Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
Course Code
REK_051
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
15.00
Target Audience
Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Zane Liepiņa
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk@rsu.lv, +371 20271291
About Study Course
Objective
Improve clinical thinking in pre-clinical studies by learning the basic principles and methods of occupational therapist assessment, intervention in pediatrics.
Preliminary Knowledge
Anatomy, Physiology, Basics of occupational therapy, Assessment methodology in occupational therapy, Interaction of person and environment to promote occupation, Classification and assessment of functioning, disability and health, Basics of psychology in professional work
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Acquire knowledge about different aspects and contexts of child development. Will be able to characterize children activities, describe development of ones and explain the most typical restrictions, recognize the main theoretical approaches in pediatric OT and will be able to describe ones. Will be able to organize activity disfunction evaluation for children, will be able to characterize OT practice process and describe usage of separate therapeutic methods for children with activity disorder.
Skills
1.Will be able to evaluate and describe functional skills of a child, will use separate standartised OT assessment tools, to analyse restrictions and resources of carrying out activities for children. Will interpret evaluation results and plan therapy accordingly to activity disfunction of a child. Demonstrate in oversight therapeutical methods, document OT process in its different stages.
Competences
1.Using the acquired knowledge and skills about pediatric OT methods students will be able to: • interpret and evaluate results; • plan intervention according a child's disfunction; • develop and use evidence based assessment and therapy; • evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.
Assessment
Individual work
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Title
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1.
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Student by independently using literature:
• carries out observation of child development and makes a presentation;
• prepares a presentation about children activity scopes;
• prepares presentation about types of paly and appropriate toys for different age stages;
• carries out task about basic principles of positioning children with movement disorders.
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Examination
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Title
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1.
Examination |
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Test method: 1st semester – individual tasks an presentations (20%), tests (20%), practical test about basic principles in handling and positioning (30%), written test (40%).
2nd semester – participation in classes (30%), individual tasks and presentations (30%), oral exam testing knowledge and practical skills (40%).
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Occupational therapy for patients with autism.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Assesments in pediatrics: ICF
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Positioning as a part of therapy.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Occupational therapy for children with idiopathic rheumatoid arthritis.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Assistive devices in pediatrics
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Hand function and daily activities development among children.
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Occupational therapy for patients with autism.
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Children activity.
Presentation of the task No. 1.
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Mental development disability and Occupational therapy for children with mental development disability.
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Assistive devices in pediatrics
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Handling principles for children.
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Occupational therapist working principles with children with various neurological diseases.
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Location
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Occupational therapy for children with mental disorders.
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Mental development disability and Occupational therapy for children with mental development disability.
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Positioning as a part of therapy.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Occupational therapy for patients with autism.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Occupational therapy for children with mental disorders.
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Lecture
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Normal development of a child. Guidelines of functioning.
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Lecture
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Off site
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E-Studies platform
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2
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Topics
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Introduction. Normal development of a child.
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Mental development disability and Occupational therapy for children with mental development disability.
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Lecture
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Evaluation of school environment
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Evaluation of hand function among children.
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Evaluation of the daily activities among children.
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Alternative and augmentative communication. Alternative communication as a part of occupational therapy.
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Handling principles for children.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Assistive devices in pediatrics
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Evaluation of the daily activities among children.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Games as a part of occupational therapy.
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Lecture
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Alternative and augmentative communication. Alternative communication as a part of occupational therapy.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Assesments in pediatrics: ICF
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Normal development of a child. Task No. 1.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Mental development disability and Occupational therapy for children with mental development disability.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Assistive devices in pediatrics
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Games as a part of occupational therapy.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
12.00
Contact hours:
92 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Methods of hand therapy among children.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Cerebral palsy. Tactics of occupational therapist.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Methods of hand therapy among children.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Occupational therapy for children with sensor integration dysfunction
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Occupational therapy for children with sensor integration dysfunction
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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4
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Topics
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Cerebral palsy. Tactics of occupational therapist.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Methods of hand therapy among children.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Specialized room
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2
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Topics
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Cerebral palsy. Tactics of occupational therapist.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
50 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Vadlīnijas bērnu agrīnai funkcionēšanas novērtēšanai
2.
Case-Smith’s Occupational therapy for children and adolescents / edited by Jane Clifford O’Brien and Heather Kuhaneck. Eight edition. St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2020. x, 902 lpp.
3.
Feeding and Nutrition [in] children with Neurodevelopmentl Disability" edited by peter B.Sullivan, 2009, Mac Keith Press, 35-106 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
4.
Occupation Centered Practice with Children: A practical guidefor Occupational Therapists, by Rodger, Sylvia, 2017.
5.
Willard & Spackman's occupational therapy. 13th ed. / [edited by] Barbara A. Boyt Schell ... [et al.]. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018. xxxiv, 1262 lpp.
Additional Reading
1.
Pierce D. Maternal Management of the Homes as a Developmental Play Space for Infants and Toddlers, AJOT, May/June 2000, Volume 54, Number 3.
2.
Vadlīnijas bērnu agrīnai funkcionēšanas novērtēšanai. Nacionālās veselības dienests, 2011.
Other Information Sources
1.
McDonald, R., Surtees, R. A. H., & Wirz, S. (2004). The international classification of functioning, disability and health provides a model for adaptive seating interventions for children with cerebral palsy. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(7), 293 - 302.
2.
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)Resource Center