2018 ILOTA Conference Short Course: Using Participation and Occupation to Guide the Pediatric Occupational Process

The purpose of this educational session is to demonstrate occupational therapy's distinct value in contributing to enhancing participation outcomes for children, youth and families, particularly when the process is guided by occupation-focused models and supported by the evidence for OT intervention effectiveness. Through a review of the International Classification of Functioning-Children and Youth (ICF-CY), participants will be able to identify specific areas in which occupational therapy supports and expands on participation constructs and will engage in various case study examples of applying these to occupational therapy practice. In addition, the session will conclude with engagement in a knowledge translation activity, in which participants will develop an action plan to apply information learned in this course immediately to their (current or future) clinical practice.