OT Trends
Guiding Principles
Theory/Paradigms
Models
Theories that Inform OT
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How many trends are there?

6

100

What is client centered and relational practice?

Focus on client, and wanting to enter their world and context, centered around their wants and collaborating looking at their past, present and future

100
what is theory

helps us describe, explain, and predict behavior, also organizing techniques to help tackle complex problems

100

MOHO

looks at clients' abilities, personal experiences, and views of their own abilities. top-down holistic approach, the voalition: values, interest, and personal causation

100

General systems theory

helps us to understand how things interact, consists of a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts

200

What is the trend that describes how OTs should have a macro/micro view of practice and to appreciate the bigger picture, understand complex relationships, multi-dimensional

Embracing Complexity, Holism, Transnationalism in science and OT

200

what is occupation-centered practice

focusing on the occupations central to patients' identities, interventions tied to patients occupations of choice

200

why is theory important

It provides concepts to name what we observe and explains the relationships between them, helps us understand what we don't know

200

PEOP

focus on dynamic relationships between person, environment, and their occupation

200

ecological systems theory

views development as a complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the environment

microsystem, mesosystem, ecosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem

300

What is the trend that describes how OTs must be good advocates and evaluate contextual factors, as well as recognizing the social dimensions of occupation

Recognizing the significance of social connections and contexts

300

what is evidence based practice/practice based evidence

the use of best evidence that is current, integrating research and client preferences into clinical reasoning
300

what is the OT paradigm

the OT paradigm is our view of the profession. it is a guiding premise made up of philosophy, ethics, knowledge, OTPF, models, and frames of reference

300

KAWA

the person is interrelated with the whole system rather than just the self, there is an emphasis on harmony between person and environment factors. OTs want to understand the contexts of the client

300

precede-proceed

planning model used to design, implement, and evaluate health promotion compromised of 8 phases

400

Which trend describes how therapeutic relationships are recognized as key to successful interventions

Appreciating the primary role of therapeutic relationship in OT practice
400

what is culturally relevant practice

OTs should examine their own culture, assumptions, and biases, part of client-centered practice, most effective OT practice must include cultural considerations

400

What are the 3 parts of philosophy

Ontology: what is most real for OT

Epistemology: what is most important to know in OT

Axiology: what is the right action in OT

400

CMOP-E

focus on what a client wants and feels, looks at how a person, occupation, and environment interact
400

health belief model

one of the most widely used models for promoting behavior change. it explores the way people examine and balance competing factors when deciding to change

500

Which trend describes the learning from mistakes of the past, and reviewing the professions history so we can reevaluate the present state of our profession

Connecting past, present, and future: professional continuity

500

what is meeting unmet societal needs

there is not enough practicing OTs for the people potentially in need of services, lack of diversity in profession

500

what is the contemporary paradigm 2.0 (current) 

combines mechanistic and holism keeping occupation as the main focus, leaders recognize focus from just rehab to more roles in health promotion and wellness
500

OA

there is a push for mastery, occupational adaptation

500

transtheoretical model of change

focuses on people's readiness to change. there are 5 stages

pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance

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