LIVING WELL: DESIGNING OCCUPATION-BASED WELLNESS PROMOTION
Gain a complex understanding of the form, function and meaning of daily occupations and the role they play in lifestyle change for wellness promotion. Learn the architecture of daily life including its biological and sociocultural foundations for patterning occupational rounds in order to promote and sustain motivation to change.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Occupational Therapy OTD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the four occupation-based threshold concepts for lifestyle change. Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate how the framework and core concepts of the Do/Live/Well framework apply as a theoretical foundation for wellness promotion Audience: Graduate 3. Critically assess current theory and research examining occupational complexity Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and explain the effectiveness of strategies for fostering and sustaining lifestyle change for wellness promotion. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply motivational interviewing skills to coach a peer in lifestyle change. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the four occupation-based threshold concepts for lifestyle change. Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate how the framework and core concepts of the Do/Live/Well framework apply as a theoretical foundation for wellness promotion Audience: Graduate 3. Critically assess current theory and research examining occupational complexity Audience: Graduate 4. Identify and explain the effectiveness of strategies for fostering and sustaining lifestyle change for wellness promotion. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply motivational interviewing skills to coach a peer in lifestyle change. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027