Enabling occupation: occupation-based and client centred practice in Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists have always been dedicated to the human occupation study, however the client hasn’t always been seen as an occupational being, with needs, interests and individual goals. The concern for our clients’ engagement in occupation, rather than the acquisition or restoration of pe...
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doaj-53c5330dbab54ba4bf627ef7179126cc2020-11-24T23:02:14ZengUniversidade Federal de São CarlosCadernos de Terapia Ocupacional0104-49312238-28602016-04-0124240341210.4322/0104-4931.ctoARF0709Enabling occupation: occupation-based and client centred practice in Occupational TherapyTatiana Barcelos Pontes0Helene Polatajko1Faculdade de Ceilândia, Universidade de Brasília – UNB, Brasília, DF, BrasilDepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canadá.Occupational therapists have always been dedicated to the human occupation study, however the client hasn’t always been seen as an occupational being, with needs, interests and individual goals. The concern for our clients’ engagement in occupation, rather than the acquisition or restoration of performance components, together with the gradual modification of the concept of occupation from work-related activities to purposeful human activity, requires a broadening of our scope of practice. The most current theories related to occupational therapy practice have highlightes the use of client centered and occupational based practices. In occupation-based, client-centred practice the client participates actively in negotiating goals, and client occupational goals are given priority and are placed at the centre of assessment, intervention and outcomes. There are numerous evidences in the literature with significantly positive results supporting these approaches. These approaches are based on the premises that goals and objectives of interventions should be focused in occupation and significant activities to the client and reflect the occupational therapy core values: an occupational-centred perspective that respects client’s choices, goals and values, promoting and supporting the engagement on meaningful activities. http://www.cadernosdeterapiaocupacional.ufscar.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/1367/730Occupational TherapyOccupation-based Practice |
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Enabling occupation: occupation-based and client centred practice in Occupational Therapy |
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Enabling occupation: occupation-based and client centred practice in Occupational Therapy |
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Enabling occupation: occupation-based and client centred practice in Occupational Therapy |
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enabling occupation: occupation-based and client centred practice in occupational therapy |
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos |
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Cadernos de Terapia Ocupacional |
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0104-4931 2238-2860 |
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2016-04-01 |
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Occupational therapists have always been dedicated to the human occupation study, however the client
hasn’t always been seen as an occupational being, with needs, interests and individual goals. The concern for our
clients’ engagement in occupation, rather than the acquisition or restoration of performance components, together
with the gradual modification of the concept of occupation from work-related activities to purposeful human activity,
requires a broadening of our scope of practice. The most current theories related to occupational therapy practice
have highlightes the use of client centered and occupational based practices. In occupation-based, client-centred
practice the client participates actively in negotiating goals, and client occupational goals are given priority and are
placed at the centre of assessment, intervention and outcomes. There are numerous evidences in the literature with
significantly positive results supporting these approaches. These approaches are based on the premises that goals
and objectives of interventions should be focused in occupation and significant activities to the client and reflect
the occupational therapy core values: an occupational-centred perspective that respects client’s choices, goals and
values, promoting and supporting the engagement on meaningful activities. |
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Occupational Therapy Occupation-based Practice |
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http://www.cadernosdeterapiaocupacional.ufscar.br/index.php/cadernos/article/view/1367/730 |
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