OCCUPATIONS Flashcards
Activities oriented towards taking care of one’s own body and completed on a routine basis
ADL or Activities of Daily Living
It is the most basic task that children learn as they grow and mature
ADL or Activities of Daily Living
What are the categories under ADLs?
Feeding and Eating
Dressing & Undressing
Bathing and Showering
Toileting and Toilet hygiene Personal hygiene and Grooming
-typically develops after the development of eating and dressing skills
-cultural expectations and social routines
-skills learned in early childhood
Personal Hygiene and Grooming
Involves clothing management, maintaining toileting position, transferring to and from toileting, and cleaning the body
Toilet Hygiene
Children may be responsible for placing devices in a safe container when not in use, cleaning devices, handling devices with care and asking for assistance as needed.
Personal Device Care
OT practitioner may help in a variety of ways
* May address physical barriers in the home and community that prevent children from accessing the environment
* Home modifications (to improve postural control and endurance for mobility)
Functional Mobility
As children mature, they may have many questions regarding sexual activity. They usually become curious about relationships in their middle childhood stage.
Sexual Activity
Complex activities of daily living that are necessary to function independently in the home, school, or community
IADLs or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Children learn home management tasks that help them participate in family routines and community mobility skills that help them to be active outside the home
IADLs or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
It is necessary for successful participation in home management, community mobility, and care of others’ activities
Readiness Skills
It is a process used by OT practitioners that “addresses the typical demands of an activity, the range of skills involved in its performance, and the various cultural meanings that might ascribed to it”
Activity Analysis
Are tasks necessary to obtain and maintain one’s personal and household possessions
-Some children and adolescents have the incentive of a monetary allowance to complete the assigned chores, whereas others do not have a monetary incentive but are still expected to assist in the maintenance of their households.
Home Establishment and Management
-accompanying parents (preschool)
-walking or commuting to run errands (adolescence)
Community Mobility
What impacts the community mobility?
*impact of family & cultural expectations
*impact of environmental factors
-care of pets and animals
-child rearing
Care of others