Course: Ergotherapy and Compensation Aids

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Course title Ergotherapy and Compensation Aids
Course code KSS/TER
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Nádvorníková Lenka, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. The content of lessons, attestation, seminar paper. Occupation therapy - the position in the system of medical science, institutions of occupation therapy - cooperation, basic terminology. 2. Student ´s presentations and following reflective discussion: models and approaches in occupation therapy and occupation therapy diagnostics. Case reports. 3. Excursion in the institution of occupation therapy and occupation therapy diagnostics. 4. Reflection of the excursion. Student ´s presentations and following reflective discussion: anthropometrics, biomechanics, labour psychology etc. 5. Student ´s presentations and following reflective discussion: labour rehabilitation, supported employment in the context of special education and social services. 6. Student ´s presentations and following reflective discussion: compensation aids for personal hygiene, dressing, feeding, free time, education etc. 7. Student ´s presentations and following reflective discussion: occupation therapy and free time - the use of PC to support people with special needs. Presentation of the seminar paper. Seminars: 1. Discussion - comprehensive rehabilitation and the position of occupation therapy in the scientific discourse. Cooperation between comprehensive rehabilitation and social policy. 2. Practical training - investigating methods. Case work. Preparation for the internship. 3. The internship on the work place where occupation therapy is used. 4. Reflecting the internship. Discussion. Preparation for the internship. 5. The internship in the institution where the occupation therapy is offered. 6. Reflecting the internship. Discussion. Practical training with compensation aids. 7. Presenting seminar thesis - compensation aid or occupation therapy activity for a person with health difficulties or disorders.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Students' portfolio
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 62 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal of the discipline is to give students the information about the importance of occupation therapy and team cooperation when working with people with disabilities. The comprehensive rehabilitation will be emphasized in terms of the cooperation between the nurses, social workers, and other professionals. Students will learn the compendium of the occupation therapy techniques, compensation aids and diagnostics in occupation therapy.
The goal of the discipline is to give students the information about the importance of occupation therapy and team cooperation when working with people with disabilities. The comprehensive rehabilitation will be emphasized in terms of the cooperation between the nurses, social workers, and other professionals. Students will learn the compendium of the occupation therapy techniques, compensation aids and diagnostics in occupation therapy.
Prerequisites
Special education and consecutive knowledge gained through the educational background.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis, Presentation of group work

Students create simple compensation aid or a mean for occupation therapy. They present it in the seminars
Recommended literature
  • BUCHTELOVÁ, E., a kol. Kazuistiky v ergoterapii a fyzioterapii. Ústí nad Labem: UJEP, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7561-081-2.
  • DABROWSKÁ, M. Ergoterapie v klinických oborech - techniky v ergoterapii: studijní opora. Ostrava: OU, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-513-6.
  • KONDZIOŁKOVÁ, J. Teorie ergoterapie 2: studijní opora. Ostrava: OU, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-516-7.
  • VOTAVA, J. Ergoterapie a technické pomůcky v rehabilitaci. Liberec: TU Liberec, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7372-449-8.


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