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What is occupation?

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the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families and with communities to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life.

Occupations include things people need to, want to and are expected to do

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How do we organize occupations?

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Self Care - everything we do to not die
Productivity - contribute to society
Leisure - where we find enjoyment

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What category do ADLS fall under?

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Self-care

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What are basic ADLS

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looking after yourself:
- eating
- toileting
- bathing
- mobility
- hygiene

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What are independent ADLs

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Independent living: more complex
- transportation
- finances
- meal prep
-HK/HM

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What is the taxonomic code of occupational performance?

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A clear and consistent system for differentiating among the levels of occupation and the relationship of terms to each other

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What is occupational analysis?

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a process to break an occupation down into it’s base components

allows us to look at disparities between a clients abilities and the demands of an occupation

helps set goals

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What is occupational therapy?

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the art and science of enabling in everyday living, through occupation; of enabling people to perform the occupations that foster health and well-being; and of enabling a just and inclusive society so that all people may participate to their potential in the daily occupations of life

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Who is considered the father of OT and what did he do?

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William Rush Dunton Jr
A psychiatrist who used a mental working shop to engage patients in activity

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Who coined the term “Occupational Therapy” and what did he mean by this

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George Barton
“Curing by means of work (activity)”

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Who was considered the Mother of OT and what did she do to contribute to the science?

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Eleanor Clark Slagle
a social worker who organized the first educational program for occupational therapists in 1915

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Who is Thomas B Kidner and what did he do?

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A vocational secretary of military hospitals and assisted with developing OT programs

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What were early OTAs called?

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Besides “Reconstruction aides”
found engaging in occupations with wounded soldiers helped recovery and was effective from a “diversion” from pain and disability

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What were the changes to the profession in 1990s?

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  • use occupation as a core concept and enablement as the primary role of an OT
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How do we see OT today?

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we see the occupation as both the means and the end

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What is the top-down approach in occupation?

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top = specific occupation you want to engage in
bottom = everything we need to do to get there (grip/grasp - very specific movements)

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What are the pros to the top-down approach?

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  • immediate engagement in activity or occupation
  • increased emotional well being
  • a sense of accomplishment
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What are the cons of the top-down approach?

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  • may not allow the client to return to normal
  • may hinder the healing process for acute conditions
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What is the bottom-up approach?

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Restores normal function to then participate in occupations

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What is the occupation-based intervention used in practice?

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occupation is both the means and the end

means: can be occupation itself or something to work on the action (use an occupation to do occupation)

end: occuaption

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What are the pros of the bottom-up approach?

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  • may promote a return to “normal” function (or as close to it)
  • feels more like traditional medical management
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What are the cons of the bottom-up approach?

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  • may take some time to return to activity or occupation
  • not ideal for many chronic or permanent conditions
  • can be a chore
23
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What do OTs do?

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  • work with clients to enable occupational performance, engagement and participation
24
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What is performance?

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How well someone does an activity (by your own standards)

25
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What is engagement?

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  • meaning; does it provide purpose
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What is participation?

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ability to do the activity; having access

27
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What is the basic OT intervention?

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Assess/Re-assessment
- Formal: write a test and evaluate cognitive abilities
- Dynamic: trial + error, try to figure out which is the best
Plan - develop or modify a plan/intervention
Do - carry out the plan/intervention

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What do occupational therapists assess?

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  • performance, particpation, engagement
  • identify occupational performance issues (OPIs) to guide what treatment/intervention is most appropriate to assist the client in performing a specific occupation
29
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What are the approaches to treatment in OT?

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  • create/promote
  • restore
  • establish
  • maintain
  • modify
    -prevent
30
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What is the create/promote approach to treatment in OT?

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  • provide enriched contextual and activity experiences that will enhance performance
  • create opportunities, making things accessible and available
31
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What is the restore/remediate approach in OT?

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  • rehabilitative approach
  • designed to change or restore client factors or skills
  • top-down or bottom-up
  • requires the client to be able to improve the function
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What is the establish/educate approach to OT?

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  • habilitative approach
  • help develop those skills that have not yet been established
  • learn new ways of doing things
33
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What is the maintenance approach to OT?

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  • preserve abilities or body functions
  • preserve ability to met daily occupational needs
  • preserve gains achieved with with other approaches
  • use with rehab approach to ensure no decrease
34
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What is the preventive approach to OT?

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  • reducing the risk or decline in occupational performance
  • not complete elimination
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What is the modify/compensate approach to OT

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  • changing or adapting the activity plans to allow for greater participation
  • very crucial to OT
36
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What is health and wellness?

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  • a state of physical, mental and social well-being, as well as positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources and physical capacities
  • cognitive and emotional well-being
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What is well-being?

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  • exists when a person is content with their own health, security, sense of belonging and self-esteem
  • being content with the opportunities they have for their self-determination, roles and meaning in their lives
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What is Participation?

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  • the act of doing an occupation
  • the client engages in occupations that are meaningful and personally satisfying to them
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What is the quality of life?

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  • an individuals perception of their position in life in the contest of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation
    to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns
  • perceived satisfaction with overall health and functioning
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What is role competence?

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the ability to effectively meet the demands of roles in which the client engages

41
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What is occupational justice?

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The concept that every person has a right to access occupations that satisfy health, societal and personal needs

42
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What are the roles of OT?

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  • expert in enabling occupation
  • communicator
  • collaborator
  • practice manager
  • change agent
  • scholarly practitioner
  • professional
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What is the central role for an OT?

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expert in enabling occupation

44
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What is the communicator role in OT?

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  • Oral, written, non-verbal and electronic means
  • enable communication and effective interactions with clients, team, and others
45
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What is the collaborator role in OT?

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  • work with a multidisciplinary team
  • use skill set to augment other practitioners
46
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What does it mean to be a practice manager?

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  • manage time, prioritize and support the management of effective and efficient practice
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What does it mean to be a change agent?

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  • OTs use their expertise and influence responsibly to advance occupation
  • work towards positive change
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What does it mean to be a scholarly practitioner?

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  • base work on the best evidence from research, best practices and experiential knowledge
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What does it mean to be a professional?

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  • committed to ethical practice and high personal standards of behaviour in enabling occupation

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