Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:6.00

Study Course Accepted:11.07.2024 12:27:28

Study Course Information
Course Code:		REK_051		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		10.00		ECTS:		15.00
Branch of Science:		Clinical Medicine; Health Care		Target Audience:		Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Zane Liepiņa
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Rehabilitation
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rkrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		10	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		20
Classes (count)		18	Class Length (academic hours)		4	Total Contact Hours of Classes		72
Total Contact Hours								92
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)		3	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		6
Classes (count)		11	Class Length (academic hours)		4	Total Contact Hours of Classes		44
Total Contact Hours								50
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Anatomy, Physiology, Basics of occupational therapy, Assessment methodology in occupational therapy, Interaction of person and environment to promote occupation, Classification and assessment of functioning, disability and health, Basics of psychology in professional work
Objective:
Improve clinical thinking in pre-clinical studies by learning the basic principles and methods of occupational therapist assessment, intervention in pediatrics.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Introduction. Normal development of a child.			Lectures		1.00	E-Studies platform
2	Normal development of a child. Guidelines of functioning.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
3	Normal development of a child. Task No. 1.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	Handling principles for children.			Classes		2.00	auditorium
5	Children activity. Presentation of the task No. 1.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
6	Games as a part of occupational therapy.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
7	Assesments in pediatrics: ICF			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
8	Evaluation of school environment			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
9	Evaluation of hand function among children.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
10	Methods of hand therapy among children.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
11	Evaluation of the daily activities among children.			Classes		2.00	clinical base
12	Hand function and daily activities development among children.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
13	Occupational therapy for patients with autism.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
14	Alternative and augmentative communication. Alternative communication as a part of occupational therapy.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
15	Positioning as a part of therapy.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
16	Assistive devices in pediatrics			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		3.00	clinical base
17	Mental development disability and Occupational therapy for children with mental development disability.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		3.00	auditorium
18	Occupational therapy for children with idiopathic rheumatoid arthritis.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
19	Occupational therapy for children with sensor integration dysfunction			Classes		2.00	clinical base
20	Cerebral palsy. Tactics of occupational therapist.			Lectures		1.00	clinical base
				Classes		2.00	clinical base
21	Occupational therapy for children with mental disorders.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
22	Occupational therapist working principles with children with various neurological diseases.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Student by independently using literature: • carries out observation of child development and makes a presentation; • prepares a presentation about children activity scopes; • prepares presentation about types of paly and appropriate toys for different age stages; • carries out task about basic principles of positioning children with movement disorders.
Assessment Criteria:
Test method: 1st semester – individual tasks an presentations (20%), tests (20%), practical test about basic principles in handling and positioning (30%), written test (40%). 2nd semester – participation in classes (30%), individual tasks and presentations (30%), oral exam testing knowledge and practical skills (40%).
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Acquire knowledge about different aspects and contexts of child development. Will be able to characterize children activities, describe development of ones and explain the most typical restrictions, recognize the main theoretical approaches in pediatric OT and will be able to describe ones. Will be able to organize activity disfunction evaluation for children, will be able to characterize OT practice process and describe usage of separate therapeutic methods for children with activity disorder.
Skills:		Will be able to evaluate and describe functional skills of a child, will use separate standartised OT assessment tools, to analyse restrictions and resources of carrying out activities for children. Will interpret evaluation results and plan therapy accordingly to activity disfunction of a child. Demonstrate in oversight therapeutical methods, document OT process in its different stages.
Competencies:		Using the acquired knowledge and skills about pediatric OT methods students will be able to: • interpret and evaluate results; • plan intervention according a child's disfunction; • develop and use evidence based assessment and therapy; • evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Vadlīnijas bērnu agrīnai funkcionēšanas novērtēšanai
2	Case-Smith’s Occupational therapy for children and adolescents / edited by Jane Clifford O’Brien and Heather Kuhaneck. Eight edition. St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2020. x, 902 lpp.
3	Feeding and Nutrition [in] children with Neurodevelopmentl Disability" edited by peter B.Sullivan, 2009, Mac Keith Press, 35-106 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
4	Occupation Centered Practice with Children: A practical guidefor Occupational Therapists, by Rodger, Sylvia, 2017.
5	Willard & Spackman's occupational therapy. 13th ed. / [edited by] Barbara A. Boyt Schell ... [et al.]. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018. xxxiv, 1262 lpp.
Additional Reading
1	Pierce D. Maternal Management of the Homes as a Developmental Play Space for Infants and Toddlers, AJOT, May/June 2000, Volume 54, Number 3.
2	Vadlīnijas bērnu agrīnai funkcionēšanas novērtēšanai. Nacionālās veselības dienests, 2011.
Other Information Sources
1	McDonald, R., Surtees, R. A. H., & Wirz, S. (2004). The international classification of functioning, disability and health provides a model for adaptive seating interventions for children with cerebral palsy. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(7), 293 - 302.
2	Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)Resource Center