309724 (v.2) OT 272 - Occupational Performance and Change - Vocational Rehabilitation

Area:

School of Occupational Therapy

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Enhancement of occupational performance through the application of occupational therapy intervention in the area of vocational rehabilitation, within the frameworks of the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) and Person Environment Occupation (PEO). Introduction to injury management of injured workers and the transition to employment of people with a disability, within relevant legislative guidelines. Post-school employment for persons with a disability. Psychiatric models of vocational rehabilitation including the Individual Supported Program (ISP) model. Modifying work for return to work /education with a disability. Creating individually designed programs, assessments, understanding of the barriers to successfully gaining or returning to employment, and the supports needed for a successful outcome. Partnerships in vocational rehabilitation.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

061700 Rehabilitation Therapies (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External