OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE FRAME WORK

1. DEFINITION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY:
                OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY based on the belief that purposeful activity [occupation] prevent or medicate dysfunction of physical and psychological origin.
                OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY is the art of helping people to rebuild their occupational lives by giving them the precise support they require. At the same time, it is a science that aims to know the client as an occupational being and understand the processes that influence, empower, or limit the client’s participation in occupations.
                Basic assumptions of occupational therapy, which include:
                         • Occupation has a positive effect on health and well-being.
                         • Occupation creates structure and organizes time.
                         • Occupation brings meaning to life, culturally and personally.
                         • Occupations are individual. People value different occupations.

2. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE FRAME WORK:
            2.1 Performance Areas
            2.2 Performance Skills
            2.3 Performance Patterns
            2.4 Context
            2.5 Activity demands
            2.6 Client Factors
   2.1 Performance Areas of Occupation [Practice Framework]:
            • ADLs & IADLs
            • Education
            • Work
            • Play
            • Leisure
            • Social Participation
  2.2 Performance Skills [Practice Framework]:
           • Motor Skills
           • Process Skills
           • Communication/Interaction Skills
  2.3 Process Skills [Practice Framework]:
           • Energy
           • Knowledge
           • Temporal organization [time]
           • Organizing space & objects
 2.4 Performance Patterns [Practice Framework]:
           • Habits
           • Routines
           • Roles
 2.5 Context of the Practice Framework:
           • Cultural
           • Physical (Environment)
           • Social -Personal(socioeconomic, age)
           • Spiritual
           • Temporal
           • Virtual
  2.6 Activity Demands of the Practice Framework:
           • Objects used and their properties
           • Space Demands
           • Social Demands
           • Sequencing and Timing
           • Required Actions
           • Required Body Functions
           • Required Body Structures
  2.7 Client Factors of the Practice Framework:
           • Body Function
           • Body Structure

3. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
          3.1 Frames Of Reference
          3.2 Occupational Therapy Generic Models and Practice Frame work