400160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Assistive Technology, Motor Planning
22 Jun 2018
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Specific theoretical approaches to practice: The
Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance Model -
tutorial 9
Why we use occupational therapy practices
Guide the goals that we set with our client
Guide client centered practice
Guide therapy interventions
Therapist highlight the facilitators
Identify and change or modify barriers
PEOP model
The occupation is the medium that connects the person and the environment
GOAL = Occupational performance + Occupational participation
Values the narrative of a person
'top down' approach for problem identification and problem solving - look at the bigger
picture (what does the client want to achieve and then work down to the smaller things that
make them unable to achieve it)
Emphasises higher order performance
The model is a tool for therapists to organise knowledge, and plan interventions
Three domains
Person factors
Used to describe capacity or impairment in a person
Environmental factors
Physical, social, cultural, policy and technological influences that enable or limit a person's
occupation
Occupations
Occupations include activities, tasks and roles
What people need or want to do in everyday life
Occupational performance
Supports participation and wellbeing (wellbeing = quality of life, satisfaction)
Person
Physiological - physical health and fitness, endurance, flexibility, strength
Cognition - attention, memory, decision making, reasoning, thought, organisation
Spirituality - meaning in everyday occupations
Sensory - sensing and perceiving
Psychological - personality traits, self esteem, motivation, interests, values, identify, mood,
emotional regulation
Motor - motor control, motor planning, posture
Environment
Culture - values, beliefs, customs, rituals, time use
Social determinants and social support (those around you providing support) and capital
(how a community comes together to achieve something) - social support, practical support,
relationships, networks, includes societal attitudes, and formal laws
Education and policy - access to and availability of societal resources including education
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Document Summary
Guide the goals that we set with our client. The occupation is the medium that connects the person and the environment. Goal = occupational performance + occupational participation. "top down" approach for problem identification and problem solving - look at the bigger picture (what does the client want to achieve and then work down to the smaller things that make them unable to achieve it) The model is a tool for therapists to organise knowledge, and plan interventions. Used to describe capacity or impairment in a person. Physical, social, cultural, policy and technological influences that enable or limit a person"s occupation. What people need or want to do in everyday life. Supports participation and wellbeing (wellbeing = quality of life, satisfaction) Physiological - physical health and fitness, endurance, flexibility, strength. Cognition - attention, memory, decision making, reasoning, thought, organisation. Psychological - personality traits, self esteem, motivation, interests, values, identify, mood, emotional regulation. Motor - motor control, motor planning, posture.
