Defining Occupational Therapy

Question 1

Occupations (what is it?)

Answer 1

• Everything people do everyday
• Meaningful and purposeful human engagement
• “Union between the mind and the body”
• Life itself is the process of engagement in occupation”
• “Daily life activities in which people engage”

Question 2

How does occupation occur?

Answer 2

In context- where it’s occurring/ environment

Over time

Individually Or with others/ co-occupations

Question 3

What is the significance of occupation?

Answer 3

• Support health and engagement in life
• Power - able to change and making change
• Means to an end - use occupation as a strategy as well as goal

Question 4

Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s)

Answer 4

Activities gears toward taking care of ones own body/ BADLs or PADLs

Question 5

Instruments of Daily Living

Answer 5

Activities that support daily life within the home and community requiring more complex interaction than basic ADL’s

Question 6

Holistic

Answer 6

Considers all aspects of the persons mind, body, social environment

Question 7

Purpose of OT services

Answer 7

• Habilitation: teaching new skill
• Rehabilitation: teaching an old skill
• Health and wellness promotion: teaching to staying healthy
• disability and non- disability needs

Question 8

Definitions

Answer 8

The application of occupation as a therapeutic modality

Occupation is intentional performance organized in number and kind to meet the demands of self maintenance and identity in the family and community

The art and science of helping people do the day-to -day activities that are important to them despite impairment, disability, or handicap

The difference between life and living

OT practice Framework “ the therapeutic use of everyday life activities (occupations) with individuals or groups for the purpose of enhancing or enabling participation in roles, habits, and routines in home, school, workplaces, community, and other settings”