Course TO 311 · Year III · Summer 2021-2022

THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN PEDIATRICS

Compulsory course in Occupational Therapy, taught by Petronela Maria Talpaș.

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Overview

Lecturer
Petronela Maria Talpaș
Seminar tutor
Petronela Maria Talpaș
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Psychology
Field of study
Occupational Therapy
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, Illustrations Conversation
Entry requirements
Fundamental notions of occupational therapy

Aims

Knowledge of intervention methods and strategies for increasing occupational performance in children with age-related conditions

Design and application of therapeutic interventions in children

Developing the therapeutic relationship with the beneficiaries and motivating their participation in therapeutic activities Developing the therapeutic relationship with the beneficiaries and motivating their participation in therapeutic activities

Course contents

1. The impact of pediatric dysfunction on occupational performance.
2. The anatomical and functional characteristics of the child in each stage of growth and development: prenatal, postnatal (newborn, infant, young child, preschool, school, adolescent). 3.Evaluation of the newborn at birth, the neuromotor balance of the infant and young child by
4. Appreciation of spontaneous motor skills, directed and provoked motor skills.
5. Occupational therapy in nutrition disorders and associated diseases: malnutrition, obesity, deficient rickets.
6. Occupational therapy in central motor disability and peripheral neurological disorders.
7. Occupational therapy in respiratory diseases.
8. Occupational therapy in cardiovascular diseases: congenital heart malformations.
9. Rheumatic diseases: RAA, juvenile arthritis.
10. Occupational therapy in genetic diseases: chromosome number abnormalities (trisomy 21, Turner syndrome), with recessive transmission related to the X chromosome (hemophilia, progressive muscular dystrophy), with autosomal recessive transmission (cystic fibrosis, progressive muscular atrophy), with transmission autosomal dominant (achondroplasia, imperfect osteogenesis).

Learning outcomes

Theoretical and practical training of students for the recovery of children with various diseases: respiratory, neurological, metabolic and nutritional, orthopedic, rheumatic, osteo-articular malformations, chromosomal abnormalities, autism spectrum disorders, etc.

Assessment

The volume and correctness of knowledge The scientific rigor of language-70% Writing a paper on a given topic Active participation in seminars-30%

Recommended reading

Evaluare si interventie psihoeducationala: terapii educationale, recuperatorii si compensatorii
Alois Ghergut
, Ed.Polirom, Iasi, 2011 · all
Terapie ocupațională
Schuster Andreea
PSIHOMEDIA, SIBIU, 2011 · all
Terapia ocupaţională, ediţia a II-a, revăzută şi adăugită
Buşneag, I. C.
Editura Fundaţiei România de Mâine,, Bucuresti, 2010 · all