Rehabilitation Sciences 3125A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Roller Skating, Ball Hockey, 6 Years
12 Dec 2016
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Occupational development: canadian association of occupation therapists the gradual change in occupational behaviours across an individual"s life course resulting from the growth and maturation of the individual in interaction with the environment. Little literature speci c to occupational development things to provide insist in how occupational development occurs. Occupations emerge as a result of the interaction between child and the environment. Development combination of environmental affordance and child"s ability to recognize affordances in that environment. Affordance opportunities for occupational engagement in child"s environment ex. different toys, colouring books, anything in the environment that will provide engagement: humphry (2002) Children are born with innate traits that lead them toward cultural learning, providing them with the inclination to imitate the purposeful occupations of others. Process through which infants become able to perform new occupations called self-organization: davis & polatajko (2004) Parents use occupational scaffolding to engage preschool children in household work.
