OTA2030 PsycoSocial Intervention & Occ. Perfmnce
The course is a study of mental health limitations and obstacles to occupational engagement for individuals and populations. Topics include common diagnoses and treatment environments, treatment for areas of occupation (ADL, IADL, education, work, play, leisure, and social participation), consideration of habits, performance patterns, component skills and context. The course studies individuals who are limited in their ability to engage in life activities due to challenges to their mental health. Topics include major DSM V diagnoses with emphasis on symptoms, behaviors, cultural influences, and medical and social supports related to those diagnoses. Evaluations and treatment planning for the mental health population are practiced. Students will research various psychosocial conditions with the focus on interventions, therapeutic activities, adaptations, and compensations that can be made to facilitate human performance. Students will build practice skills in models of practice and treatment techniques related to psychosocial dysfunctions and will learn to apply therapeutic use of self, knowledge of group dynamics, and other key techniques related to occupational therapy in mental health.