Occupational therapy students' contribution towards enabling potential in a semi-rural community.
Occupational therapy students at the University of Pretoria engage in a 7-week service learning fieldwork in their fourth year. This fieldwork takes place in a semi-rural community. The article reports on a successful project where the students enabled adult learners with disabilities to improve their engagement in meaningful activities and trained the learners in selected prevocational skills. The students included a teacher from the center and she was given the opportunity to expand her skills in teaching as well. The ZOPP model of community project planning was used and proved to be a useful tool for students who have limited time for planning, implementation and evaluation of a project.
Olivier
Marlene
M
Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, PO Box 667, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa.
Oosthuizen
Lauri
L
Casteleijn
Daleen
D
D000328:Adult; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013019:South Africa