Practice Essentials: Working with Children, Young People & Families – Module 4 equips occupational therapists with essential knowledge and practical strategies to guide effective information gathering and intervention planning in paediatric settings. This module emphasises the importance of understanding the child within their everyday environments, considering personal, cultural, familial, and environmental factors, to support meaningful participation and goal achievement. 

Learners will explore how to select and use a variety of assessment tools, including those that are occupation-based, participation-focused, and designed to measure body functions, personal factors, and environmental influences. The module also covers strengths-based and culturally responsive approaches to collaborative goal setting, ensuring that therapy goals reflect the values, identities, and priorities of children, young people, and their families. Through this process, therapists are supported to uphold cultural safety, build reciprocal partnerships, and ensure relevance and respect in their clinical decision-making. 

Additional topics include outcome measurement, contribution to diagnostic processes, and strategies for risk assessment and safety planning in paediatric practice. Reflective activities throughout the module support learners to integrate critical thinking and self-awareness into their evolving professional reasoning. By the end of this module, therapists will be better prepared to plan and deliver tailored, responsive, and ethical occupational therapy for children and families across diverse contexts. 

This module is mapped to the OTA Capability Framework for Occupational Therapists Working with Children, Young People and Families and embeds reflective activities to encourage critical thinking, cultural responsiveness, and confident application of knowledge in real-world settings. 

After completing this module, you will be able to: 

• Gather holistic information about children’s occupational performance by considering body functions, personal and environmental factors, and strengths across familiar settings. 

• Apply cultural humility and safety when gathering information and developing intervention plans, respecting familial, caregiving, and kinship contexts. 

• Collaborate with children, young people, families, and communities to set culturally responsive, strengths-based, and achievable goals that reflect their values and priorities. 

• Select and use appropriate assessment tools, including occupation-based, participation-focused, environmental, and personal factors. 

• Use various information sources and formats including self-report, observer-reported, and clinician-reported tools to measure outcomes and contribute to diagnostic processes. 

• Understand the role of professional development and supervision in enhancing your information gathering, assessment, and planning skills over time. 

• Conduct risk assessments and safety planning, including identifying workplace, cultural, and personal safety considerations in paediatric practice. 

• Apply trauma-informed and culturally aware approaches to mitigate harm and ensure safety when working with children, young people, and their families. 

This module is suitable for: 
Early career OTs or more experienced OTs transitioning into paediatric practice 

CPD HOURS: 
Total CPD claimable workshop hours: 6 hours

ACCESS: 
This module will take approximately 6 hours to complete. You may revisit this module at any time within 12 weeks from purchase date and download documents embedded within the module. 

REGISTRATION FEES & INCLUSIONS 
OTA Member: $340 
Non Member: $480 
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For organisations wishing to purchase multiple bundles of the Practice Essentials: Working with Children, Young People & Families, please contact info@otaus.com.au to discuss.

The Practice Essentials: Working with Children, Young People & Families Modules can be purchased as a bundle, visit the Bundle product page to find out more.

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