Occupational Adaptation Flashcards
(34 cards)
Why was Occupational Adaptation developed?
Developed out of the need to establish a foundational theory for a new research program at Texas’s woman’s university
What does OA focus on?
Enhancement of process, not specific skills.
Reflects an approach for health promotion, prevention, and remediation.
What is characterized as a normative, lifelong process that is a response to the internal and external pressures for mastery?
Adaptation
What is the process of INTERNAL adaptation?
Occurs through occupational and adaptation
They are interwoven into a “integrated phenomenon that describes an innate human process”
What creates occupational challenges?
Internal and external pressures
What are the 4 main constructs to OA?
Occupations
Adaptive Capacity
Relative Mastery
Occupational Adaptation Process
What 3 properties do activities consist of?
actively involve the person
meaningful to person
include process or product that may be tangible or intangible
What is relative mastery?
A persons self assessment of his/her occupational Response
3 points in relative mastery
SATISFACTION
EFFICIENCY
EFFECTIVENESS
“SEE”
What are the components of OA process?
Person
Occupational environment
interaction that takes place btwn person and environment.
This process depicts how a person can respond adaptively and masterfully when engaged in occupations
True or False?
Struggles with OA do not necessarily mean a disability but may require a shift in life roles or functioning
TRUE
What is adaptive capacity?
A persons ability to recognize the need for change, modification, or refinement in order to achieve relative mastery
Has cumulative effect over time as experience becomes reinforcing
Occurs when a persons typical response does not meet the challenges of an occupation and now has to adjust behaviors to achieve competent outcome
What is the primary goal of OA?
to achieve mastery over the environment
Desire for mastery
Naturally occurs
Intrinsic
Demand for mastery
External factors that affect OA process
Press for mastery
interplay between internal and external factors
yields occupational challenge
What is internal adaptive response?
Response to occupational challenges to produce an occupational response
What is occupational response?
Observable outcome of adaptive process
What is the focus for intervention?
Internal adaptation process
NOT really of functional skills but they ARE addressed
What are the 6 main assumptions of OA
Competence in occupation Demands to perform Adaptive capacity Demand for changes Success in occupational performance Dysfunction
Competence in occupation
Persons: learn best thru activities that are meaningful
Knowledge: acquired thru adaptive attempts to explore and master environment
What is competence?
Competence in occupational performance is a life-long process of adaptation to internal and external performance demands.
These demands occur naturally within occupational roles and within content of PEO interactions
Demands to perform
A persons desire for mastery coupled with the environment’s demand for competency which produces occupational “press”
What is occupational press?
Set of demands or expectations for behavior that is either objectively or subjectively perceived by an individual
