OCC1032 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Personal Development, Inclusive Fitness, 6 Years
31 Jul 2018
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Week 1: introduction to development, developmental theory, and how they apply to the lifespan. To introduce the basic assumptions that guide learning across the unit. To introduce biopsychosocial approaches to the study of development, including the inter-relationship among the biological, psychological, and social/societal systems. To define the concept of theory and explain how theories contribute to the study of development. Consider how and why understanding these theoretical perspectives are meaningful in occupational therapy thinking and practice. Growth and development occur at every period of life, from conception through very old age. Individual lives show both continuity and change overtime. We need to understand the whole person because we function in an integrated manner. Beha(cid:448)iour a(cid:374)d people(cid:859)s li(cid:448)es must be interpreted in context. Occupation and performance are developmentally congruent: the things we do, how we perform them and our attachment to them are developmentally congruent. The interaction and modification of three major systems produces human life.
