Teaching Leisure Skills: Using Activity Analysis and Data Collection

Course Description:

Are leisure skills beneficial to the overall health of our patients? Statistics show that 49% of those who utilize long-term care services in nursing homes are diagnosed with depression.  Residents spend approximately 69% of the day inactive with their eyes closed. Occupational deprivation results in a decline in physical and mental health, as well as overall quality of life. Let Dr. Aditi Mehra, DHS, OTR/L and Jonathan Amey, M.Ed. help us, as clinicians, teach our patients how to keep their mind and their days engaged.

This course will cover:

• The importance of teaching leisure activities in PT/OT/ATC
• How to identify the barriers to teaching leisure skills in everyday practice
• How to describe the steps necessary to create an Activity analysis and a list of motor movements needed for leisure skills
• Listing the process of using the Standard Celeration chart to track data and make clinical decisions
• Practice using the step-by-step process of teaching leisure skills using a case study: Playing Uno and an “overall approach” to OT
• Summarizing the components of motor fluency and its impact on generalization of leisure skills

Methods of Instruction:

Online audio/video course

Course Instructor:

Dr. Aditi Mehra, DHS, OTR/L

Jonathan Amey, M.Ed.

Target Audience:

Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistants and Athletic Trainers.

Educational Level:

Intermediate

Prerequisites:

None

Course Goals and Objectives:

At the completion of this course, participants should be able to:

1. Identify the significance and benefits of leisure skills in therapy
2. Recognize the limitations to teaching leisure skills in practice
3. Recognize The 6-Step Process
4. Differentiate between Instruction versus Practice
5. Identify the importance of Temporal Dimension of Behavior
6. Recognize the steps necessary to create an Activity analysis and a list of motor movements needed for leisure skills
7. Differentiate between Tool Skills for Motor Movements
8. Identify the process of using the Standard Celeration chart to track data and make clinical decisions
9. Identify the approaches of a Consultative Overall Therapy approach
10. Summarizing the components of motor fluency and its impact on generalization of leisure skills

Criteria for Obtaining Continuing Education Credits:

A score of 70% or greater on the post-test