Course Description & Objectives

This session explores the healthcare environment through the lens of Occupational Therapist to support interpreters in delivering effective, sustainable, and client-centered interpretation. Emphasis is placed on understanding patient functional performance, sensory and emotional regulation, environmental demands, and the occupational roles of both patient and interpreter within medical and community settings.

Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the occupational therapy process including referral, evaluation, intervention planning, treatment, and discharge considerations across multiple practice settings.
• Identify the role of occupational therapists in a variety of settings including early intervention, schools, acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, and outpatient practice.
• Explain foundational concepts of sensory processing including vestibular, proprioceptive, and interoceptive systems as they relate to pediatric occupational therapy.
• Differentiate key features of pediatric outpatient occupational therapy practice compared with other pediatric settings.