OT 209 - Physical Disabilities Practices

• describe how multi-cultural factors and human sexuality are addressed within the scope of treatment in a physical disabilities setting;
• describe and apply treatment interventions relative to the following theories: Bobath, Rood, PNF and Brunnstrom;
• discuss how occupational therapy can address the spiritual needs for clients with physical disabilities;
• discuss remediation and compensation for physical, cognitive, perceptual, sensory, neuromuscular, mental, sensory functions and behavioral skills;
• describe basic features of theories, models of practice, and frames of reference that underlie the practice of OT relative to physical disabilities;
• select and analyze tasks relative to an occupational profile, occupations, performance skills/patterns, activity demands, contexts, and client factors within an intervention plan;
• express support for the quality of life, well- being, and occupation for individuals/groups/populations with physical disabilities through health promotion and injury prevention addressing the contexts in which one engages;
• discuss strategies for training in and guidelines/precautions for self-care, self- management, home management, community management, and work integration as they pertain to the various diagnoses/disabilities discussed in the course;
• discuss strategies to enable feeding and eating performance with regards to precautions/techniques while considering client/contextual factors as they pertain to various diagnoses/disabilities discussed in the course;
• demonstrate selection of diagnosis specific occupational therapy treatment interventions for major neuromuscular/sensorimotor disorders of the adult: i.e., CVA, TBI, SCI, Guillian Barre, MS, ALS, and Parkinson’s;
• describe diagnosis specific occupational therapy treatment interventions for rheumatoid arthritis to include: joint protection, energy conservation and work simplification techniques and specifics for orthotics;
• describe diagnosis specific occupational therapy treatment intervention for the total hip and knee replacement and hip fracture;
• describe treatment intervention for respiratory and cardiac rehab to include use of graded activities, energy conservation, work simplification and patient education;
• describe selection of specific treatment intervention for burn rehab to include joint and skin integrity, edema control, promotion of self care skills, splinting and patient education;
• describe treatment intervention for cancer most commonly seen in Occupational Therapy;
• describe the use of thermal modalities in occupational therapy intervention: heat, ice, paraffin, ultrasound, electric stimulation within the course as these topics apply;
• describe and demonstrate the use of adaptive/or compensatory strategies when remediation approach is no longer available to an individual with a specific physical disability;
• describe how to facilitate discharge planning recommendations with regards to the needs of the client, family, and caregivers taking into consideration fiscal/human/community resources/environmental adaptations/home programming; make those needs known to the client, OT, and others involved in the discharge planning process;
• locate and describe information found in databases and search engines to obtain evidenced based professional literature relative to practice approaches utilized in treatment plans;
• assist the consumer in gaining access to occupational therapy services;
• state the ethical and practical considerations that effect health/wellness needs of those individuals facing social injustice, occupational deprivation, and disparity in receipt of services; and 
• incorporate appropriate information from a scholarly report within course’s sensorimotor treatment plan project.