OCCTH 508 - Social Transformation Through Occupation

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Focusing on occupational therapy in community contexts, students will learn approaches focused on using occupation to transform social inequities and pursue occupational justice. Students will develop capabilities for participatory, action-oriented inquiry and social innovation, addressing community-identified and population-level needs and priorities.

OCCTH 571 - Occupation Across the Lifespan: Children

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-2)

Students explore occupational participation for children and how it is influenced by developmental trajectories, life events and opportunities, family contexts, and broader environments. The occupational therapist's role in supporting children, families and communities is explored through family-centered and strengths-based perspectives.