Unit of Study OCCU2009 Education, Leisure and Play Occupations (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

OCCU2002 - Sensory Motor Assessments and Interventions AND OCCU2005 - Lifespan Development and Occupational Transitions

Unit description

This unit examines the person and environmental factors that impact occupational performance limitations in education, leisure and play in children and adolescents. Students will have the opportunity to learn about key practice approaches which influence effective occupational therapy practice and use these approaches to underpin contemporary assessment and intervention.

Unit content

Best-practice in occupational therapy for children
Use of play in paediatric occupational therapy interventions.
Paediatric occupational therapy assessment
Paediatric occupational therapy interventions.
Service provision across paediatric settings
Family centred, culturally safe and trauma informed care

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term1	Term1
Gold Coast	Term1	Term1

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically review approaches to intervention using major paediatric frames of reference

analyse the relationship between person and environment factors that affect performance in play, leisure and school occupations

apply appropriate assessment and intervention strategies to promote occupational performance in school and play contexts, with consideration of the child and other relevant stakeholders

apply trauma informed, family centred and culturally safe care in occupational therapy practice

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Laboratory 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	40%
Report	60%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Laboratory 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	40%
Report	60%

Prescribed learning resources

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Domestic

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