Module 'Occupational Therapy for Children and Youth'

28 ECTS
Objectives:
1 To provide knowledge about a child`s occupational development and the meaning of play;
2 to provide knowledge about the main diseases of children and youth, and their influence on occupational performance;
3 to provide basic knowledge about occupational therapy assessment and process working with disabled children and youth.

Having passed the subject, the student:
1 has knowledge about the main diseases of children and youth, and their influence on occupational performance;
2 is able to apply the theories and conceptual models of occupational therapy into practice with children and youth;
3 is able to analyze the problems occurring in daily activities of children and youth;
4 knows a child`s occupational development and the meaning of play;
5 knows the functional development of hand and the principles of developing manual skills;
6 is able to carry out occupational therapy process for children and youth.