Board of directors of AOTA
President elect
Alyson Stover
spends one year getting familiar with the office of the president and assists the president as needed.
What is an occupational profile?
*Summary of a client’s occupational therapy history and experiences, patterns of daily living, interests, values, needs, and relevant contexts.
*Determines the client’s needs, problems, and concerns about daily performance of occupations.
*This info is obtained from client’s perspective through both formal and informal interview techniques and conversation.
What is professionalism?
The competence or skill expected of a professional.
*Acting in an appropriate manner that is acceptable and careful.
*Friendly, polite, and business-like characteristics.
*Proper attitude and conduct of a person or organization.
What are the aspects of the domain?
occupations, performance skills, performance patterns, client factors, contexts
What are the aspects of the process of OT?
Evaluation, intervention, and targeting outcomes.
President
Wendy C. Hildenbrand
Primary spokesperson for profession
Formal Interview
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) & Occupational Performance History Interview
Entry-level competence
Understand and demonstrate various theoretical perspectives, understand and demonstrate evaluation and interpretation of assessment. Understand and demonstrate demonstrate intervention outcomes, emphasis on advocacy, lifelong learning, professional ethics, values and responsibilities.
What are the 9 occupations and gives examples of each.
ADLS, IADLS, work, education, social participation, rest/sleep, play, leisure, health management.
What is the role of COTA in assessmemt?
The COTA may contribute to the process under supervision by:
*Administering assessments selected by the OT according to established protocols.
*Communicating results of assessments to the OT who summarizes, analyzes, and interprets the data (evaluates).
Vice president
Arameh Anvarizadeh
Guides development and direction of the strategic and long-range plans.
Informal interview
Can you think of any contraindications for Interviewing a client? (Refusal, language barriers, nonverbal)
Competent/ competency
The ability to select the best assessment tool, intervention approaches and outcome measures according to the evidence indicating effectiveness efficacy
What makes up the context?
Personal factors & environmental factors
gives examples of each.
What is in the intervention process?
Plan, implementation and review. Define what all three mean.
Secretary
Melissa Tilton
what are Self-report measures other than interviews?
surveys, forms or checklists that the client fills out.
EX. Occupational self-assessment, the roles checklist
Continuing competency
Process involving the examination of current competence and the development of capacity for the future. Indicates the significance of lifelong learning.
*Starts with knowing external resources and guides.
What are performance patterns?
Habits, roles, routines, rituals used in the process of engaging in occupations or activities.
define each and give an example for each.
What are the approaches of OT interventions?
1-create/promote
2-establish/restore
3-maintain
4-modify (compensate/adapt)
5-Prevent
Define all
Treasurer
Debi Hinerfeld
What are the parts of the occupational profile?
Client report= reason client is seeking service, occupational history, personal interests and values.
Contexts= Environment, personal. (Supporting and inhibiting engagement)
Performance patterns= roles, routines, habits, rituals
Client factors= values, beliefs, spirituality, body functions, body structures.
Client goals= Clients priorities and desired target outcomes.
What determines competency?
AOTA advanced and specialty certification, state licensure, NBCOT, CHT, ATP.
What are performance skills and client factors?
PS= Observable, concrete, goal-directed actions clients use to engage in daily life occupations. They are small, measurable units in a chain of actions that are observed as the person performs meaningful tasks. They are learned and developed over time and are situated in specific contexts and environments.
*motor, process &social interaction skills
CF=Specific abilities, characteristics or beliefs that reside within the client and may affect performance in areas of occupation.
*Values, beliefs, spirituality, body functions, and body structures.
What are the types of OT intervention.
*Occupations & Activities
*Interventions to Support Occupations
*Education & Training
*Advocacy & self -advocacy
* group and virtual interventions.
DEFINE & GIVE EXAMPLES OF EACH