What Is Ot Flashcards
Early concept of occupation
Well-being related to participation
- The act of “doing” impacts:
- Health
- Interest
- Attention
- State of relaxation
- Level of moral development
- Energy level
- Normalization of habits
- Physical status
1917 National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy
- Therapy should be “useful, not aimless, progressive, individualistic, and carried on by encouragement, not criticism”
- Concerns over interpretation of “occupation” existed from the beginning
Occupation in the profession
- Part of the philosophical base
- Included in official association policy and Articles of Incorporation
- Evolution over time:
* Defined the profession in 1917
* Occupying one’s time
* Interchanged with purposeful activity
* Disappeared during medical model years
* Revitalization in the 1990s
1960-1980
Push toward medical model practice
•Looking for credibility in physical disability arena
•Insurance reimbursement paid for medically necessary
- Loss of identity – professional inferiority
- Loss of mental health practice area
- Lack of science and theories to support the profession
- Pleas to return to occupation and move away from medical model
1990
Return to occupation! •Establishment of academic discipline of occupational science •Development of new theories •Move toward community practice •Emerging practice areas
according to the AOTA occupational therapy is….
“Occupational Therapy is the art and science of helping people do the day to day activities that are important and meaningful to their health and well-being through engagement in valued occupations.”
According to the WFOT occupational therapy is..
The primary goal is….
Occupational therapists….
Occupational Therapy is:
•client-centered
•promotes health and well-being through occupation
Primary goal:
• enable people to participate in everyday activities
Occupational therapists:
•modify the occupation or the environment
Components of occupation
Daily tasks •Purposeful activities •Meaning •Personal value •Subjective value •Satisfaction •Self- directed •Personally initiated •Goal-directed •Organized
Contributions to occupations
- Cultural background
- Interests
- Aspects of life
Occupation as a means
- The activity used as intervention is an occupation
* The process
Occupation as ends
- Engagement in occupation is the goal
* The goal
Guiding principles
- Client-centered practice
- Occupation-centered practice
- Evidenced-based practice
- Culturally relevant practice
The ultimate goal of ot
To assist clients / populations
to live meaningful lives
as occupational beings
