OT scope of practice Flashcards
the core of occupational therapy practice, education, research, and advocacy
the use of occupation to promote individual, family, community, and population health
occupational science is
foundational to our profession; enables an understanding of occupation
interdependent cornerstones of OT
- value of occupation for health, wellness, and participation
- therapeutic use of self
- professional behaviors
domain
scope of training and expertise (all aspects have equal weight on persons functioning)
what we focus on
process
dynamic practice engaged in to promote client achievement of goals (how we do therapy)
parts of domain
ADL
IADL
health management
rest/sleep
education
work
play
leisure
social participation
evaluation (part of process)
examining how factors impact a persons engagement in occupations
environment vs context
physical surroundings vs social support/socioeconomic status/work culture
4 factors that influence a persons occupation (under process)
- context/environment
-client factors - performance skills
- performance patterns
habilitation
person never had skills but are developing them
rehabilitation
person already had skill but was lost to injury or illness and we are working to regain it
compensation means
giving them another way to do it (can’t write with pencil so give an iPad)
adaptation means
adjusting to the way someone does something (giving tools to help write better)
purpose of intervention
- develop or remediation of skill or ability
- compensate or adapt
- maintain skill/ability
- health promotion and wellness
- prevention of barriers and disabilities
maintenance goals are used for
people with a progressive condition to try and prevent further loss of skill
