OTPF 4th Edition Flashcards
Occupational Therapy
The therapeutic use of everyday life occupations with persons, groups, or populations (the client) for the purpose of enhancing or enabling participation.
Occupational Therapy Practitioner
Both OTs and OTAs
Groups
A collection of individuals having shared characteristics or a common or shared purpose
Populations
Aggregates of people with common attributes such as contexts, characteristics, or concerns, including health risks
Community
A collection of population that is changeable and diverse and includes various people, groups, networks, and organizations
Client
Refers to persons, groups, and populations
Domain
Outlines the profession’s purview and the areas in which its members have an established body of knowledge and expertise
Process
Describes the actions practitioners take when providing services that are client centered and focused on engagement in occupations
Overarching Statement
Achieving health, well-being, and participation in life through engagement in occupation
Health
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absense of disease or infirmity
Well-Being
A general term encompassing the total universe of human life domains, including physical, mental, and social aspects
Participation
Engagement in desired occupations in ways that are personally satisfying and congruent with expectations within the culture
Engagement in Occupation
Performance of occupations as a result of choice, motivation, and meaning within a supportive context
Cornerstone
Something of great importance on which everything else depends
Occupations
The everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families, and with communitites to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life.
Personalized and meaningful engagement in daily life events by a specific client
Activity
A form of action that is objective and not related to a specific client’s engagement or context and, therefore, can be selected and designed to enhance occupational engagement by supporting the development of performance skills and performance patterns
Occupational Performance
The accomplishment of the selected occupation resulting from the dynamic transaction among the client, their contexts, and the occupation
Co-Occupations
Two or more individuals sharing a high level of physicality, emotionality, and intentionality
Can be parallel or shared
Interdependence
Reliance that people have on one another as a natural consequence of group living
Context
The environment and personal factors specific to each client that influences engagement and participation in occupations
Environmental Factors
Aspects of the physical, social, and attitudinal surroundings in which people live and conduct their lives
Natural Environment and Human-Made Changes to the Environment
Animate and inanimate elements of the natural or physical environment and components of that environment that have been modified by people, as well as characteristics of human populations within that environment. Engagement in human occupation influences the sustainability of the natural environment, and changes to human behavior can have a positive impact on the environment.
Products and Technology
Natural or human-made products or systems of products, equipment, and tehcnology that are gathered, created, produced, or manufactured
Support and Relationships
People or animals that provide practical physical or emotional support, nurturing, protection, assistance, and connections to other persons in the home, workplace, or school or at play or in other aspects of daily occuptions