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.