Welcome
Welcome to Module 8 of the Paediatric Occupational Therapy Infants Course: Promoting best performance.
This module will provide an overview of the central concept of promoting best performance for the infant. Knowledge and understanding of factors affecting infant performance and strategies to promote best performance are explored. Important infant practice concepts and examples are also included.
Learning objective
This module aims to provide an understanding of
- the factors influencing infant performance
- strategies to promote the best performance
- the use of equipment to maximise performance.
Learning outcomes
Following completion of this module the learner should be able to recall:
- the concept of the 'just right' challenge
- child factors relating to performance
- environmental factors relating to performance
- occupation factors relating to performance
- strategies to maximise performance using positioning and equipment.
