OA Flashcards
proposed 6 guiding assumptions about the relationship of occupational performance and human adaptation
Schkade and Schultz (1992)
is a lifelong process of adaptation to internal and external demands to perform
Competence in occupation
can be overwhelmed by impairment, physical or emotional disabilities and stressful life events
Person’s adaptive capacity
occurs because the person’s ability to adapt has been challenged to the point at which the demands for performance are not met satisfactorily
Dysfunction
occur naturally as part of the person’s occupational roles and the context in which they occur
Demands to perform
When was OA published?
1992
This model was developed because there was a need to establish a foundational theory for a new research program at
Texas Woman’s University
was developed to describe the interaction of the person, environment and the internal adaptive processes
Occupational Adaptation process
OA elements
Person
Occupational Environment
Interaction
Internal factors are those that occur within the
person
is understood to be an innate human condition
seeking mastery
person: the process begins with a
desire for mastery
The external factors begin with a constant factor specifically the
demand for mastery
This external factor not only has an expectation of the person but also has a direct impact on the person
occupational environment
occupational environment types
- work
- play/leisure
- self-care
it involves the actual setting in which the person performs their occupations
physical influence
it involves the individuals who participate within the occupational environment
social influence
it involves the habits, mores and traditions and rituals
that exist in the occupational environment
cultural influence
the interaction between the individual’s desire for mastery and their occupational environment’s demands for mastery
press for mastery
the person creates an internal
adaptive response to a certain situation
occupational response
subprocesses
○ Generation subprocess
○ Evaluation subprocess
○ Integration subprocess
The adaptive response mechanism consists of
adaptation energy, adaptive response modes and adaptive response behaviors
Theory of Occupational Adaptation suggests that individuals use adaptation energy at either primary or secondary level of cognitive awareness
Adaptation Energy
this will be used if the individual is at a high level of cognitive awareness when attempting to generate an adaptive response
Primary level of adaptation energy
this will be used if the individual is not highly engaged in creating an adaptive response
Secondary level of adaptation energy
This is the second component of the adaptive response mechanism in which it includes a set of modes containing the adaptive patterns or strategies that the individual has established through life experiences
Adaptive response mode
Adaptive response modes
existing
modified
new
three types of response behaviors
hyperstable
hypermobile
blended
exist within the individual’s repertoire of experiences.
The individual selects one behaviors to use in response when they face occupational challenges
response behaviors
This behavior is also known as the “primitive” behavior. In this behavior, the individual either continues to attempt the same solutions or becomes “stuck”.
Hyperstable behavior
This behavior is also known as the “transitional” behavior in which the individual will move rapidly from one solution to another with a great deal of activity but no resulting product
Hypermobile
This behavior is also known as the “matured” behavior in which it allows the individual to have greater opportunities for positive outcomes by blending both the hyperstable and hypermobile behaviors
Blended behavior
personal assessment that is why evaluation is relative to individual
relative mastery
In the beginning stage of the treatment, the therapist must teach the client various adaptive methods and might introduce assistive devices or teach specific skills
Occupational readiness
is triggered by meaning
adaptive capacity
It is the anticipatory portion of human adaptation.
Generation Subprocess
This subprocess was activated by a mechanism that explains why and how the adaptive response is created.
Generation Subprocess
Second stage of generating in which the person prepares his/her sensorimotor, cognitive, and psychosocial to carry out the plan of action
Adaptation gestalt
It is activated when the individual assesses the quality of occupational response by evaluating his or her experience of mastery.
Evaluation sub process
In which the individual may then generate a modified or new adaptive response in order to better reach the desired level of mastery in any one or all of the measures of relative mastery.
Integration subprocess
