Occ Sci

Question 1

What are the essential characteristics of occupation?

Answer 1

1. Self initiated
2. Goal directed
3. Experiential + behavioural
4. Socially valued / recognised
5. Constituted out of adaptive skills.
6. Organised
7. Essential to quality of life experience
8. Possesses capacity to influence health

Question 2

What are some of the views and values of OT?

Answer 2

1. Optimistic view
2. Embedded within humanity
3. Support healthy aspects of people
4. Emphasis on self-directedness
5. Integrated view of people
6. Therapeutic relationship
7. Patient acts on environment
8. Faith in patients potential
9. Emphasis upon patient productivity
10. View leisure as essential
11. Understand experience of patient

Question 3

What are the risk factors in OT?

Answer 3

1. Occupational deprivation: prevented from engagement in meaningful occupations - denied resources
2. Occupational marginalisation: unseen force dictating how people should participate in occupations - lack of autonomy
3. Occupational imbalance: inequality in economic benefits
4. Occupational alienation: individual is unable to experience meaningful occupations - sense of emptiness

Question 4

What are the main occupational rights of a person?

Answer 4

1. Right to experience occupations as meaningful
2. Right to develop through participation.
3. Right to exert individual autonomy through choice in occupations.
4. Right to benefit from fair / equal privileges
5. Right to participate in range of occupations

Question 5

What are the main assumptions of occupational science?

Answer 5

1. Importance in skill
2. Holism
3. Optimistic view