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Unit of Study OCCU2008 - Cognition Assessments and Interventions (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

This unit examines the practice of occupational therapy for individuals whose occupational performance has been impacted by a range of cognitive 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

  1. Introduction to cognition
  2. Assessment and intervention for cognitive impairment
  3. Dementia assessment and intervention
  4. Stroke assessment and intervention
  5. Traumatic brain injury assessment and intervention
  6. Paediatric conditions assessment and intervention

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term2
Term2
Gold Coast
Term2
Term2

Learning outcomes

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:

describe theoretical frameworks of cognition and identify cognitive domains that affect occupational performance

individually and collaboratively analyse and document how occupational performance is impacted by cognitive impairment

develop appropriate client-centred goals to support occupational performance for people with cognitive impairment

design and evaluate evidence based occupational therapy interventions to enhance functional cognition required for occupational performance

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