ADLs
This is the term for everyday activities that people do to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life, including things people need to, want to, and are expected to do.
What are occupations?
This term refers to difficulty producing or understanding language.
What is Aphasia?
This DVPT occupational therapist is also a licensed cosmetologist.
Who is Maria Mettler/Stephens?
This organization is the primary professional organization for OT in the U.S.
What is the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)?
This sensory system helps you know where your body is in space without looking.
What is Proprioception?
*These are the six categories of occupations according to the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT).
What are Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), Health Management, Education, Play, and Social Participation?
This skill requires a set of cognitive processes—primarily working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control—that manage information, regulate emotions, and direct behavior toward goals.
What is Executive Functioning?
This DVPT occupational therapist is a cartoon imitation master (e.g., Syd the Sloth, the Grinch, Elmo, and Donald Duck).
Who is Kyrie Robbins?
This organization is the primary professional organization for OT across the world and includes 110 countries.
What is the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT)?
This sensory system detects internal body signals that helps the brain monitor the body's physiological state, including hunger, heart rate, breathing, and pain.
What is Interoception?
Cooking, shopping, and managing money are activities that support daily life within the come and community, which fall under this category of occupations.
What are Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)?
This motor speech disorder affects the ability to plan and coordinate speech movements.
What is Apraxia?
This DVPT occupational therapist is an avid horse enthusiast.
Who is Sharran Huynh?
OT played a major role in rehabilitation during this major historical event.
What is World War I (WWI)?
Heavy work activities such as pushing and pulling or weight-bearing primarily target this sensory system.
What is Proprioception?
This underlying skill helps explain why children should first practice buttons and zippers at a table before using them on their body.
What is Body Awareness, Spatial Awareness, or Proprioception?
This executive functioning skill is required to follow 2–3 step directions and complete activities in the correct order.
What is Sequencing?
This DVPT occupational therapist used to be a child model.
Who is Chantal Ales?
OT originally emerged from this movement emphasizing quality of life and meaningful activity through handwork for soldiers following World War I.
What is the Arts and Crafts Movement?
This term describes the brain’s ability to change and adapt due to learning, experience, and repetition.
What is Neuroplasticity?
This underlying skill is often targeted when a child has difficulty orienting clothing correctly (e.g., front vs. back).
What is Visual Perception or Body/Spatial Awareness?
This executive functioning skill impacts a child’s ability to start tasks independently, even when they know what to do.
What is Task Initiation?
This DVPT occupational therapist is a proud dog mom to a white German Shephard.
Who is Sam Artenian?
This was the original name for OT practitioners who served in the US Army in the 1900’s.
What are Reconstruction Aides?
This reflex is associated with startle responses and can impact emotional regulation if retained.
What is the Moro Reflex?