Assessment in Occupational Therapy

This course will introduce the central importance of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to assessment in occupational therapy practice, including purposes, interpretation, and critiques of assessment methods and tools. Using an occupational perspective, the course will address broad concepts/categories such as theoretical underpinnings, categorization schemas, and the use of self (e.g. developing rapport, interviewing skills) in the assessment process. Areas of assessment will be organized around occupational performance and will include the assessment of self-care, productive and leisure occupations, as well as the assessment of the environments within which these occupations are performed. Assessment skills will be learned through the use and critique of selected practice-based exercises and tools.