Contexts of Occupations (OCTH 445)

 

Timetable & Assignments

 

We will meet for class on Mondays in Orr-Major 1025, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.

 

NOTE: The timetable for Spring 2012 is being prepared – until the current version is posted, please use this version of the timetable dates from Spring 2011 as a general guide.

 

Dates

Topics & Exams

Readings & Assignments

Jan 17

No Class!

 

Jan 24

10am: Introduction to context-based interventions

 

• Begin reading the Albom & and the Weisskopf books!
• Review Willard & Spackman (11th ed.) Unit XII, ch. 60 Physical Environments.

• Review Willard & Spackman (11th ed.) Unit VIII, ch. 43-45.


• Arrange to visit a site for your class assessment of physical contexts assignment.

Jan 31

10 am:

Guest speakers:
Rachel Feldkamp

Sara DeLine

Lauren Foster

Allie Majerle

Transitions - Student, Clinician, and beyond....

 

11am: Physical Environment

 

• The written portion of your out-of-class assessment of physical contexts is due today. Be prepared to discuss your observations.


• Finish reading the "Tuesdays with Morrie" book this week.

 

• Note that applications for the Robinson Scholarship Program are due by March 11.

Feb 07

Guest speaker:
Amy Chapman
Cultural Safari - OT in international settings

 

11am: Cultural Context

BEFORE today's class - be familiar with Willard & Spackman (11th ed.) Unit I, ch. 6 Culture, race, ethnicity, and other forms of human diversity in Occupational Therapy.

 

• Begin considering the subject for your "Historic Figure" assignment.

 

• Submit a draft version of your Tuesdays with Morrie assignment. The paper and electronic (using ANGEL's dropbox feature) submissions both must be received by 4pm.

Feb 14

Personal context

• Review these readings prior to class:

o   Review Willard & Spackman (11th ed.) Unit XI, ch. 53 "Overview of Personal Factors Affecting Performance" and

o   Willard & Spackman (11th ed.) Unit 1, ch. 9 "Sprituality, Occupation, and Occupational Therapy"

 

• Use the PubMed search engine (Dykes Library) to access the following articles; review the content related to cultural differences:

  • Goldberg, M.A. & G. Remy-St. Louis (1998) Understanding and Treating Pain in Ethnically Diverse Patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 5(3): 343-356. (doi: 10.1023/A:1026258220848)

o   Haley, W.E., B. Han & J.N. Henderson (1998) Aging and Ethnicity: Issues for Clinical Practice. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 5(3): 393-409. (doi: 10.1023/A:1026266422665)

 

 

 

• Submit the edited versions of your classmates' Tuesdays with Morrie assignments today in class. All submissions must be as paper documents.

Feb 21

Temporal context

 

Discussion:

Tuesdays with Morrie

·  read Willard & Spackman (11th ed.) Unit 2, ch. 11 "An excerpt from The Book of Sorrows, Book of Dreams: A first-person narrative."

 

• Revised/Final version of your own Tuesdays with Morrie assignment is due today. Submit paper and electronic (using ANGEL's dropbox feature) submissions by 4pm.

 

• Please also place the edited version you received last week in my mailbox.

 

 

Feb 28

Guest speaker:
Carol Wagner
Equal Opportunity/Disability Specialist
The ADA: Principles & Practice

review Willard & Spackman (11th ed.) Unit X, ch. 51 Work pg. 628-630.



Mar 07

Virtual Context

• Today is the final day to submit your Historic Figure assignment.

Mar 14

Social Environment

Sexuality and Disability assignment is due today


• Before class, please review:

Mar 21

No class - Spring Break!

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Mar 28

Guest speaker:
TBA

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Apr 04

No class – Level I Fieldwork experience

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Apr 11

Discussion:

"Blood Brothers"

• The Weisskopf “Blood Brothers” assignment is due today.

Apr 18

Culminating activity
** We will meet in

        Lied Auditorium **

• Please review details regarding today's Culminating activity  assignment.

Apr 25

Guest speaker:
Kathy Davis, MSEd, PhD

  Final written reports, based on the Culminating activity, are due by 4pm today.

o   Submit one version electronically, using ANGEL's "dropbox" feature.

o   Please also place a paper version in my mailbox in the OTEd department.

May 02

Guest speaker:
Cecilia Abbey

Interpretive Services, KUMC

 

11am: Course review & discussion

• A final discussion of assignments from the viewpoint of context and performance.

May 09

No Class!

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May 16-20

Final Exams Week

There is no final exam in this course!

 

Questions? Consult your syllabus for further details, or stop by the office.

End of OCTH 445 Timetable & Assignments

 


 

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