This unit introduces students to child and adolescent occupations using an occupational development framework and explores the role of occupational therapy in supporting development, wellbeing, and participation across home, school, and community settings. With reference to contemporary capability and competency practice evidence, the unit examines how contextual and societal factors驴including family dynamics, education systems, cultural expectations, and policy frameworks驴influence occupational participation. Students will develop skills in planning and delivering age-appropriate, inclusive, and person-centred interventions.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Articulate the occupational needs of children and young people;
2. Apply the occupational therapy process to address occupational participation of children and young people; and
3. Examine contextual influences on the occupational participation of adults to better practice cultural safety with diverse communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Graduate attributes

1. 海角社区 graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. 海角社区 graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. 海角社区 graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. 海角社区 graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. 海角社区 graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. 海角社区 graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. 海角社区 graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. 海角社区 graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. 海角社区 graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. 海角社区 graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
4. 海角社区 graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways

Prerequisites

10303 Practice Reasoning in Occupational Therapy AND
10310 Occupation in Context AND
10307 Occupational Therapy for Specific Groups or 11916 Occupational Therapy Skills and Reasoning

Corequisites

Must be enrolled in 373JA Bachelor of Occupational Therapy.

Incompatible units

8937 Humans as Occupational Beings 1 PG

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.