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Course ListingsFall 2012Occupational TherapyOTS 0238LEVEL II FIELDWORKNo course credit.Please see departmental website for specific details.Sections02662 OTS 023801 ARR Roberts, Michae 0.0 S/u Only, AlsoReg For Ots402 - FtOTS 0242HEALTH COND:PATH/PREV IIncidence, prevalence, and etiology of health conditions that contributeto disruption in occupational performance focusing on conditionscommon in childhood through adolescence. The health practitioner'srole in the treatment and management of these conditions and the roleof risk-factor identification and prevention. Theperson-environment-occupation model and statistical significance ofhealth conditions in relation to selected populations and theoccupational impact. Discussion of conditions such as oppositionaldefiant disorder, attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder, pervasivedevelopment disorder spectrum, depression, bipolar illness, anxietydisorders, neuromuscular disorders, orthopedic conditions, andselected central nervous system disorders.Prerequisites: PSY 1, Gross Anatomy (OTS 102 prior or concurrent),Abnormal Psychology (PSY 12 for non-BSOT students).Sections02663 OTS 024201 ARR Kaldenberg, Jen 0.5 Preq: Intro ToPsychOTS 0274HAND&UPPER EXTR REHAB IThis graduate-level course, geared toward occupational therapypractitioners and students, will be team taught by Dept of OT facultyand specialists in hand and upper extremity rehabilitation from theMassachusetts General Hospital. This course will serve as anintroduction to the specialization of hand therapy within the field ofoccupational therapy. Participants may elect to continue their study ofthe upper extremity with courses offered in the spring semester andsummer. Clinicians who participate in all three would be eligible to applyfor a hand therapy fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital.Sections02664 OTS 027401 ARR Brooks, Janet C 0.5-1.0 Mon 5:30-8:30PmOTS 0284PROGRAMMATIC ISSUESThe provision of school services to support the child with specializedlearning needs is governed by federal and state legislation. Thepractical issues related to educationally relevant service provision inlight of current legislation. Topics include service eligibility, developingeducationally relevant service plans, the Individualized EducationalPlan (IEP) process, models of service provision, the environmentalcontext, inclusion, collaborative team building, the family as teammember, issues related to diversity, transitions from early interventionto adult services, and policy development. Seminar format with classdiscussions.SectionsSCHOOL BASED PRACTICE04057 OTS 028401 ARR Morris, Margare 0.5-1.0OTS 0286LEADERSHIP PLANNINGStudents under advisement of faculty sponsors plan and develop, in anarea of specialty in occupational therapy practice, a comprehensiveleadership project that can be either community or clinically based. Theproject involves a need assessment and feasibility study, interfacingwith potential agencies, and the development of appropriatemethodology for evaluation and successful implementation. The projectproposal must be approved by a committee of the doctoral faculty.Prerequisites: OTD students only. Co-requisites: OTS 208 and 288.Sections02665OTS 028601 ARR Staff 0.5 S/uOnly,consent/year-longTufts University Course Listings, Fall 2012OTS 0287LEADERSHIP PROJECT IMPLEStudents implement in the setting they have chosen the projectapproved in OTS 286. They carry out an outcome monitoring systeminvolving data collection, management, and data analysis. Successfulcompletion reflects interpretation and discussion of findings, projectevaluation, a publishable article, and an oral defense by a committee ofthe doctoral faculty.Prerequisites: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOROTS 286; OTD students only.Sections02666 OTS 028701 ARR Bedell, Gary 1.5 S/u Only, YearLong, Consent02667 OTS 028702 ARR Schwartzberg, S 1.5 S/u Only,Consent, YearLong02668 OTS 028703 ARR Tickle-degnen, 1.5 S/u Year LongCourse,ConsentOTS 0288OUTCOMESIn this course students will learn about and develop skills in outcomesmeasurement, management and monitoring to assist with makingpractice related decisions and improvements. Students will collaboratewith selected stakeholders (e.g., administrators, staff, consumers) at aselected practice setting to identify and monitor key program outcomesand person, environment and intervention variables that may have aninfluence on these outcomes.Prerequisites: OTS 209 or 210 or equivalent; permission of instructor.Sections02669OTS 028801 ARR Bedell, Gary 0.5-1.0 Consent/tue5:30-8:30 PmOTS 0289INTEGRATIVE PAPERThis paper is designed to be a culmination of the OTD program. Thestudent will integrate information from coursework, proseminars, and acritical examination of the literature, and use this body of knowledge toexplain how the Leadership Project experience demonstratedleadership and expertise in an area of specialty. The final paper mustbe approved by a committee of the doctoral faculty.Prerequisites: OTD students only and permission of instructor.Sections026700267102672OTS 028901 ARR Bedell, Gary 1.0 Consent,s/uOnly,year-longOTS 028902 ARR Schwartzberg, S 1.0 Consent/year-long - S/u OnlyOTS 028903 ARR Tickle-degnen, 1.0 S/u, Year LongCourse,ConsentOTS 0291PHY EXERCISE&PHY PERFORMEmphasis on (a) physiology of the neuromuscular system, particularlythe regulation of strength and velocity of a contraction by musclereceptors interacting with the nervous system; (b) the function of theskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems at rest and duringexercise, and their adaptations to training; (c) physiology of physicalperformance, covering discussion of aerobic and anaerobic power, theirmeasurement, fatigue, recovery after exercise, factors that affectphysical performance; and (d) basic principles of strength and aerobictraining, and the physiologic effects.Prerequisites: Biology or physiology.Sections02673OTS 029101 ARR Leavis, Paul C 0.5-1.0Page 137