Core Values
Upholding fairness, equity, and objectivity.
What is Justice?
Promoting public health, safety, and well-being is related to this principle.
What is Beneficence?
Prioritizing hope is related to this mode.
What is Encouraging Mode?
Centeredness and self-awareness in practice.
What is Professional Presence?
These reassure someone that their needs will be met without being exploited by someone else.
What are Boundaries?
This is accountable forthrightness; being accurate and authentic in actions and attitudes.
What is Truth?
This principle is associated with ensuring safety and preventing harm.
What is Nonmaleficence?
Equality between client and therapist to elicit self-initiation is fundamental to this mode.
What is Collaborative Mode?
Providing clients with your thoughts and feelings that may not be directly articulated constitutes this.
Boundaries should be set at this time.
What is At the Beginning of the Therapeutic Relationship?
Orientation towards others over self.
What is Altruism?
This ethical principle is related to recording and reporting in a timely manner all information related to professional activities.
What is Justice?
A therapist focused on social justice and access to opportunities for occupational participation will frequently utilize this mode.
What is Advocating Mode?
The personal appearance choices you make to convey your professional self.
What is Interpersonal Image?
(Taylor, p. 319)
This ethical principle and professional boundary ensures communication is kept private.
What is Confidentiality?
Encouraging one to exercise choice or initiative.
What is Freedom?
Disclosing conflicts of interest is related to this ethical principle.
What is Veracity?
Empowering clients through skill-based learning is in-line with this mode.
What is Instructing Mode?
Managing our idiosyncratic habits or quirks when we are with a client.
What is Behavioral Self-Awareness?
Following through with intended behavior and consistency are part of this professional behavior that allows an OT to set boundaries.
What is Reliability?
Using reasoning for self-discipline.
What is Prudence?
Collaborative goal-setting and treatment planning with a client is an example of this ethical principle.
What is Autonomy?
A therapist focused on evidence-based practice to ensure therapeutic effectiveness to find true fits in outcomes is using this mode.
What is Problem-solving Mode?
Taylor suggests dressing neutrally in a way that is "not overstimulating or detracting from the client" is this.
What is the Ideal Professional Appearance?
(Taylor, p. 319)
Using touch judiciously is an example of this.
What is Setting a Professional Boundary?