Created by Robin Decker
about 6 years ago
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Question | Answer |
Process | 1. How we evaluate patient/client (areas); then decide on treatment to implement 2 "Occupational profile" - who person is, their history, roles, values, etc. 3. Following Eval, OT puts together observations against backdrop of 4 areas of Domain (occupations, client factors, performance patterns, context & environment) to develop most appropriate intervention |
We Evaluate: Performance Skills | 1. Motor - ROM, strength, fine motor skills, bilateral skills, coordination, & balance 2. Process - sensory/cognitive skills such as attention, memory, judgment, etc. 3. Social Interaction Skills - appropriate w/others, body language, emotions, etc. |
Treatment Intervention: Based on "Clinical Reasoning" | 1. Required skills, multiple demands, & significance to client 2. Understand interrelationship between domains & how impede/support client 3. How domains support client centered focus 4. Takes into consideration Modes & Theory that guide OT practice |
Definition of Occupational Therapy: Practice Framework | "The therapeutic use of everyday life activities (occupations) with individuals or groups for the purpose of enhancing or enabling participation in roles, habits, and routines in home, school, workplace, community, and other settings..." |
Ultimate Goal of OT | Get person to highest level of independence "end result participation and thus enable engagement through adaptations & modifications.." |
Modalities | Everyday life activities |
OT Practitioners Concerned with: | "end result participation and thus enable engagement through adaptations and modifications..." Modify; Adapt; Fully participating & Engaged |
OT Practice Framework Foundation | 1. Belief in + relationship between occupation & health 2. Importance of occupational identity 3. Occupations central to client's identity/sense of competence 4. Occupations have inherent value to individual |
World Health Organization (WHO) Definition of Health | "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity..." *put against the backdrop of their culture/environment & other factors |
Occupational Therapy Assistant | A credentialed professional who works under the supervision of and in partnership with an occupational therapist to deliver safe and effective therapy services. |
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