Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

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• Unit Title

  Mental Health Rehabilitation

• Unit Code

  OCT3202

• Year

  2015

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

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Description

This unit focuses on the philosophies and practices that support community participation and enhanced occupational performance by individuals with mental illness. Students will learn about the centrality of a client-centred approach and culturally competent assessments for the effective planning of interventions.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 7 units from OCT2108, OCT2202, OCT2204, OCT2205, OCT2206, OCT2207, OCT2208

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply clinical reasoning to analyse the personal, occupational and environmental components that impact on the performance areas of self-care, work and leisure for persons with mental illness.
2. Appraise self-management models, such as the Recovery and Strengths models and apply them in occupational therapy assessments and interventions.
3. Choose standardised measures for assessment and evaluation of interventions in mental health practice with adolescents, adults and elderly person.
4. Describe the philosophies and approaches that support community participation and enhanced occupational performance in persons with mental illness.
5. Explain ways in which occupational therapy can provide culturally competent assessments and interventions for people with mental illness.
6. Use instruments related to the Model of Human Occupation, Occupational Performance Model and the Canadian Model ofOccupational Performance forassessment and evaluation of intervention effectiveness.

Unit Content

1. Instruments related to the Model of Human Occupation, Occupational Performance Model and the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance for assessment and evaluation of intervention effectiveness.
2. Introduction to the philosophies and approaches that support community participation and enhanced occupational performance in persons with mental illness.
3. Self-management models and principles, such as the Recovery movement and Strengths models and their application in occupational therapy assessments and interventions.
4. Standardised measures for assessment and evaluation of interventions in mental health practice with adolescents, adults and elderly persons.
5. The application of clinical reasoning to analyse the personal, occupational and environmental components that impact on the performance areas of self-care, work and leisure for persons with mental illness.
6. Ways in which occupational therapy can provide culturally competent assessments and interventions for people with mental illness.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and experiential laboratories. Class and small group discussions, guest lecturers from the industry and consumer advocate organisations and E-learning.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

• ^ Brown, C. & Stoffel, V.C. (2011). Occupational therapy in mental health: A vision for participation (1st ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Co.
• Cara, E., & MacRae, A. (2013). Psychosocial occupational therapy: An evolving practice (3rd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cencage Learning.
• Boyt-Schell, B., Gillen, G., & Scaffa, M. (2014). Willard & Spackman's occupational therapy (12th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
• WHO. (2001). ICF: Short version. Geneva: WHO.
• Creek, J., & Lougher (Eds.). (2008). Occupational therapy and mental health (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
• Kielhofner, G. (2008). Model of human occupation: Theory and application (4th ed.). Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
• Meadows, G., Singh, B., & Grigg, M. (Eds.). (2007). Mental health in Australia: Collaborative community practice (2nd ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Journal References

• American Occupational Therapy Association. (2008). Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 62, 625-683.

^ Mandatory reference

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