Occupational Therapy Early Release Core

Occupational Therapy

Why choose this course?

Core for occupational therapists comprises of 9 modules that specifically upskill learners in Task-specific Training. With assumed knowledge of content covered in the Essentials course, learners will be guided in the overarching principles of task specific training. Each of the task-specific training modules will then break down how therapists can support the development of motor tasks key to supporting infant skill development, exploration and independence.

These core modules are a requirement to gain CPAdvance™ Accredited Practitioner, for occupational therapy.

Modules included:

CPAdvance: An introduction	Upon completion, learners will understand the three key best practice principles of early intervention and its application to clinical scenarios.
Task-specific Training: General principles	By completing this module, learners will demonstrate foundational knowledge of task-specific training, grounded in neuroplasticity and motor learning theory
Task-specific Training: Reach	By completing this module, learners will demonstrate task-specific training knowledge and its application to the task of ‘reach’.
Task-specific Training: Grasp and release	By completing this module, learners will demonstrate task-specific training knowledge and its application to the tasks of ‘grasping’ and ‘releasing’.
Task-specific Training: Sitting	By completing this module, learners will demonstrate task-specific training knowledge and its application to sitting and sitting transitions.
Task-specific Training: Head control	By completing this module, learners will demonstrate task-specific training knowledge and its application to developing infant head control.
Task-specific Training: Floor mobility	By completing this module, learners will demonstrate task-specific training knowledge and its application support infant floor mobilisation and exploration.
Task-specific Training: Upright mobility	By completing this module, learners will demonstrate task-specific training knowledge and its application support infant mobilisation from an upright position, including cruising walking and weight shifting.
Task-specific Training: Examination	This module invites learners to consolidate their learning from across all task-specific training modules through a series of case studies.