OTD 863 - Technology in OT

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 2
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 2

The course will offer comprehensive instruction and hands-on activities for the acquisition of foundational competencies related to technological interventions and assistive technologies and services. Instruction will include theoretical frameworks, types of technologies and services, assessment, design, adaptation, modification, and monitoring of assistive technologies. The technological interventions studied in this course will support activities of daily living, mobility, communication, social interactions, and executive functions, among others. Research and evidence-based practice will be used for the identification of interventions for individuals with all abilities of all ages. Students are expected to take an active role in this course and hands-on learning activities will be included in lab sessions

Offered Summer

Course Fee: No
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Doctor of Occupational Therapy program.