OCTY2103 Lecture 1: OCTY2103 - WEEK ONE LECTURE
Document Summary
Concerned with promoting health & well being through occupation. Has a unique focus on occupation & everyday life activities with an intervention process that facilitates engagement in occupations. Occupation as means: using occupation as a medium of changing the person"s performance. Occupation as ends: occupational therapy intervention involves activities so the client can reach their occupational goal. Goal: gardening, any intervention activities to get to the occupation goal. Occupational imbalance: person is unable to participate in a broad range of meaningful and valued activities. Occupational deprivation: prevented from engaging in occupations over a prolonged period due to external forces. Occupational alienation: occupation lacking in meaning or purpose because the person cannot find anything meaningful to do or the spend all their time and energy on tasks they do not value. Occupational injustice: person is prevented from engaging in occupations in a way that is most meaningful.
