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Module 16: Conclusion

Written by otuser on 19/12/2016. Posted in Uncategorized

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Module 1: Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Acknowledgements
  • What is meant by infancy?
  • Early intervention and the first six months
  • Course resources
  • Conclusion
Module 2: What are the occupations of infancy?
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • What are the occupations of infancy?
  • What is the occupational therapy role?
  • Conclusion
Module 3: Anticipatory care
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • Attachment theory
  • Neuroplasticity
  • Understanding typical development
  • How is typical development characterised?
  • Sequences of infant development
  • Development of play skills
  • Development of feeding
  • Typical progression of sleep
  • Variation in infant sleep
  • Development of self-regulation/arousal
  • Development of social and emotional skills
  • Infant cues
  • Infant behavioural states
  • Atypical development
  • Atypical trajectory example: Cerebral palsy (CP)
  • Delayed trajectory example: Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
  • Interrupted or at risk trajectory examples
  • Conclusion
Module 4: Pre-contact information gathering
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • Gathering background information
  • Child safety
  • Safe sleep
  • Toy hygiene and infection control
  • Toy safety
  • Choosing a toy for the infant
  • Conclusion
Module 5: Assessment and interpretation
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • Understanding the experience for the family
  • Understanding the experience for the infant
  • Assessing the infant
  • Standardised and non-standardised assessments
  • Informal assessment
  • Subjective and objective assessment
  • Assessment ideas
  • Top tips when assessing an Infant
  • Interpretation of findings
  • Conclusion
Module 6: Engaging with the baby
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • Infant communication and behaviour
  • Crying
  • Sensitive handling
  • Handling the baby
  • Tips for handling
  • Common challenges
  • Conclusion
Module 7: Working with the family
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • Family-focused intervention
  • Features of successful intervention
  • Video example: enriched environment
  • Goal setting
  • Conclusion
Module 8: Promoting best performance
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • The 'just right' challenge
  • Factors contributing to the 'just right' challenge
  • Examples of considerations for best performance
  • Promoting best performance
  • Positioning to promote best performance
  • Using equipment to promote best performance
  • Conclusion
Module 9: Self-regulation
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • The importance of self-regulation in practice
  • The aim of intervention
  • Influencing arousal for play and interaction
  • Simple sensory tools for influencing arousal
  • The under-sensitive infant
  • The over-sensitive infant
  • Variability in sensitivity
  • Conclusion
Module 10: Play
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • Why is play important?
  • The aim of intervention
  • Eye contact and visual follow
  • Eye contact and visual follow: special considerations
  • Developing reciprocal interaction and other play skills
  • Sequence of acquiring visual and interactive play skills
  • Imitation and turn-taking
  • Positioning for play
  • Hand awareness, reach and use in play
  • Banging, shaking, mouthing
  • Bimanual play
  • Cognitive and perceptual play
  • Conclusion
Module 11: Sleep
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • Addressing sleep concerns
  • The aim of intervention
  • Case example: Sleep
  • Conclusion
Module 12: Feeding
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • The occupational therapist's role
  • Specialist feeding input
  • Video examples
  • Conclusion
Module 13: Parental roles
  • Welcome
  • Case Example
  • Parental roles
  • Conclusion
Module 14: Splinting and constraint
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • Introduction to splinting and casting
  • Indicators for splinting in infancy
  • Splinting for infants with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions
  • Conclusion
Module 15: Documentation
  • Welcome
  • Resources
  • Introduction to documentation
  • Progress notes
  • Report writing
  • Home programming/referrals
  • Conclusion
Module 16: Conclusion
  • Summary
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