Week 1: Community-based practice

Question 1

CMCE Principle: Adapt

Answer 1

Break-down a task and alter and adjust it to best suit participation in occupation

Question 2

CMCE Principle: Advocate

Answer 2

To ensure that your clients’ needs are heard and acted upon and reaching out to the appropriate people, organisations and institutions that can see to those needs.

Question 3

CMCE Principle: Coach

Answer 3

Directly provide compassionate guidance and support in assisting the client gaining skills to use to engage occupation.

Question 4

CMCE Principle: Collaborate

Answer 4

To allow your client to be active rather than passive receiver of therapy, to provide and be provided feedback within a healthy communication with them.

Question 5

CMCE Principle: Consult

Answer 5

Listen, advise and reflect on information you receive from a wide variety of sources.

Question 6

CMCE Principle: Coordinate

Answer 6

Employ your breadth of knowledge and supply your client with a plethora of resources in a way that s seamless and not overwhelming for them to continue to engage in therapy.

Question 7

CMCE Principle: Design

Answer 7

Create products that are appropriate and accessible for your client and their need.

Question 8

CMCE Principle: Educate

Answer 8

Provide information as well as assist the client to learn that knowledge through engaging interventions.

Question 9

CMCE Principle: Engage

Answer 9

Allow the client to feel a part of intervention and not just a required participant. Understand what it takes for a client to connect with an activity.

Question 10

CMCE Principle: Specialize

Answer 10

Evolving as a therapist and learning new and unique techniques that can be used to assist clients to increase their engagement in occupations.

Question 11

Community-based practice

Answer 11

Location and purpose of occupational therapy practice are defined e.g. driving rehabilitation. Direct and ongoing interactions with clients. The community-based approach transfers practice skills from the clinical setting to a population-based programme development model. Focused on occupational concepts applied to the community and addresses occupational needs.

Question 12

Community-built practice

Answer 12

Systems that adapt and changed based on the demands of the environment and context they are apart of. Utilising the skills of the members of the community in its design. Highly collaborative approach that relies on the input on community members. Does not outsource other from outside the community for it’s implementation. Requires a culturally aware OT as their culture is likely to differ from the community they are in. OT is mainly a facilitator.

Question 13

Community practice similarities and diffrences

Answer 13

Both have focus on health promotion.
Based model focuses on a variety of health promotion and program development approaches whereas the built model provides a structured way of viewing the community and program development.

Question 14

Skills required for community-based practice

Answer 14

occupation focus, client-centred practice, clinical reasoning, education, team work skills and cultural awareness.

Question 15

Policy to practice

Answer 15

United nations: UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities
government responsibilities: mental health act
funding schemes: Department of social services
service context: social workers
organisational context: open minds - mental health
service delivery: information gathering process

Question 16

Enablement foundations

Answer 16

choice, risk, responsibility, client participation, vision of possibilities, change, justice and power sharing

Question 17

Challenges of community practice

Answer 17

Definition of OT role in practice
Developing evidence base
Competing priorities in community needs

Question 18

OT Role in community

Answer 18

Advocacy, assessment skills, building community capacity and applying occupation in the community context.