Chapter 15 Flashcards
Education as an occupation involves what two things?
Participation and competence
Roles of the students receiving in the school system
Read books
Write essays
Perform math equations
Participate in recess
Have lunch in cafeteria
Learn literacy skills
Communicate
OT evaluation process in schools involves what?
●Occupational profile
●Strengths and challenges
●Formal and informal assessment measures: Observations & Relevancy to student learning
Areas of OT Evaluation in the Schools
●Academic
●Nonacademic
●Extracurricular
●Prevocational
●Vocational
Academic considerations include
●Reading
●Literacy
●Math
●Communication
●Social interaction
●Play
●Self-care
●Underlying skills needed for school success
Cognition approach within school system OT involves
●Follow directions
●Complete activities
●Working memory
●Executive function
●Initiation
●Attention
●Problem-solving
Visual perception approach within school system OT involves
●Visual spatial skills
●Visual analysis skills
●Visual motor integration
Self-regulation within school system OT involves
●Emotional control
●Sensory processing
Motor skills within school system OT involves
●Hand skills: Holding, Pinching, Grasping, Tool use
●Coordination
●Strength
●Gross motor
Handwriting within school system OT involves
●In-hand manipulation
●Strength and pencil grip
●Visual perception
●Visual motor integration
●Sensory skills
●Motor planning
●Domains of handwriting
●Legibility
●Writing speed
●Ergonomic factors
Intervention in educational settings involves….
●Top-down approach —> occupation first, performance skill last
●Embed activities in the natural context
●Collaborate with team
●Measure outcomes: Occupational performance, Prevention, Health and wellness, and Participation
Approaches and universal design within the school system
●Remediation
●Strategy use
●Environmental adaptations
Interventions within the school system involve
●Preparatory
●Seating and positioning
●Safety
●Environmental adaptations
Focused Areas of Intervention within school system
●Hand skill development
●Handwriting: Writing tools, surfaces, and positions; Pencil grips and paper; Sensory considerations
●Visual perceptual motor
●Sensory regulation: Movement programs and Mental health considerations
●Cognitive
The role of addressing occupation within an educational context is complex and varied. Educational performance encompasses many tasks in formal academic settings, such as:
the classroom, and nonacademic settings, such as the cafeteria, playground, extracurricular activities, and prevocational and vocational activities
Why do students encompass traditional academic learning along with learning to build relationships with others through clubs and sports?
Because student roles are broad and complex
What types of learning difficulties might students present with that may impact the roles and educational performance of the student?
Cognition, visual perception, motor, sensory processing, or social skill development
Occupational therapists use many types of tools to evaluate student educational performance and rely on what for learning?
structured observations, interpreted with professional judgment, standardized tests, and other measures within various contexts
True/False: Occupational therapists create, establish, maintain, adapt, modify, and support occupational performance through the application of evidence-based resources and interventions to support student learning.
True
Can you use adult self-care assessments within the school system?
No
