Assignment:
Each student will write a paper on changes in human occupation through the lifespan. This will involve knowledge and understanding of human development through the lifespan, describing how client factors and activity demands support and or constrain occupational performance.
Students will select a theorist from Sladyk and Ryan Chapter and describe how one could view occupational change through the lifespan from the point of view of that theorist.
Students will address the following 5 life stages in each response:
(1) infancy
(2) childhood
(3) adolescence
(4) adulthood
5) older adulthood.
Students will need to discuss the occupational changes that occur in each life stage and also include discussion about each of the following objectives for each stage:
a. Explain how culture and cultural competence impact occupational performance across the lifespan.
b. Explain how communication changes through the lifespan.
c. Explain how the environment impacts occupational performance across the lifespan.
d. Explain how education, health and social systems impact occupational performance across the lifespan.
Paper related to lifespan occupational change will be 4 to 6 pages long.