OTA 210 - Therapeutic Practices in Occupational Therapy

1. Demonstrate knowledge of and apply the interaction of occupation and activity, including areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, context, and client factors. 
2. Apply and analyze scientific evidence to explain the importance of: Balancing areas of occupation, the role of occupation in the promotion of health and wellness, the prevention of disease, illness, and dysfunction for persons, groups, and populations.
3. Describe the collaboration process with the occupational therapist to identify appropriate features of assistive technologies and durable medical equipment to support the client’s participation. 
4. Implement a discharge plan from occupational therapy services that was developed by the occupational therapist in collaboration with the client and members of the interprofessional teams by reviewing the needs of the client, caregiver, family, and significant others; available resources; and discharge environment.
5. Provide training in techniques to enhance community mobility, and address alternative means of transportation in community settings, including driver rehabilitation and other community access options.
6. Provide training in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including physical transfers, wheelchair management, and mobility devices.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of the use of technology in practice, which must include Electronic documentation systems, Virtual environments, Telehealth technology 
8. Demonstrate the principles of the teaching-learning process using educational methods and health literacy education approaches: To design activities and clinical training for persons, groups, and populations and to instruct and train the client, caregiver, family, significant others, and communities at the level of the audience 
9. Demonstrate knowledge of various reimbursement systems and funding mechanisms (e.g., federal, state, local, third party, private payer), appeals mechanisms, treatment/diagnosis codes (e.g., CPT®, ICD, DSM® codes), and durable medical equipment coding (e.g., HCPCS) and documentation requirements (e.g., equipment justifications) that affect consumers and the practice of occupational therapy. Documentation must effectively communicate the need and rationale for occupational therapy services. 
10. Explain how scholarly activities and literature contribute to the development of the profession. Locate and demonstrate understanding of professional literature, including the quality of the source of information, to make evidence-based practice decisions in collaboration with the occupational therapist. 

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. Describe the context of occupational therapy services.
6. Assist in the management of occupational therapy services.
7. Read and use professional literature in the field of occupational therapy.

• 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.
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
• Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.