Ch12: Occupation as Therapy: Selection, Gradation, Analysis & Adaptation

Question 1

Occupations are central to an individuals…

Answer 1

Identity and competence and offer meaning and value

Question 2

Occupation-as-Means vs. Occuoation-as-End

Answer 2

Occupation-as-Means: Remediate a skill or ability
Occuoation-as-End: Enable performance of valued occupations

Question 3

To be able to select an appropriate occupation, the therapist must be able to…

Answer 3

Analyze activity

Question 4

To improved decreased abilities, the occupation must…

Answer 4

Appropriately challenge those abilities and continually be adjusted as the patients performance changes
-Therapist controls challenge by grading the activity along particular therapeutic continua and/or by adapting the method

Question 5

When the patients impairments and limitations prevent usual engagement in the occupation…

Answer 5

OTs adapt the activity demands and/or contexts and environments in order to enable performance in a desired occupation (occupation-as-end)

Question 6

The therapist, skilled in activity analysis can match the patients abilities with…

Answer 6

-activities and tasks the patient needs or wants to do (occupation-as-end)
-And select the most appropriate activity for remediation from those that are available and are of interest to the patient (occupation-as-means)