Work Promoting Participation & Productivity Through Occupational Therapy

Unit 1. An Introduction to Work and Occupational Therapy Work Related Services
1.Work in the Modern World: The History and Current Trends in Workers, the Workplace, and Working
2.Development of the Worker Role and a Worker Identity
3.Work Around the Word: Cultural Perspectives on Work and Vocational Rehabilitation
4.Occupational Therapy Conceptual Practice Models, Related Theory and Work
5.Professional Roles: Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistant Collaboration in Work Related Practice

Unit 2. An Overview of Occupational Therapy Work Related Service Settings and Populations
6. Supported and Alternative Employment: Developmental Disabilities and Work
7. The Younger Worker: Transition Services for the Adolescent and Young Adult With Special Needs
8. Older Workers: Maintaining a Worker Role and Returning to the Workplace
9. Mental Health and Work
10.Volunteerism and Play: Alternative Paths to Work Participation

Unit 3. Occupational Therapy Work Related Assessment
11. Psychosocial Assessment of the Worker
12.Physical Assessment of the Worker
13.Performance-Based Work Assessment: A Cognitive/Perceptual Approach
14.Preventing Injuries in the Workplace Ergonomics
15.Assessing and Modifying the Workplace

Unit 4. Occupational Therapy Work-Related Policy and Programming
16.The Americans’ With Disability Act
17. Work Incentives and Policy in the United States and Around the World
18. Developing and Marketing Work-Related Services