Child & Adolescent Mental Health in OT
OCCP5233
Child and adolescent mental health is an emerging field within occupational therapy. Particularly within the context of Australia, the valuable skills of occupational therapists are greatly under-utilised within child and adolescent mental health settings. Furthermore, for many paediatric occupational therapists, more emphasis is needed in addressing the mental health needs of the children and young people we work with. This unit of study will look at all the mental health conditions commonly found amongst children and adolescents from the perspective of the everyday difficulties commonly encountered by children/adolescents with those conditions and at the unique role of the occupational therapist during the assessment and intervention phase. Lectures, problem solving, video case material and printed handouts will be used to facilitate learning.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 1
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: OCCP5233
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No