OTA 100 - Introduction to Occupational Therapy

1. Demonstrate knowledge and appreciation of the role of socio-cultural, socioeconomic, and diversity factors and lifestyle choices in contemporary society (e.g., principles of psychology, sociology, and abnormal psychology).
2. Articulate the ethical and practical considerations that affect the health and wellness needs of those who are experiencing or are at risk for social injustice, occupational deprivation, and disparity in the receipt of services.
3. Explain the role of occupation in the promotion of health and the prevention of disease and disability for the individual, family, and society.
4. Demonstrate task analysis in areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, activity demands, context(s) and environments, and client factors to implement the intervention plan.
5. Express support for the quality of life, well-being, and occupation of the individual, group, or population to promote physical and mental health and prevention of injury and disease considering the context (e.g., cultural, personal, temporal, virtual) and environment.
6. Describe basic features of the theories that underlie the practice of occupational therapy.
7. Describe basic features of models of practice and frames of reference that are used in occupational therapy.
8. Discuss how occupational therapy history and occupational therapy theory, and the socio-political climate influence practice.
9. Articulate the role of the occupational therapy assistant and occupational therapist in the screening and evaluation process along with the importance of and rationale for supervision and collaborative work between the occupational therapy assistant and occupational therapist in that process.
10. Identify when to recommend to the occupational therapist the need for referring clients for additional evaluation.
11. Recognize and communicate the need to refer to specialists (both internal and external to the profession) for consultation and intervention.
12. Facilitate discharge planning by reviewing the needs of the client, caregiver, family, and significant others; available resources; and discharge environment, and identify those needs to the occupational therapist, client, and others involved in discharge planning. This process includes, but is not limited to, identification of community, human, and fiscal resources; recommendations for environmental adaptations; and home programming.
13. Describe the contexts of health care, education, community, and social systems as they relate to the practice of occupational therapy.
14. Articulate the importance of how scholarly activities and literature contribute to the development of the profession.
15. Demonstrate the skills to read and understand a scholarly report.
16. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards and AOTA Standards of Practice and use them as a guide for ethical decision making in professional interactions, client interventions, and employment settings.
17. Explain and give examples of how the role of a professional is enhanced by knowledge of and involvement in international, national, state, and local occupational therapy associations and related professional associations.
18. Identify and appreciate the varied roles of the occupational therapy assistant as a practitioner, educator, and research assistant.
19. Identify and explain the need for supervisory roles, responsibilities, and collaborative professional relationships between the occupational therapist and the occupational therapy assistant.
20. Demonstrate professional advocacy by participating in organizations or agencies promoting the profession (e.g., AOTA, state occupational therapy associations, advocacy organizations).

1. Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
2. Discuss the basic tenets of occupational therapy.
3. Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.
4. Describe the context of occupational therapy services.
5. Assist in the management of occupational therapy services.
6. Read and use professional literature in the field of occupational therapy.
7. Discuss the importance of ethics, values and responsibilities 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.