OCTA 201: Exam 1 Flashcards
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, workplace, community, and other settings.
Occupational Therapy
Father of Moral Treatment- treating the emotions. The emotionally disturbed individual was out of balance and the patients own emotions could be used to restore equilibrium.
Phillippe Pinel
Father of the York Retreat
William Tuke
Occupational therapy practitioners are concerned with…
“End result participation and thus enable engagement through adaptations and modifications” (railings, reachers,etc)
The state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Health
The Domain consists of
Occupations Client Factors Performance Skills Performance Patterns Context & Environment
Examples of occupations:
ADLs IADLs Rest & Sleep Education Work Play Leisure Social Participation
Examples of Client Factors:
Values
Beliefs & Spirituality
Body Functions
Body Structures
Examples of Performance Skills:
Motor skills
Process Skills
Social interaction skills
Example of Performance Patterns:
Habits
Routines
Rituals
Roles
Examples of Context & Environment:
Cultural Personal Physical Social Temporal Virtual
Supports the clients engagement, participation, and health
Domains
Wrote a paper on “The Philosophy of Occupational Therapy” which laid the foundation for the practice of occupational therapy. Had a holistic view.
Adolph Meyer
activities that bring meaning to the daily lives of individuals, families, and communities and enable them to participate in society
Occupations
The meaning of human life
Philosophy
What are the 3 dimensions of Philosophy?
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Axiology
These two people was in charge of the newly founded county asylums in England. Establishment of aftercare houses and night hospitals
Sir Williams and Lady Ellis
A house opened by Jane Addams in 1889 intended to serve the immigrants and the poor through a variety of educational, social, and investigative programs.
Chicago’s Hull House
The first individual (woman nurse) in the 20th century concerned with creating mental tests derived from occupations
Susan Tracey
A man who founded Consolation House in Clifton Springs, New York, in 1914, an early prototype of a rehabilitation center
George Barton
Psychiatrist that worked at Sheppard Pratt, stimulate patients attention and directing thoughts in healthy ways could lead to earlier discharge (9 Cardinal Principles for activity)
William Dunton
A social worker that emphasized that OT must be a purposely planned progressive program of rest, play, occupation, exercise…. well balanced day.
Eleanor Slagle
What are Eleanor Slagle 3 Phases?
Kindergarten Group
Ward Classes
Occupational Center
Who are the 5 Founders of OT?
Eleanor Slagle George Barton William Dunton Susan Tracy Thomas Kidner
What is the purpose of the purposeful activity?
central part of OT
used to evaluate patient
used to treat patient
What makes an activity purposeful?
- Goal -directed, prevents/restores function
- patient is motivated and meaningful
- patient is actively involved
- must address performance areas of occupation
- must be able to grade it
- must be able to adapt
- must reflect real-life occupations/roles
- interesting to client
What is the primary role of an OTA?
Direct patient treatment.
What is the primary role of an OTR?
Oversee all aspects of the OT service and intervention
During an evaluation of a patient what can OTA’s do?
- Assist with evaluation
- Do reevaluations
During an evaluation what cannot OTA’s do?
- initiate/interpret evaluation
- initiate treatment plan
When developing treatment plans OTR/OTA both can do what?
- implement, monitor, adapts the patients response to treatment
- reports on patients progress
viewed as a cooperative process. Both OTR and OTA participate in a joint effort to establish, maintain, and or elevate a level of competence and performance.
Supervision
What are the methods of supervision?
- direct or continuous
- close supervision
- routine supervision
- general supervision
This type of Maryland regulation on supervision requires the supervisor onsite , immediately available on a face to face basis
On-site Supervision
This type of Maryland regulation on supervision requires face-to-face once every 10 therapy visits or once every 30 days, which ever comes first
Periodic Supervision
Participation while under the periodic supervision of the OTR in initial screening, evaluation, and treatment program (MD Regulations)
Limited Occupational Therapy
Practice Areas for COTA’s
- acute care settings
- psychiatric facilities
- schools
- Community based programs fro elderly
- private practice
- non traditional settings
- rehabilitation centers
- home health agencies
What may affect selection of purposeful activity?
-gender
-age
-culture
-socioeconomic status
educational level
-spirituality
-geographic/physical area
What are the OTR and OTA core values?
- Altruism: concern of well being
- Equality
- Freedom
- Justice: truthful outcomes
- Dignity
- Truth
- Prudence: Careful/Good judgment
occupations are activities that brings meaning
philosophical base of OT
