Occupational Therapy I

The course aims at providing the students with an initial awareness of professional identity and knowledge in the cultural foundations of the profession; occupation as an expression of thought and life in the human being; knowledge in observation of the different human occupations; other theoretical and clinical knowledge required by the specific professional role.
The student will be introduced to the concepts of participation in activities, autonomy, motivation and occupational science.

The student will be able to:
· explain "doing" as a therapeutic means: in its perceptive-motor, cognitive and relational-affective components of expressive activities, manual activities, play and in activities of everyday life;
· show an initial awareness of professional identity through the study of the history and the cultural foundations of the profession;
· develop a knowledge of occupations as an expression of thought and life in the human being;
· distinguish the different theoretical and clinical knowledge required by the specific professional role, focused on occupational performance seen as a product of the interaction between the person, the environment and the occupation;
· describe the concepts of participation in activities, autonomy, motivation and occupational science;
· analyze the form, function and significance of occupations in self-care, work, study and play;
· develop observation techniques of persons engaged in activity;
· explain the kinesiology of the anatomical and physiological structures (muscles, bones and nerves of the head, neck, trunk, shoulder, elbow, hand and lower limb) that intervene during occupational performance in healthy persons;
· analyze muscular and skeletal activity through palpation and observation during activities;
· learn manual techniques (clay or painting) used for therapeutic purposes;
· conceive, design, manufacture products individually or in groups; analyze the activity.