Areas of Occupation
What are Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)?
Eating, dressing, toileting, bathing, and personal hygiene
What are global mental functions?
Consciousness, orientation, psychosocial, etc
What is mobility?
Physically moving from one place to another
What are habits?
Small, automatic behaviors like brushing teeth before bed
What is developing the occupational profile?
First step in evaluation; tells the client’s story
What are Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)?
Managing pets or children, shopping, finances, and driving
What are values, beliefs, and spirituality?
Guiding principles and meaning-making
What is coordination?
Using multiple muscles smoothly to accomplish a task
What are routines?
Structured daily sequences such as a morning or bedtime routine
What is the analysis of occupational performance (assessment)?
Gathering data using tools, assessments, and observation
What are education and work?
Attending school, completing assignments, and holding a job
What are body structures?
Anatomical parts such as organs, limbs, and structures
What is emotional regulation?
Managing frustration and remaining calm
What are roles?
Sets of behaviors expected by society, culture, or group membership
What is intervention planning?
Deciding on goals and evidence-based strategies and treatment techniques and approaches
What is play?
Engaging in games, hobbies, or recreational play
What are sensory functions?
Vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, proprioception, and vestibular
What are social interaction skills?
Using gestures, eye contact, and turn-taking while talking
What is the difference between habits and routines?
Comparison clue: Habits are automatic actions; routines are structured patterns
What is intervention implementation?
Putting the plan into action with purposeful activities and interventions
What are leisure and social participation?
Enjoying hobbies, friendships, and community groups
What are higher-level mental functions?
Planning, problem solving, judgment, memory, attention, and executive function
What are coping and adaptation skills?
Adjusting and managing stress in response to challenges
What are rituals?
Symbolic, culturally shaped actions such as holiday traditions
What are outcomes (evaluation of results)?
Determining whether goals were met and planning next steps