OT 518 - Service Learning I: Addressing Mental Health Related Occupational Needs of Persons and Groups

This is the first service learning course in a series of 3 courses. In this course, students will be introduced to community-based OT practice and then apply and integrate what they have learned in prerequisite courses and are learning in co-requisite Graduate Occupational Therapy courses to providing service to persons who have experienced trauma and/or have other mental health needs. Students will provide health and wellness occupation-based individual and group activities within a community-based setting. Students will be introduced to documenting client needs for service and practice writing progress notes over the course of providing service. Students must complete at least 40 hours of service over the course of this semester. This course focuses on mental health needs of persons in a community setting and meets ACOTE requirements as a Fieldwork 1 experience.
Service Learning
Credits: 1
Co-requisites: OT 516 , OT 517
Offered in the Spring Semester
Department Consent Required