ENABLING OCCUPATIONS: INTRODUCTION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Occupational Therapy Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the process of theory development in occupational therapy and its desired impact and influence on society Audience: Graduate 2. Provide recommendations and training in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including physical transfers, wheelchair management, and mobility devices Audience: Graduate 3. Recall primary characteristics of the Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) model of occupational therapy Audience: Graduate 4. Discuss activity analysis in the context of personal occupations. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify how various functional movements relate to occupational performance. Audience: Graduate 6. Recall various anatomical structures and medical terminology. Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate introductory assessment, including palpatory skills, related to anatomical movements and structures. Audience: Graduate 8. Appreciate the physical body as a diverse, self-healing mechanism and value the power of physical contact as a tool for healing Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the process of theory development in occupational therapy and its desired impact and influence on society Audience: Graduate 2. Provide recommendations and training in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including physical transfers, wheelchair management, and mobility devices Audience: Graduate 3. Recall primary characteristics of the Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) model of occupational therapy Audience: Graduate 4. Discuss activity analysis in the context of personal occupations. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify how various functional movements relate to occupational performance. Audience: Graduate 6. Recall various anatomical structures and medical terminology. Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate introductory assessment, including palpatory skills, related to anatomical movements and structures. Audience: Graduate 8. Appreciate the physical body as a diverse, self-healing mechanism and value the power of physical contact as a tool for healing Audience: Graduate