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OCCP1104: Analysing and Teaching Occupations
2025 unit information
The ability to analyse and teach people how to perform daily occupations is a fundamental occupational therapy competency, applicable to all areas of occupational therapy practice when providing direct or consultative services. This unit of study uses information from theories of learning as well as evidence based principles of systematic instruction to assist students to understand how people learn and change their behaviour. Students learn how to: conduct activity and task analysis of daily occupations and occupational performance of people with and without disability; identify factors which enable and hinder people's participation in daily occupations; and use information from analyses to set occupation-focussed goals. Students develop proficiency using a wide range of teaching/learning strategies which can be used during occupational therapy to facilitate change in performance of day to day activities.
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Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Participation Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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OCCP1097 and OCCP1098 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Describe the terms 'occupation', 'analysis', and 'teaching and learning' with in an occupational therapy context and explain how the core skills of analysing and teaching occupations are applied during occupational therapy practice.
- LO2. Identify the required ‘steps’ for successful task performance of a variety of simple and complex occupations.
- LO3. Identify level of mastery in task performance of people performing a variety of simple and complex occupations.
- LO4. Analyse the inherent motor, sensory, cognitive, psychological, and social characteristics of a variety of simple and complex occupations.
- LO5. Analyse the contextual influences placed on a person performing a variety of simple and complex occupations.
- LO6. Apply the processes of analysing and teaching occupations in a way that is culturally safe and with recognition and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- LO7. Develop meaningful occupation-focused goals in collaboration with clients and others in the client situation.
- LO8. Determine the most efficient cues and prompts to use with a variety of clients to obtain a determined level of occupational performance.
- LO9. Apply an appropriate prompt hierarchy to achieve desired performance.
- LO10. Grade and adapt activities to match individual client capacity.
- LO11. Determine the most appropriate practice schedule to use to achieve determined level of occupational performance.
- LO12. Identify methods to evaluate learning and teaching outcome in meeting client goals and needs.
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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