OCTH 645

OCTH 645: Intervention Planning and Implementation in Pediatrics

Credit Hours: (4)

Application of knowledge and professional reasoning to intervention planning and implementation in pediatrics. 

 

Content

• Professional Reasoning
• Reporting Data
• Provide Interventions and Procedures
• Plan for Discharge
• Dysphagia and Feeding
• Referral to Specialists

 

Detailed Description of Conduct of Course

All MOT courses utilize instructional strategies that rely on active learning and best teaching practices.  

Additional instructional methods for each course are determined by course instructors in alignment with course content. These may include: 

• Simulations/role-plays 
• Student presentations 
• Flipped classrooms 
• Gamification 
• Collaborative learning in teams 
• Field/Lab experiences 
• Guest speakers 
• Case Studies 
• Other 

 

Student Learning Outcomes

B.3.2. Professional Reasoning 

Demonstrate professional reasoning to evaluate, analyze, diagnose, and provide occupation-based interventions that:  
Address client factors, performance patterns, and performance skills. 
Focus on creation, promotion, establishment, restoration, maintenance, modification, and prevention 

 

B.3.5. Reporting Data 

Based on interpretation of evaluation findings, develop occupation-based intervention plans and strategies that must be client centered, culturally relevant, reflective of current occupational therapy practice, and based on available evidence.  
Report all evaluation findings and intervention plan to the client, interprofessional team, and payors.  

 

B.3.6. Provide Interventions and Procedures 

Recommend and provide direct interventions and procedures to persons, groups, or populations to enhance safety, health and wellness, chronic condition management, and performance in occupations.  
This must include the ability to collaborate with the occupational therapy assistant related to interventions and selecting and delivering occupations and activities:  

• Occupations as a therapeutic intervention  
• Interventions to support occupations including therapeutic exercise  
• Interventions to support well-being (e.g., complementary health and integrative health)  
• Interventions to support self-advocacy related to the person, groups, or populations.  
• Virtual interventions 

B.3.10. Plan for Discharge 

Develop a plan for discharge from occupational therapy services in collaboration with the client and members of the intraprofessional and interprofessional teams by reviewing the needs of the client, caregiver, family, and significant others; available resources; and discharge environment.  

B.3.13. Dysphagia and Feeding 

Evaluate and provide interventions for dysphagia and disorders of feeding and eating to enable performance, and train others in precautions and techniques while considering client and contextual factors.  

B.3.17.  Referral to Specialists 

Evaluate and discuss mechanisms for referring clients to specialists both internal and external to the profession, including community agencies.

 

Assessment Measures

Projects, assignments, competencies, and tests as appropriate.

 

Other Course Information

Additional course information provided as needed in course semester syllabi.

 

Review and Approval

June, 2020

June 5, 2025