400160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Occupational Therapy, Assistive Technology, Self-Care
22 Jun 2018
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A deeper look into the person-environment-occupation
(PEO approach) lec 3
Self care
Productivity
Leisure
Gives opportunity not prescriptions
Giving the person an ability to make a choice
Occupation-based practice
People are occupational beings
Meeting the persons self-care
Person-centred = important active role and to work towards goals and build skills concepts
Person-first language (e.g. NOT 'asthmatic' BUT 'person with asthma') - eradicate negative
connotations e.g. 'suffered'
Choices
Access to intervention
How to be person-centered
Environment - can either limit or enable occupational performance
Family
Friends
Context that impacts on occupations
Socioeconomic status
Person
Person identity/priorities
Life roles e.g. mother
Occupations - steps involved
Life story - past, present, and future story
Make a future story
Evidence-based practice
Being accountable and effective as a therapist
Goal through intervention is to maximise the fit
Assistive technology - help people achieve with greater ease
Change/alter environment
Help improve persons skills
The person
Cognitive
Motor
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Sensory
The environment
Physical (space, built, temperature, technology)
Cultural (values, beliefs, behaviours)
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Document Summary
A deeper look into the person-environment-occupation (peo approach) lec 3. Giving the person an ability to make a choice. Person-centred = important active role and to work towards goals and build skills concepts. Person-first language (e. g. not "asthmatic" but "person with asthma") - eradicate negative connotations e. g. "suffered" Environment - can either limit or enable occupational performance. Life story - past, present, and future story. Being accountable and effective as a therapist. Goal through intervention is to maximise the fit. Assistive technology - help people achieve with greater ease. Goal = maximise the fit between the person, environment and occupation - increase occupational performance. It includes the personal, social and physical environment. The occupational therapy guidelines for client -centred practice ( caot, 1991) classify environmental factors as cultural, economic, legal, political, physical and/or social. The tasks that a person wishes to achieve are always significantly influenced by the context in which the task is performed.
