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Unit of Study HLT10593 - Mental Function (Cognition) Assessments and Interventions (2020)

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Unit description

Examines the practice of occupational therapy for individuals whose occupational performance has been impacted by a range of cognitive/mental impairments. Students will develop theory driven and practical clinical reasoning skills to guide their approach to assessment and intervention for clients with cognitive impairments.

Unit content

  • Introduction to Cognition Assessment and Intervention
  • General Principals of Cognition – theoretical overview and models of cognitive function
  • Consciousness, Attention and Orientation – functional anatomy of brain
  • Methods of assessing cognitive functioning and setting appropriate client centred goals
  • Perception – assessing sensory function and exploring theories of perception, sensation and pain in relation to occupational performance and treatment
  • Memory and Orientation – how these affect occupational performance and occupational therapy intervention
  • Executive Function – planning, problem solving and judgement and how these impact occupational performance
  • Application of knowledge to specific case studies
  • Sleep and Sleep Hygiene
  • Perceive, Recall, Plan, Perform (PRPP) Assessment and Occupational Performance Model Australia – OPM(A)
  • Assessment of adult, legal decision-making capacity

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 explain the cognitive/mental processes that affect learning and functional performance
2 discuss characteristics of cognitive impairments impacting on the occupational performance in children and adults with neurological, developmental, learning or mental health disorders.
3 develop evidence based intervention principles and strategies that include those used by a range of professionals as well as those specific to occupational therapists
4 design and implement occupational therapy programs that are client-centred and occupation-embedded to address the impact of cognitive impairment on everyday task performance for people with impairments and their families
5 critically analyse major theoretical frameworks influencing assessment and intervention of cognition
6 analyse and report how perceptual deficits impact task performance in individuals with traumatic brain injury

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. explain the cognitive/mental processes that affect learning and functional performance
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. discuss characteristics of cognitive impairments impacting on the occupational performance in children and adults with neurological, developmental, learning or mental health disorders.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. develop evidence based intervention principles and strategies that include those used by a range of professionals as well as those specific to occupational therapists
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. design and implement occupational therapy programs that are client-centred and occupation-embedded to address the impact of cognitive impairment on everyday task performance for people with impairments and their families
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  5. critically analyse major theoretical frameworks influencing assessment and intervention of cognition
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  6. analyse and report how perceptual deficits impact task performance in individuals with traumatic brain injury
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

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