Common Phrase Translation: Spanish for English Speakers-Occupational Therapy

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct, through self-study, the occupational therapy student regarding cultural competence, and to familiarize the student with common English to Spanish phrases used during evaluation and treatment in a variety of settings. The concentration will be primarily occupational therapy, however, since there is overlap between the disciplines, we have included a brief introduction of physical and speech therapy phrases as well.

 Behavioral Objectives:

At the end of this self-study program, the student will be able to:  

 1. Locate and retrieve seven common phrases regarding salutations used to open and

 2. Locate and retrieve 25 common phrases used in evaluation of occupational therapy clients.

 3. Locate and retrieve 49 phrases used in treatment of occupational therapy clients.

 4. Locate and retrieve eight phrases regarding precautions and safety. 

 5. Locate and retrieve seven phrases used for encouragement of the client.

 6. The student will be able to identify eight phrases from the physical therapy and six phrases from the speech therapy sections of the book.

7. Begin to understand cultural competence and its history.

8. Identify simple social greetings in five other languages.

9. Use appendix A to identify the number of living languages of 5 countries.

10. Use appendix B to locate resources from five different disciplines.