Occupational Change through the Lifespan paper
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Occupational Therapy Assistant Program
Occupational Change through the Lifespan
OTA 1002 Human Occupation through the Lifespan
Points and Percent Grade for Assignment: 50 points/15% of total grade
Student Learning Outcomes Addressed:
1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of human development throughout the lifespan.
2. Describe occupations and occupational behavior of children, adolescents, adults, and older adults in the context of age, gender, roles, and environment.
3. Discuss the relationship between typical challenges and the impact they have on engagement in occupation as applied throughout the lifespan.
4. Identify the influence of health care, education, community and social systems (context) in the occupation of typical children, adolescents, adults and older adults.
ACOTE STANDARDS Addressed:
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of human development throughout the lifespan (infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults). (B.1.2)
Describe the contexts of health care, education, community, and social systems as they relate to the practice of occupational therapy. (B.6.1)
Assignment
Each student will write a paper on changes in human occupation through the lifespan. This will involve knowledge and understanding of human development through the lifespan, describing how client factors and activity demands support and or constrain occupational performance.
Students will select a theorist from Sladyk and Ryan Chapter 4 and describe how one could view occupational change through the lifespan from the point of view of that theorist.
Students will address the following 5 life stages in each response: (1) infancy, (2) childhood, (3) adolescence, (4) adulthood and (5) older adulthood.
Students will need to discuss the occupational changes that occur in each life stage and also include discussion about each of the following objectives for each stage:
a. Explain how culture and cultural competence impact occupational performance across the
lifespan.
b. Explain how communication changes through the lifespan.
c. Explain how the environment impacts occupational performance across the lifespan.
d. Explain how education, health and social systems impact occupational performance across
the lifespan.
This paper related to lifespan occupational change will be 4 to 6 pages long.
NOTE: Please copy the Evaluation Rubric, found below, and paste the entire rubric into the very end of your paper -- after any references or appendices. Make sure that all of the Rubric is visible. Thank you!
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CRITERIA for Occupational Change through the Lifespan |
Above Average Professional |
Average Inconsistent Professionalism |
Below Average Deficient in professional skills |
Unacceptable Lacks professionalism |
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1. Identification of developmental theorist, definition of theory of human development. |
Definitions and descriptions are clear; complete information provided (10 points) |
Partial definition and description; adequate information provided (8 points) |
Incomplete definition and description; minimal and superficial information provided (7 point) |
Definitions and descriptions are unclear or incorrect; extraneous information provided (5 points) |
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2. Discussion of occupational changes (social, emotional, cognitive, physical) occurring in each life stage (infant, childhood, adolescence, adult, old adult)
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Substantial, pertinent information and details provided about each life stage and occupational changes supported by theorist view of development; effective organization; good flow of information (15 points) |
Adequate information and some details provided about each life stage and occupational changes somewhat supported by theorist view of development; ineffective organization with awkward flow (13 points) |
Superficial information; minimal details provided; theorist view supported by flawed reasoning; ineffective organization; difficult to follow (12 point) |
Unclear or incorrect information provided; theorist view is unsupported or supported incorrectly; reads like a first draft (9 points)
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3. Description of impact on occupational performance across lifespan in areas of culture & competence, communication, environment, education, health and social systems. |
Substantial, pertinent information and details clearly stated in all areas; effective organization (15 points) |
Some details provided, adequate information in most areas; ineffective organization with awkward flow (13 point) |
Superficial information and details; missing areas; lack of flow leads to confusion; (12 points) |
Description is unclear or incorrect; missing information or areas; reads like a first draft (9 points)
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4. Style
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Required formatting and APA style (if relevant) applied correctly and consistently throughout (5 points) |
Required formatting and APA style (if relevant) applied is correct by applied inconsistently throughout (3 point) |
Required formatting and APA style (if relevant) applied incorrectly and inconsistently throughout (2 points) |
Required formatting and APA style (if relevant) not evident or reads like a first draft Rubric not attached at the end of the paper (1 points)
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5. Grammar
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Effective command of grammar, spelling, usage, and punctuation; paper contains fewer than five errors (5 points) |
Fair command of grammar, usage, spelling and punctuation; paper contains fewer than five errors per page on all pages (3 point) |
Below average command of grammar, usage, spelling, punctuation; paper contains five errors per page on five or more pages (2 points) |
Poor command of grammar, spelling usage and punctuation; excessive errors interfere with understanding; reads like a first draft (1 points) |
Revised Jan 2017-SURichmond
