What is OT
What are occupations
everyday activities
Eleanor Clarke Slagle
Mother of OT, created industry for standards
Distinction between domain and process
Domain = know
Process = do
What are 3 parts of the OT process
evaluation, intervention, outcomes
What was AOTA formerly known as?
National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy (NSPOT)
What makes up OT Process
Evaluation - activity analysis,occupational profile, clinical reasoning, therapeutic use of self
Intervention - planning, implementation, review
Outcome - measured based on evaluation, transition or discontinuation
What is the definition of OT
helping people across the lifespan gain independence and function to participate in the activities meaningful to them through goal directed interventions
William Rush Dunton, Herbert Hall, Adolph Meyer
*bonus* Susan Tracy
Psychiatrists who believed in using OT as a form of treatment in asylums
*bonus* Nurse who believed all nurses needed to learn OT and provided training
Where/who do OTs work with
Direct services to client - hospital, clinic, school, industry, home, community
Indirect services on behalf of client - consulting, advocacy
Either - case management, episodic care, family centered care
What 4 things can a COTA do
assess performance, set goals, develop plans, implement interventions
Moral Treatment Era vs Arts and Crafts Movement
Moral Treatment: Reformed mental health system with humane treatment and respect for the individual, provided daily routine, recreation, and positive habits
Arts and Crafts: focused on work cure, creating handcrafted goods like baskets as a form of treatment for nervous disorders
What 5 categories make up the domain
Occupations, contexts, client factors, performance skills, performance patterns
What are the 9 areas of occupation
ADL, IADL, health management, rest
education, work, play, leisure, socialization
What lead to the need for COTAs
Post WW2 need for more OT practitioners to treat soldiers physical and mental conditions, more OTs needed in general psychiatry. Treatment started with informal training programs in late 1940s and official educational standards created in 1960
Name factors for each domain category
Occupations: 9 areas (ADL, IADS, Health, Rest, Work, Education, Play, Leisure, Social)
Contexts: environment, personal factors, occupational justice
Client factors: values, beliefs, anatomy (structures), physiology (functions)
Performance Skills: habits, routines, roles, rituals
Performance Patterns: motor, process, social