Basic Terminology
The things people do that are valuable and meaningful to them and provide them with a sense of health, competence, and identity.
What are Occupations?
Occupational therapy personnel that does not have any formal training in OT and are not regulated by state law.
What is OT aide?
Made-up activities that may include some of the same skills required for the occupation.
What are Contrived Activities?
What is Diversity?
Referring to the client by name instead of diagnosis.
What is Person-First Language?
Collective term for both occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants.
What are OT Practitioners?
The national organization that regulates entry-level education for OT and OTA programs.
What is the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE)?
Activities which help get the client ready to participate in the occupation, purposeful activity, or task.
What are Preparatory Activities?
The belief that all persons are entitled to have access to participation in desired occupations.
What is Occupational Justice?
The process of gathering information and data to analyze the client's occupational therapy needs.
What is Evaluation?
Basic units of action.
What is a Task?
Minimum degree required to become an occupational therapist.
What is a Master's Degree?
Activities performed in the natural setting using familar objects.
What are Occupation-Based Activities?
Ongoing biases, beliefs, policies, attitudes, and practices that influence opportunities and equity for persons of color.
What is Systemic Racism?
The objects and materials the practitioner uses to facilitate change.
What is Therapeutic Media?
A general class of goal-directed human actions.
What are Activities?
Clinical training phase included in all OT educational programs.
What is Fieldwork?
An intervention approach that involves completing the occupation in a different way.
What is Compensating?
The acceptance and support of diversity wherein the uniqueness of beliefs, values, and attributes is welcomed, valued, and leveraged for maximum engagement.
An intervention approach that involves improving the client's ability to perform the occupation.
What is Remediating?
The OT and OTA perform the task or test at the same level and yield the same results or findings.
What is Service Competency?
The organization responsible for administering the national certification examination.
What is the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)?
An intervention approach that involves changing the occupation so the client can complete it.
What is Adapting?
Ensuring everyone has access to the same opportunities, taking into consideration the advantages and disadvantages of every individual.
What is Equity?
Evaluation, intervention, and outcomes make up the __________.
What is OT Process?